Hi Kevin, I've now completed all the finishing jobs. For the flooring I went for softness and winter warmth, with a Burberry felt-backed carpet and additional 10mm wool felt underlay. I've wired the electricity, insulated the dwarf wall and fitted the sill and wallboard, plus painting. I've enclosed final photos for the record. I fitted another rainwater pipe the other side of the conservatory to cope with heavy downpours(like we had today!). I found a set of three cane armchairs I really liked for $30 on ebay, but had to hire a van to collect them from 150 miles away...still good value though I think. Thanks very much for all your help and advice. Best regards, Chris.
Hi Kevin Thought I would just drop you a quick thank you note. Our conservatory now complete and we are over the moon. The quality is as good as any I have seen and the help and support you provided was excellent, I completed a lot of the work myself and found it to be quite straight forward. We opted to build a dwarf wall, the only advice I would give to other perspective purchasers is, unless you are a skilled bricklayer yourself, use a professional, I'm glad we did. We would have no hesitation recommending your products or service, and indeed friends have already asked for your details which we will be happy to provide. Thank again, best wishes Nick and Wendy Miller
Hi Kevin,
Yes, I'm very pleased you encouraged me to go ahead with fitting the conservatory. I think it was a very good value and worthwhile addition to the living space of the house and will bring me a lot of pleasure. I was worried about: 1. How on Earth I was going to make the box gutter work against the two not quite parallel sections of house wall, leaving a gap of about 50mm in the middle. 2. How I would deal with one of the walls being rendered at the top where the box gutter was, but not at the base where the back sill would be fixed. 3: How I would go about cutting away part of the wooden fascia to make space for the box gutter, without making a complete hash of it. 4. How to make lead flashing work against what was left of the wooden fascia with no brick joints to insert into. Fortunately Tony was able to sort all that out just thinking and acting on the spot. He certainly is a top rate fitter and also his mate Robert.
I think it is going to be the most used room in the house apart from the kitchen, certainly in the warmer months. I will be able to dine, entertain and sit down to relax in there. The special heatshield polycarbonate roof is working very well and lets very little heat and direct sunlight through. There is still plenty of light from the surrounding glass windows and, being a west facing conservatory, the best time to enjoy the sun is in the early evening before sunset when it trickles through the glass windows and no longer glares. Nothing worse than moving around your chair trying to avoid the heat and glare of the sun. The temperature inside has been about the same as that outside yesterday and today, around 23 C despite plenty of sunshine. It's great that I have been able to sit in there comfortably during the day in the middle of summer, which is not the usual story I hear from others with a conservatory. It's fair to add that the daylight in the adjoining kitchen has been reduced by the light-reflecting roof but I consider that a worthwhile trade-off, and I still have two south facing windows in the kitchen. I'll obviously need to sort some decent heating for the winter, though I recently had a woodburner installed in another room, so will no doubt gravitate to there when it gets cold.
I've attached some photos. I'll send more when I finish off the inside.
Thought I would just drop you a quick thank you note. Our conservatory now complete and we are over the moon. The quality is as good as any I have seen and the help and support you provided was excellent, I completed a lot of the work myself and found it to be quite straight forward. We would have no hesitation recommending your products or service, and indeed friends have already asked for your details which we will be happy to provide.
A great conservatory with the best service ever. Kevin advised me well and delivered brilliant customer service.
All aspects of the transaction from beginning to end were with the aim of providing me exactly what I needed.
I now have a great looking conservatory at an affordable price. Without Kevin's involvement, it may not have been as good.
Regards
Terry Wright Leicester
10/06/2014
Dear Kevin ...
As promised, I attach some photos, including one of the old conservatory of blessed memory, plus a couple of pages of thoughts following the epic build. With one minor exception I was able to do the entire build single handed (although I did get my wife to steady the windows and doors while I secured them).
The whole thing looks beautiful. Friends and family are astonished and impressed and wife is delighted.
19/05/2014
Regards
Silvan
24/04/2014
Just to let you know the conservatory went up with no problems, ( one of the panels had the labels stuck on the inside by mistake, That's what i told my wife anyway ! ) fitted perfectly and looks great thanks for your help.
I have recommended a couple of skeptics your way lol.
I hope i'll get another chance to put one of these up again but not in the rain this time..
Thanks again.
Colin R.
23/09/2013A great conservatory with the best service ever. Kevin advised me well and delivered brilliant customer service.
All aspects of the transaction from beginning to end were with the aim of providing me exactly what I needed.
I now have a great looking conservatory at an affordable price. Without Kevin's involvement, it may not have been as good.
Many thanks for all your help.Paul Bulmer
20/09/13
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Just a quick note to say that I have now finished the final items and cannot express how pleased I am with the product. The care taken to label and package the parts was brilliant. The ease with which the building went together was something to behold and from delivery to final fit it was a pleasure.
Yours Colin Griffiths
17/09/13Sincerely
Koos Jorissen
13/08/2013Sincerely
Dave Paulin Inverness.
28/03/2013Sincerely
Keith Clements in Slovakia.
28/03/2013Sincerely
Cllr Terence Burton
27/11/2012Best regards
David Bridges
October 12th 2012Best regards
Bob Pearce
17th Sept 2012Merry Christmas
Our garden has a very unusual shape, the drawings went back and forth along with the conversations advice and help.
Unfortunately our situation changed, so we cancelled our order.
We were given a full refund immediately.
Thank you guys so much.... I will certainly recommend you and hope we can order a conservatory and you will deliver when we move to Portugal next year.
Regards
Synthia C
Herts
Fitted by us in november 2015