My OperaConservatories - Too Hot in Summer
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:56:36 AM
When I ask most involving my prospective clients why they can be thinking of building a conservatory, they generally tell me they want any additional room to use as a dining room, playroom for the children, home business etc, it is a variety associated with reasons and I get numerous answers but when I properly another question I always get the same answer.
Double Glazing Somerton-Double Glazing Yeovil-Double Glazing Trowbridge-Double Glazing Salisbury
Do you want to be able to enjoy the room all all year round? The answer is always Without a doubt!
Yet, if you ask most people who have already got a conservatory if they can use it all year round, especially if the conservatory receives a great deal of direct sunshine, i. e is South facing, they will say no, certainly not in that height of Summer.
This is fairly a common situation, most people pay a substantial amount of attention to the basic size and design of the conservatory, but almost none to your 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 with the room and if your conservatory is South facing then the thermal heat gain performance is the key measurement that you consider.
There is good news for the people people considering a conservatory that will receive a great deal of direct sunshine and that is a recent advances in nanocoating technological know-how. Essentially this means that glass may be coated with an almost transparent metallic coating that reflects solar heat gain faraway from the conservatory and radiated heat you create back in the room. The coatings go in the internal face of the decanter or glass, facing into the cavity of the double-glazed sealed units and so cannot 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 can see just what a tremendous difference that will make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built using a polycarbonate roof, there were solutions to prevent excessive summer heat increase, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roofing sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the money necessary Light Transmission. You can get a conservatory that is not necessarily too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on a dull day and have an effect on light leading in to the room of the house leading in to the conservatory can be a real problem.
Double Glazing Somerton-Double Glazing Yeovil-Double Glazing Trowbridge-Double Glazing Salisbury
Do you want to be able to enjoy the room all all year round? The answer is always Without a doubt!
Yet, if you ask most people who have already got a conservatory if they can use it all year round, especially if the conservatory receives a great deal of direct sunshine, i. e is South facing, they will say no, certainly not in that height of Summer.
This is fairly a common situation, most people pay a substantial amount of attention to the basic size and design of the conservatory, but almost none to your 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 with the room and if your conservatory is South facing then the thermal heat gain performance is the key measurement that you consider.
There is good news for the people people considering a conservatory that will receive a great deal of direct sunshine and that is a recent advances in nanocoating technological know-how. Essentially this means that glass may be coated with an almost transparent metallic coating that reflects solar heat gain faraway from the conservatory and radiated heat you create back in the room. The coatings go in the internal face of the decanter or glass, facing into the cavity of the double-glazed sealed units and so cannot 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 can see just what a tremendous difference that will make.
In the past, when most conservatories were built using a polycarbonate roof, there were solutions to prevent excessive summer heat increase, by using heavily tinted polycarbonate roofing sheets. These do control Sun Transmission, but only at the money necessary Light Transmission. You can get a conservatory that is not necessarily too hot in Summer, but the conservatory will feel dark on a dull day and have an effect on light leading in to the room of the house leading in to the conservatory can be a real problem.
