My OperaConservatories - Too Hot in Summer
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:49:16 AM
When I ask most of my prospective clients why they can be thinking of building a conservatory, they generally tell me they want the extra room to use as a dining room, playroom for the children, home business etc, it is a variety of reasons and I get several answers but when I properly another question I always grab the same answer.
Double Glazing Dorchester-Double Glazing Verwood-Double Glazing Swindon-Double Glazing Wells
Do you want to be able to enjoy the room all year round? The answer is always Without a doubt!
Yet, if you ask most individuals who already got a conservatory if they can use it throughout every season, especially if the conservatory receives lots of direct sunshine, i. e is usually South facing, they will claim no, certainly not in that height of Summer.
This is fairly a common situation, most people pay a great deal of attention to the basic size and design with the conservatory, but almost none to the thermal performance of the room, especially its solar heat increase.
Assuming that your conservatory is structurally sound the following most important consideration is the thermal performance of the room and if your conservatory is South facing than the thermal heat gain performance is the key measurement for you to consider.
There is good news for any people considering a conservatory that will receive lots of direct sunshine and that could be the recent advances in nanocoating technological know-how. Essentially this means that glass can be coated with an almost translucent metallic coating that reflects solar heat gain faraway from the conservatory and radiated heat you create back in the room. The coatings go to the internal face of the decanter or glass, facing into the cavity of the double-glazed sealed units and so can not be worn away and should last a long time. The improvement in the thermal performance is reasonably remarkable.
Solar Transmission
Standard Increase Glazed sealed unit 72%
Most advanced technology sealed unit 22%
You can see just what a tremendous difference this can make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built which has a polycarbonate roof, there were solutions to prevent excessive summer heat build up, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roof sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the cost of Light Transmission. You can end up with a conservatory that is not too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on the dull day and the loss of light leading in to the room of the house leading in to the conservatory is a real problem.
Double Glazing Dorchester-Double Glazing Verwood-Double Glazing Swindon-Double Glazing Wells
Do you want to be able to enjoy the room all year round? The answer is always Without a doubt!
Yet, if you ask most individuals who already got a conservatory if they can use it throughout every season, especially if the conservatory receives lots of direct sunshine, i. e is usually South facing, they will claim no, certainly not in that height of Summer.
This is fairly a common situation, most people pay a great deal of attention to the basic size and design with the conservatory, but almost none to the thermal performance of the room, especially its solar heat increase.
Assuming that your conservatory is structurally sound the following most important consideration is the thermal performance of the room and if your conservatory is South facing than the thermal heat gain performance is the key measurement for you to consider.
There is good news for any people considering a conservatory that will receive lots of direct sunshine and that could be the recent advances in nanocoating technological know-how. Essentially this means that glass can be coated with an almost translucent metallic coating that reflects solar heat gain faraway from the conservatory and radiated heat you create back in the room. The coatings go to the internal face of the decanter or glass, facing into the cavity of the double-glazed sealed units and so can not be worn away and should last a long time. The improvement in the thermal performance is reasonably remarkable.
Solar Transmission
Standard Increase Glazed sealed unit 72%
Most advanced technology sealed unit 22%
You can see just what a tremendous difference this can make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built which has a polycarbonate roof, there were solutions to prevent excessive summer heat build up, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roof sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the cost of Light Transmission. You can end up with a conservatory that is not too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on the dull day and the loss of light leading in to the room of the house leading in to the conservatory is a real problem.
