My OperaConservatories - Too Hot in Summer
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:53:10 AM
When I ask most with my prospective clients why they're just thinking of building a conservatory, they generally tell me they want the additional room to use as a living area, playroom for the children, home office etc, it is a variety with reasons and I get a variety of answers but when I inquire another question I always grab the same answer.
Double Glazing Trowbridge-Double Glazing Poole-Double Glazing Dorchester-Double Glazing Verwood
Do you want so as to enjoy the room all all year round? The answer is always Yes!
Yet, if you ask most individuals who already got a conservatory once they can use it throughout every season, especially if the conservatory receives a whole lot of direct sunshine, i. e is actually South facing, they will say no, certainly not in the height of Summer.
This is pretty a common situation, most people pay a lot of attention to the basic size and design of the conservatory, but almost none on the thermal performance of the room, especially its solar heat get.
Assuming that your conservatory is structurally sound the next most important consideration is the thermal performance in 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 the people people considering a conservatory that will receive a great deal of direct sunshine and that may 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 to the room. The coatings go to the internal face of the glass, facing into the cavity in 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 fairly remarkable.
Solar Transmission
Standard Double Glazed sealed unit 72%
Most advanced technology sealed unit 22%
You are able to see just what a tremendous difference this will make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built using a polycarbonate roof, there were ways to prevent excessive summer heat increase, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roof sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the cost of Light Transmission. You can get a conservatory that is not necessarily too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on the dull day and loosing light leading in to the room on the town leading in to the conservatory is a real problem.
Double Glazing Trowbridge-Double Glazing Poole-Double Glazing Dorchester-Double Glazing Verwood
Do you want so as to enjoy the room all all year round? The answer is always Yes!
Yet, if you ask most individuals who already got a conservatory once they can use it throughout every season, especially if the conservatory receives a whole lot of direct sunshine, i. e is actually South facing, they will say no, certainly not in the height of Summer.
This is pretty a common situation, most people pay a lot of attention to the basic size and design of the conservatory, but almost none on the thermal performance of the room, especially its solar heat get.
Assuming that your conservatory is structurally sound the next most important consideration is the thermal performance in 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 the people people considering a conservatory that will receive a great deal of direct sunshine and that may 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 to the room. The coatings go to the internal face of the glass, facing into the cavity in 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 fairly remarkable.
Solar Transmission
Standard Double Glazed sealed unit 72%
Most advanced technology sealed unit 22%
You are able to see just what a tremendous difference this will make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built using a polycarbonate roof, there were ways to prevent excessive summer heat increase, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roof sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the cost of Light Transmission. You can get a conservatory that is not necessarily too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on the dull day and loosing light leading in to the room on the town leading in to the conservatory is a real problem.
