Thanks so much Raj! Followed your method and I got our conservatory done over the Christmas holiday. Spent £500 including LED downlighters and dimmers etc, it's really nice in here now and we're finding the whole house has improved as our conservatory is integral with the ground floor with just an arch to the kitchen and no internal doors. Now we are in here all the time! Inspired by your video ; I've only limited DIY skills but it wasn't too complicated and I'm really glad we've done it. THANK YOU!
I did mine earlier in the year and on an extremely tight budget so instead of the thermal quilting I used bubble wrap in layers which cost me £10 for a big roll. And I used soffit boards which I bought off FB marketplace and they cost me £80 . To save having to align on the angles I did them a different direction and it’s worked well. I didn’t use any H pieces, I just put sealant between them and then got a roll of plastic trim off Amazon at £9.99 and put that over to hide the joints. I’ve not had a winter with it yet but it’s made a big difference this summer. This has cost me about £140 max . If I can do it anyone can . I’ve still got to finish getting a trim to tidy up around pvc to brickwork and cover a few screws I had to put in . I’d share pics but don’t know if I can in here 🙂
Thank you for posting this video. I did exactly the same process for out conseratory with super quilt and fire rated white plastic cladding. The results are quite dramatic. Cooler in the summer and warm in the winter. Its become a room we can use all year round. Its currently a windy -3 Deg C outside and a comfortable 19Deg C with a small radiator in a room 6M x 4M room. 😁😁😁😁
The temperature outside today is 6 degrees and inside the conservatory it is showing 22.5. The heating has switched off at 9 in the morning and it is 1325 now. I thought I'll post these figures to give an idea about the insulation effectiveness. Also to add that the other rooms on this floor show a temperature of 23.5 degrees
Really enjoyed your video, bet you wish you took the stickers off before installing the upvc! I agree about the weight of the plasterboard and I think the cladding looks okay. It saves having to plaster or paint the ceiling as well.
Hi Nick thanks for watching. Yes, I find it is much easier to keep the UPVC panels clean and shiny. Ref the stickers 😀 yes would have been good to remove them before installing the panels...my 8 year old wanted to so something in the project so I let her remove the stickers and she was happy 😀
Can see by ur tools you went Aldi. Been there, done that etc. Nice work. Sometimes wish I'd done my own. I've hung multi-wall Upvc between my conserve roof frames. After I did mine we had a hot summer, I measured 45C on the INSIDE of the double glazed door. Crazy
Hi Stephen thanks for watching. The conservatory has all full glass windows all around and this causes them to heat the inside when sunny. However, although I did not take temperature measurements for the extreme hot days this year but with the door and windows open it was ok .
Hi Raj. Big thank you for this. Followed your detailed instructions and tips and we got insulation and battens up in a couple of hours. Everything tapped up and ready for cladding. Definitely already feels warmer and rain noise this morning sounds reduced. Will put up cladding next weekend.
I think you did as good a job as many of the so called professionals. Very good informative video which will help me a lot as I intend to do the same to my conservatory in a couple of months when the temperatures are a bit lower. Great job and thanks for posting it.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 excellent wasn't sure how you managed to put them on . I was wondering how your panels could stay up whilst you were adding them , as no H trim was used whilst you were building them up? Did you secured with some screws one of the panel for them not to fall down ? Thank you again .
Great video, having had a quote for £2.5k to get mine done I’m thinking £500 and a bit of hard work is worth the effort!! Just a couple of questions 1) what did you use to cut the cladding? Would a mitre saw do? 2) how did you attach the edging strip to the conservatory and the bare brick? Your setup is the same as mine! Thanks in advance
Hi Neil thanks for watching. To answer your questions 1) I used an electric hacksaw (20ish £ from Wickes ). Mitre saw with the appropriate blade thickness for PVC should be fine too. 2) stapled to the battons. All the best!
Amazing job really. Thinking to do it now. Asked for quote from companies but nothing cheap really. May I please ask few questions.what was Batton measurement ? 25mm 38mm ? Also I can see you seal every joint with tape but did you seal borders as well ? Or left them open for vantilation ? I saw one video where edge of foil was also sealed by tape. Appreciate your response.
Thanks for watching. I can't remember the exact length of the Batten's. There were 2 lengths available at Wickes and I opted for the one which was almost the same length as the struts.
Thank you for this vdo. Did it helped with reducing rain noise? if not to satisfactory level what you suggest can be done differently to help with that? I am about this do this project, would appreciate some pointers, lessons learned. rain noise on our current poly sheets is quite loud.
Thanks for watching AK DP. It has significantly reduced the rain noise. The conservatory is used as a normal living space. The only thing that I have found is that after the insulation installation, it has not left a space above the windows to be able to hang curtains. I need to find a way around that. All the best for your project.
Hi Benjamin thanks for watching. This was from Wickes ( if I remember correctly - In the video I have mentioned all the required materials and from where they have been sourced)
Hello, Great video. I am about to start doing ours with plastic cladding rather than plasterboard. I see you fixed a length of stripping to the brick wall, did you also fix a strip along the length of the conservatory to cover the bottom of the first row of cladding? If so how did you get around the fact that the ceiling oof is pitched and the strip would be sitting vertical to accept the cladding sheet? Any help much appreciated. Thanks Peter
Hi Peter thanks for watching. The strips at the bottom is stapled to the bottom battens. The cladding is cut at an angle for each row at the end ( the video shows how I checked for the angle) . I hope I have understood the question correctly (?).
Hi, couple of questions if you dont mind.. 1. did you tape the bottom part where the insulation meet the conservatory? 2.does all the added weight affect the structure of the conservatory? Thanks Vishun
Great video with some hood tips. It's given me much confidence to do my own. My Conservatory is rectangle so should be a lot simpler than yours. Ill let you know how i get on. Thanks
Hi Leanne thanks. We now use the conservatory as a normal room. Entering from the living room into the conservatory now it does not feel different in the temperature. In the last couple of days when the temperature had dropped down significantly, the room was still usable like a normal living space.
Hi - thanks for watching. I have used only the self drilling screws. Using No more nails in addition to the screws will probably make it more secure. Although in my case the structure appears secure enough with the screws.
Looks absolutely great. Looking to get something like this done in my conservatory. How practical is this at all? Does it stop the conservatory from getting too hot in the summer? Does it make the inside of the conservatory too dark ?
Thanks for watching Sam. It has made the conservatory usable throughout the year now. The light inside the conservatory has not got affected as the sides are all uPVC glass, however there has been a slight reduction of light in the room adjacent to it but that reduction is negligible in my view. All the best for your project!
Great video! We are just planning a materials list for ours as we speak. I had intended using super quilt and then using an insulated plasterboard over the top of that to further decrease heat loss. In your experience do you think that's overkill? The weight is as you mention a concern. I had intended combatting that somewhat with a cross brace from one side to the other, disguised as a faux wooden beam. I have been monitoring internal and external temps the last couple of weeks in the hope of giving some measure of improvement.
Great video!!! I've just gone through your material costs and mine has come out at £800. I do have a 5m x 3m conservatory though. I have a question though. how have you finished the edge where the cladding meets the existing conservatory?
The edge next to the wall is with an edge trim which is like a U section. The cladding to cladding is with an H section trim. Both are shown in the video. All the best for your project
Thanks for watching. I'm not sure I've understood your question. Are you asking how many years will the insulation last? If so then- my gut feeling is that it should last for quite a number of years as the insulation material is not a naturally bio degradable material. If you do a search for the product on Google, you can see the specification and the guaranties for the insulation.
Hey RD, a great video and good finish as well. I intend to do the same project on my conservatory. May I ask what is the size of your conservatory please? Thanks
Thanks for watching Jay S. This is a standard size Victorian style conservatory. Sorry I do not remember the dimensions. All the best for your project!
Nice build, how's the results working out so far? is it worth doing? i'm currently looking at a replacement roof for the conservatory and the prices are astronomical!
Thanks for the video, very informative. I am almost ready to get the plastic cladding, but B and Q don't seem to have much choice. Did you also seal the perimeter with aluminium tape? Even with just the superquilt on , temp in conservatory is 17.5 degrees, so its worth the effort.
Hi Phil thanks for watching. Try Wickes for the cladding. They have a free delivery over a certain amount. I have used the tape to seal all open edges and to seal two adjacent edges of the insulation only.
Hi Bernard thank you. I don't remember the sizes now but the video shows the screew sizes and for the battens there were 2 sizes available at Wickes one of them I remember for the exact size as the length of the conservatory support struts. I suggest measuring the length and then ordering the batten closest to the size of your conservatory strut to avoid wastage. I hope it helps.
Hi Paul the room has become our dining room and is used like any other room in the house. Makes us wonder why did we not do it sooner 😀 Just to add during the recent hot days it was perfectly fine to use the conservatory now without opening all the windows- this was impossible to do in the past when the ceiling did not have the insulation.
Hi Dave thanks for watching. A slight reduction in the light but as there are windows/ glass panes all around the sides, it is still bright inside. The light inside the living room next to the conservatory is mostly from the conservatory windows so the effect of reduction due to the roof insulation is negligible in our case.
Nice Video and thanks for sharing, Can we use 80mm Celotex to inside roof ? instead of SuperQuilt , I have a quote £1800 for as below To insulate between existing roof timbers with 80mm Celotex to inside of existing roof. To over cap rafters inside with white upvc 300mm hollow soffit board.
Hi Matt the next layer of cladding covers the staple of the one below. The tongue slides over the staple, which is almost flushed. The staples are not visible at all., as seen in the video.
Great video, quick question how old is your conservatoy, how long has the new stuff been up now. Have you seen any sagging due to the weight of the timbers.
Thank you Teresa. We had bought the house with the conservatory 10 years ago. As an estimate I think it is around 20 years old. No sagging noticed as the battens are screwed on metal and are not that heavy.
Further to my last post, I'm now in the process of putting up the cladding. about 1/4 of the roof is clad. however, there is now a lot of condensation first thing in the morning, which is dripping from the polycarb panels, onto the quilt, then running down the quilt and dripping on the window sills. I've opened the small sliding vents for airflow, and left a gap between the cladding and conservatory 'wall'. this never happened before the quilt was put up. what is causing this? there is a radiator in the conservatory that comes on at 5am. Is the sudden heat meeting the cold panels causing this? As mentioned above there should be enough ventilation, and due to using battens, there is enough gap between the quilt and roof panels. hopefully this is just temporary due to the frost each morning. And once the roof is fully clad, the heat shouldnt escape and warm the roof panels?
@@diyprojects-rd6431 Hi, thanks. I've read again about the importance of sealing the joins in the quilt properly with foil tape. Its been a while since i put the quilt up, so i think warm air is creeping through the gaps where the tape has peeled away maybe, and causing the condensation. I'll make sure all joins are properly sealed, and crack on with the cladding. hopefully that will sort it. thanks
@@mattdavenport6094 yes you really need to do all you can to seal the hot side from the cold side to stop moisture migrating to the cold side and forming as condensate. Keeping the vents open will help with air flow as you say. I'm just planning this now and the bit that I was most worried about was where the insulation comes down and meets the panel above the window. I suppose it could be taped as well.
Thank you, I am sorry to ask so many questions but how far do I screw the battens onto the frame and will I break the glass? Also my battens are 50 width, not 38mm, will this be ok?
Hi Helen not a problem. 50 mm wide should not be an issue I think. If the conservatory is of a standaard construction, then the screw size that I have used ( as shown in the video) should be fine. I suggest the length of the screw equal to the thickness of the baten plus half the thickness approx of the frame on which the baten is to be screwed. I hope it helps.
I having trouble with the staples shattering the tongue of the cladding. Either the staples are too big or the stapler is too powerful? I'm using the same wickes cladding as you, 14mm staples and a Stanley TR250 stapler. please help :)
Hi Matt when I used the stapler, the body of the stapler was over the cladding at right angles to the edge so that the staples were parallel to the edge of the cladding. While using the stapler I was applying force towards the front, directly on top of the staples and not on the remaining body of the stapler. I hope this makes sense. I did not have any issues with the panels cracking.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 Hi, thanks for your reply. yeah, i tried that method but found that there was not enough force to drive the staple through the lip of the cladding, and the staple was hanging out. I'm now using small screws to secure the cladding to the battens instead. compared to all the measuring and cutting, it only takes a small amount of time more.
Hi, you have given the length of the battens, could you please tell me if you used Wickes Treated Timber Roof Batten - 25 x 38 x 3600mm size? Thank you in advance.
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@@diyprojects-rd6431 Thank you, I am sorry to ask so many questions but how far do I screw the battens onto the frame and will I break the glass? Also my battens are 50 width, not 38mm, will this be ok?
Hi! Great video, you helped me a lot. Question, if I can. How did you screw inn a second sets of batons? I can't do it, coz super quilt is wrapping around the screws. Any tips, please? Thank you - Kate
Thanks for watching. Yes this can be slightly tricky sometimes as the insulation wool rotates. Try using a new location or try with a pilot hole with a very fine drill first before putting the screw. I tried both the methods.
If cladding sheets are stapled into betton, how do you insert/slide in H bar at later point. I am having difficulty if I staple the cladding edge to betton, H bar cannot be inserted there later on, as bottom bit of the H-bar is quite wide. if there is staple pin connection cladding and betton, H-bar bottom bit cannot go under it, as pin is blocking it. I hope you understood?
Hi - the end where the cladding is inserted into the H Bar/ strip is not stapled. I had slided the H bar onto the cladding and stapled the H bar on to the batton on the other side. Then slided the next batch of the cladding panels on to the other side of the H bar and carried on. I hope makes sense.
See the video at 11:55 . The cladding is shown overlapping over the batton. This visible edge over the batton is not stapled to the batton. It is here the H section is slid on to the cladding edge.
Thank you Emma. Thanks for the offer but I am only a DIYer and do not do it professionally . Once you plan the project you'll probably see like I did that It is not too difficult to do it . All the best!
hi , another comment sorry. well summers here, and this week i've had a mini disaster, when i noticed the ceiling sagging! took some panels off to see what had happened (luckily i screwed them on, instead of stapling) and the first lot of battens have come out of the aluminium rafters. I've now replaced the original 4.5 x 50mm screws with 5.5 x 50mm screws. I've noticed that the screws i've taken out have been really hot, so i'm wondering if the screws have come loose due to heat, and metal expansion. In which case, i guess putting bigger screws in wont really solve the problem? Has anyone else had this issue? Really worried now about the whole ceiling caving in!
Hi Matt that must be quite concerning indeed. I have not observed any sagging yet. Fingers crossed this is the 2nd summer in progress...I think when you re install the screws a temperature resistant sealant on the screws may help to keep them secured?
@@diyprojects-rd6431 thanks mate. Might try that if it happens again. In the meantime I've doubled up on the screws into the rafters, and also siliconed the battens to the rafters
@@diyprojects-rd6431 ah great. I want to do something similar to mine. Atm it is either freezing or too hot. The heat I can deal with. The freezing is impossible this time of year. Did you add any additional insulation around the room?
Apart from taking care of the spiders ☺️, the only step that had required a bit of a patience was when I was installing the battons. The 1st round took some pressure for the screws to self drill into the metal and the 2nd round was in trying to locate the battons underneath.
thank you for coming back to me so kind, i have a lovely builder who is at moment he will deal with roof for me, Happy New Year fab job you did Yours Jane
Hi - thanks for watching- as explained in the video, the plaster boards weigh quite a lot and I wasn't sure if it will excessively load the roof Structure. Although I know some DIYers have used plasterboard but I did not want to take a chance.
Thanks so much Raj! Followed your method and I got our conservatory done over the Christmas holiday. Spent £500 including LED downlighters and dimmers etc, it's really nice in here now and we're finding the whole house has improved as our conservatory is integral with the ground floor with just an arch to the kitchen and no internal doors. Now we are in here all the time! Inspired by your video ; I've only limited DIY skills but it wasn't too complicated and I'm really glad we've done it. THANK YOU!
Wow Congratulations! Thanks for watching and it is so nice to know about the successful completion of the project.
I did mine earlier in the year and on an extremely tight budget so instead of the thermal quilting I used bubble wrap in layers which cost me £10 for a big roll. And I used soffit boards which I bought off FB marketplace and they cost me £80 . To save having to align on the angles I did them a different direction and it’s worked well. I didn’t use any H pieces, I just put sealant between them and then got a roll of plastic trim off Amazon at £9.99 and put that over to hide the joints. I’ve not had a winter with it yet but it’s made a big difference this summer. This has cost me about £140 max . If I can do it anyone can . I’ve still got to finish getting a trim to tidy up around pvc to brickwork and cover a few screws I had to put in . I’d share pics but don’t know if I can in here 🙂
Thank you for posting this video. I did exactly the same process for out conseratory with super quilt and fire rated white plastic cladding. The results are quite dramatic. Cooler in the summer and warm in the winter. Its become a room we can use all year round. Its currently a windy -3 Deg C outside and a comfortable 19Deg C with a small radiator in a room 6M x 4M room. 😁😁😁😁
Wow so nice to know -Congratulations Paul!
The temperature outside today is 6 degrees and inside the conservatory it is showing 22.5. The heating has switched off at 9 in the morning and it is 1325 now. I thought I'll post these figures to give an idea about the insulation effectiveness. Also to add that the other rooms on this floor show a temperature of 23.5 degrees
Thank you for posting- a very informative video
Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed your video, bet you wish you took the stickers off before installing the upvc! I agree about the weight of the plasterboard and I think the cladding looks okay. It saves having to plaster or paint the ceiling as well.
Hi Nick thanks for watching. Yes, I find it is much easier to keep the UPVC panels clean and shiny. Ref the stickers 😀 yes would have been good to remove them before installing the panels...my 8 year old wanted to so something in the project so I let her remove the stickers and she was happy 😀
Thanks for posting- very good information - this will help me in my project.
Thanks
Hi raj , love the blog . Can you tell me what you are doing with the top, and how .plastic tiles ? Many thanks .😊😊😊
Thanks for watching Norman . I have not changed the top. Was not planning to... maybe one for the future 🙂
Can see by ur tools you went Aldi. Been there, done that etc. Nice work. Sometimes wish I'd done my own. I've hung multi-wall Upvc between my conserve roof frames. After I did mine we had a hot summer, I measured 45C on the INSIDE of the double glazed door. Crazy
Hi Stephen thanks for watching. The conservatory has all full glass windows all around and this causes them to heat the inside when sunny. However, although I did not take temperature measurements for the extreme hot days this year but with the door and windows open it was ok .
Hi Raj. Big thank you for this. Followed your detailed instructions and tips and we got insulation and battens up in a couple of hours. Everything tapped up and ready for cladding. Definitely already feels warmer and rain noise this morning sounds reduced. Will put up cladding next weekend.
Thank you for watching Richard. All the best for a smooth completion of your project.
Good job, the cladding looks great, 👍 wish I would have done this at my old house.
Thank you Adele
Fabulous job bless you. I have same problem but big brown spiders are in there I am so frightened a pensioner can you advise me please
Hi Jane thank you for watching. I had used the vacuum cleaner for the spiders ☺️.
I think you did as good a job as many of the so called professionals. Very good informative video which will help me a lot as I intend to do the same to my conservatory in a couple of months when the temperatures are a bit lower. Great job and thanks for posting it.
Thank you Alan and all the best for your project!
Great video thank you will use your example tondo mine . One question what did you use to attach H strip to the battens ?thank you
Thanks for watching. Small wood screws. All the best for your project
Actually most were secured using staples. The awkward ones were with small wood screws
@@diyprojects-rd6431 excellent wasn't sure how you managed to put them on . I was wondering how your panels could stay up whilst you were adding them , as no H trim was used whilst you were building them up? Did you secured with some screws one of the panel for them not to fall down ? Thank you again .
@@kadetsx the H section was secured to the wooden baton using staples mostly and the cladding white panels were slided into the H section.
Great video, having had a quote for £2.5k to get mine done I’m thinking £500 and a bit of hard work is worth the effort!! Just a couple of questions
1) what did you use to cut the cladding? Would a mitre saw do?
2) how did you attach the edging strip to the conservatory and the bare brick? Your setup is the same as mine!
Thanks in advance
Hi Neil thanks for watching. To answer your questions 1) I used an electric hacksaw (20ish £ from Wickes ). Mitre saw with the appropriate blade thickness for PVC should be fine too. 2) stapled to the battons. All the best!
For a very fine cut, how about a Japanese pull saw? Much thinner than a conventional saw. My small one is almost like a knife blade>
Hi Stephen - thanks for the suggestion.
Amazing job really. Thinking to do it now. Asked for quote from companies but nothing cheap really. May I please ask few questions.what was Batton measurement ? 25mm 38mm ? Also I can see you seal every joint with tape but did you seal borders as well ? Or left them open for vantilation ? I saw one video where edge of foil was also sealed by tape. Appreciate your response.
Thanks for watching. I can't remember the exact length of the Batten's. There were 2 lengths available at Wickes and I opted for the one which was almost the same length as the struts.
I had applied tape only to the edges as far as I can remember.
Thanks Raj. No condensation issue ? I have started the process :) fingers crossed now after lot of batten ✝️ on roof :)
No condensation issues. All the best for you project
Hi, could you tell me where you bought the cladding from? Thanks for an excellent tutorial
@Wickes
Thanks
Nice job - thanks it will help me do mine
Thanks for watching
Thank you for this vdo. Did it helped with reducing rain noise? if not to satisfactory level what you suggest can be done differently to help with that? I am about this do this project, would appreciate some pointers, lessons learned. rain noise on our current poly sheets is quite loud.
Thanks for watching AK DP. It has significantly reduced the rain noise. The conservatory is used as a normal living space. The only thing that I have found is that after the insulation installation, it has not left a space above the windows to be able to hang curtains. I need to find a way around that. All the best for your project.
Nice video - much appreciated. I'm planning to do the same.
Thanks for watching and all the best for your project
Great video thanks. Can you tell me where you got the plastic cladding?
Hi Benjamin thanks for watching. This was from Wickes ( if I remember correctly - In the video I have mentioned all the required materials and from where they have been sourced)
Hello, Great video. I am about to start doing ours with plastic cladding rather than plasterboard.
I see you fixed a length of stripping to the brick wall, did you also fix a strip along the length of the conservatory to cover the bottom of the first row of cladding? If so how did you get around the fact that the ceiling
oof is pitched and the strip would be sitting vertical to accept the cladding sheet? Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Peter
Hi Peter thanks for watching. The strips at the bottom is stapled to the bottom battens. The cladding is cut at an angle for each row at the end ( the video shows how I checked for the angle) . I hope I have understood the question correctly (?).
Hi, couple of questions if you dont mind..
1. did you tape the bottom part where the insulation meet the conservatory?
2.does all the added weight affect the structure of the conservatory?
Thanks
Vishun
1) No as this edge was sealed anyway
2) Yes but negligible - the video explains it.
@7:30...Did you seal the bottom part of the insulation to the horizontal part of the conservatory with foil tape or you left it open?
Thanks. Very informative
@tiby abraham -thanks for watching
Great video with some hood tips. It's given me much confidence to do my own.
My Conservatory is rectangle so should be a lot simpler than yours.
Ill let you know how i get on. Thanks
Thanks G j Beevs. All the best for your project!
Amazing Thankyou!
Is the rain noise quieter ?
Is the difference in the extreme temperature changes really noticeable? Thankyou
Hi Leanne thanks. We now use the conservatory as a normal room. Entering from the living room into the conservatory now it does not feel different in the temperature. In the last couple of days when the temperature had dropped down significantly, the room was still usable like a normal living space.
Hi Great video did you use no more nails on all the battens and do you think you need to ?
Thanks
Hi - thanks for watching. I have used only the self drilling screws. Using No more nails in addition to the screws will probably make it more secure. Although in my case the structure appears secure enough with the screws.
Looks absolutely great. Looking to get something like this done in my conservatory. How practical is this at all? Does it stop the conservatory from getting too hot in the summer? Does it make the inside of the conservatory too dark ?
Thanks for watching Sam. It has made the conservatory usable throughout the year now. The light inside the conservatory has not got affected as the sides are all uPVC glass, however there has been a slight reduction of light in the room adjacent to it but that reduction is negligible in my view. All the best for your project!
Great video! We are just planning a materials list for ours as we speak. I had intended using super quilt and then using an insulated plasterboard over the top of that to further decrease heat loss. In your experience do you think that's overkill? The weight is as you mention a concern. I had intended combatting that somewhat with a cross brace from one side to the other, disguised as a faux wooden beam. I have been monitoring internal and external temps the last couple of weeks in the hope of giving some measure of improvement.
Thank you Rodger and all the best for the project
Great video!!! I've just gone through your material costs and mine has come out at £800. I do have a 5m x 3m conservatory though.
I have a question though. how have you finished the edge where the cladding meets the existing conservatory?
The edge next to the wall is with an edge trim which is like a U section. The cladding to cladding is with an H section trim. Both are shown in the video. All the best for your project
@@diyprojects-rd6431 did you install the trim before putting the panelling up
Yes - progressively edge trim first then the cladding - the video shows the sequence as I have installed.
hi great video what size is the conservatory
Thank you Peter. I do not have the measurements at hand but it is a standard sized Victorian conservatory
Awesome . Best tips ever. How many years will cover this insulation ?
Thanks for watching. I'm not sure I've understood your question. Are you asking how many years will the insulation last? If so then- my gut feeling is that it should last for quite a number of years as the insulation material is not a naturally bio degradable material. If you do a search for the product on Google, you can see the specification and the guaranties for the insulation.
Hey RD, a great video and good finish as well. I intend to do the same project on my conservatory. May I ask what is the size of your conservatory please? Thanks
Thanks for watching Jay S. This is a standard size Victorian style conservatory. Sorry I do not remember the dimensions. All the best for your project!
Nice build, how's the results working out so far? is it worth doing? i'm currently looking at a replacement roof for the conservatory and the prices are astronomical!
Thanks for watching. Yes well worth the effort in my view. All the best!
I watched videos saying this type of cladding would be too heavy and result in the roof collapsing? I wonder if there are cases of this happening?
The cladding is thin plastic
Thanks for the video, very informative. I am almost ready to get the plastic cladding, but B and Q don't seem to have much choice.
Did you also seal the perimeter with aluminium tape?
Even with just the superquilt on , temp in conservatory is 17.5 degrees, so its worth the effort.
Hi Phil thanks for watching. Try Wickes for the cladding. They have a free delivery over a certain amount. I have used the tape to seal all open edges and to seal two adjacent edges of the insulation only.
Great job! What size Battens and screws did you use?
Hi Bernard thank you. I don't remember the sizes now but the video shows the screew sizes and for the battens there were 2 sizes available at Wickes one of them I remember for the exact size as the length of the conservatory support struts. I suggest measuring the length and then ordering the batten closest to the size of your conservatory strut to avoid wastage. I hope it helps.
Thinking of doing this myself, any feedback on how well it worked in terms of keeping the room cooler in summer?
Hi Liam this has been used as a normal room throughout the period.
Hey , whats your thoughts on the now you’ve had it a while ? Does it keep the room cool in the summer and warmer in the winter ? Thanks in advance
Hi Paul the room has become our dining room and is used like any other room in the house. Makes us wonder why did we not do it sooner 😀 Just to add during the recent hot days it was perfectly fine to use the conservatory now without opening all the windows- this was impossible to do in the past when the ceiling did not have the insulation.
Hi. Good Job. has it reduced the light much in your next room. Im worried about it making my living room dark due to covering the roof.
Hi Dave thanks for watching. A slight reduction in the light but as there are windows/ glass panes all around the sides, it is still bright inside. The light inside the living room next to the conservatory is mostly from the conservatory windows so the effect of reduction due to the roof insulation is negligible in our case.
Good one
Thank you Waseem.
Good job 👍
Thanks for watching 🙂
How do you screw the batten on top of the insulation, every time I put a screw in or use a drill method the insulation just wraps around the screw
I had the same issue. I then used a thin drill as a pilot - that helped the process and stopped it from wrapping.
Nice Video and thanks for sharing, Can we use 80mm Celotex to inside roof ? instead of SuperQuilt , I have a quote £1800 for
as below
To insulate between existing roof timbers with 80mm Celotex to inside of existing roof.
To over cap rafters inside with white upvc 300mm hollow soffit board.
Thanks for watching. Sorry I do not have information on Celotex apart from what may be available on a Google search. All the best!
Great video! If you staple each cladding sheet to the battens, how do you cover the staple? do you just leave it showing?
Hi Matt the next layer of cladding covers the staple of the one below. The tongue slides over the staple, which is almost flushed. The staples are not visible at all., as seen in the video.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 brilliant, thanks
Thanks, this is a great video. Have you had any condensation issues?
Thank you for your comment. I have not noticed any condensation issues.
Following on from my reply- even when the temperature has dropped below 0 in the last few days, I have not noticed any condensation.
Great video, quick question how old is your conservatoy, how long has the new stuff been up now. Have you seen any sagging due to the weight of the timbers.
Thank you Teresa. We had bought the house with the conservatory 10 years ago. As an estimate I think it is around 20 years old. No sagging noticed as the battens are screwed on metal and are not that heavy.
Further to my last post, I'm now in the process of putting up the cladding. about 1/4 of the roof is clad. however, there is now a lot of condensation first thing in the morning, which is dripping from the polycarb panels, onto the quilt, then running down the quilt and dripping on the window sills. I've opened the small sliding vents for airflow, and left a gap between the cladding and conservatory 'wall'.
this never happened before the quilt was put up. what is causing this? there is a radiator in the conservatory that comes on at 5am. Is the sudden heat meeting the cold panels causing this? As mentioned above there should be enough ventilation, and due to using battens, there is enough gap between the quilt and roof panels. hopefully this is just temporary due to the frost each morning. And once the roof is fully clad, the heat shouldnt escape and warm the roof panels?
Hi Matt just ( re) checked mine and do not see any condensation on the panels. Our radiator switches on at 5am too and 5pm in the evening.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 Hi, thanks. I've read again about the importance of sealing the joins in the quilt properly with foil tape. Its been a while since i put the quilt up, so i think warm air is creeping through the gaps where the tape has peeled away maybe, and causing the condensation. I'll make sure all joins are properly sealed, and crack on with the cladding. hopefully that will sort it. thanks
@@mattdavenport6094 yes you really need to do all you can to seal the hot side from the cold side to stop moisture migrating to the cold side and forming as condensate. Keeping the vents open will help with air flow as you say.
I'm just planning this now and the bit that I was most worried about was where the insulation comes down and meets the panel above the window. I suppose it could be taped as well.
Great!
@ Somnath thank you for watching
I have a question please - are the uPVC panels stapled too ? Thanks
Hi - yes to support the panelling I have stapled each of the UPVC panels with one staple on to the batten in the middle.
Great job,Where did you purchase the plastic cladding.cheers
Thank you :-) - I bought the UPVC cladding from Wickes- it was delivered free by Wickes.
Thank you, I am sorry to ask so many questions but how far do I screw the battens onto the frame and will I break the glass? Also my battens are 50 width, not 38mm, will this be ok?
Hi Helen not a problem. 50 mm wide should not be an issue I think. If the conservatory is of a standaard construction, then the screw size that I have used ( as shown in the video) should be fine. I suggest the length of the screw equal to the thickness of the baten plus half the thickness approx of the frame on which the baten is to be screwed. I hope it helps.
I having trouble with the staples shattering the tongue of the cladding. Either the staples are too big or the stapler is too powerful? I'm using the same wickes cladding as you, 14mm staples and a Stanley TR250 stapler. please help :)
Hi Matt when I used the stapler, the body of the stapler was over the cladding at right angles to the edge so that the staples were parallel to the edge of the cladding. While using the stapler I was applying force towards the front, directly on top of the staples and not on the remaining body of the stapler. I hope this makes sense. I did not have any issues with the panels cracking.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 Hi, thanks for your reply. yeah, i tried that method but found that there was not enough force to drive the staple through the lip of the cladding, and the staple was hanging out. I'm now using small screws to secure the cladding to the battens instead. compared to all the measuring and cutting, it only takes a small amount of time more.
Hi, you have given the length of the battens, could you please tell me if you used Wickes Treated Timber Roof Batten - 25 x 38 x 3600mm size? Thank you in advance.
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@@diyprojects-rd6431 Thank you, I am sorry to ask so many questions but how far do I screw the battens onto the frame and will I break the glass? Also my battens are 50 width, not 38mm, will this be ok?
Hi! Great video, you helped me a lot. Question, if I can. How did you screw inn a second sets of batons? I can't do it, coz super quilt is wrapping around the screws. Any tips, please? Thank you - Kate
Thanks for watching. Yes this can be slightly tricky sometimes as the insulation wool rotates. Try using a new location or try with a pilot hole with a very fine drill first before putting the screw. I tried both the methods.
If cladding sheets are stapled into betton, how do you insert/slide in H bar at later point. I am having difficulty if I staple the cladding edge to betton, H bar cannot be inserted there later on, as bottom bit of the H-bar is quite wide. if there is staple pin connection cladding and betton, H-bar bottom bit cannot go under it, as pin is blocking it. I hope you understood?
Hi - the end where the cladding is inserted into the H Bar/ strip is not stapled. I had slided the H bar onto the cladding and stapled the H bar on to the batton on the other side. Then slided the next batch of the cladding panels on to the other side of the H bar and carried on. I hope makes sense.
See the video at 11:55 . The cladding is shown overlapping over the batton. This visible edge over the batton is not stapled to the batton. It is here the H section is slid on to the cladding edge.
Brill. Thanks
Cheers
Hi there how many cladding lengths did you buy?
Hi IEmma I bought 6 packs of 6 panels in each pack. Therefore a total of 36 panels. 167*2.5 mm panel from Wickes.
Nice job. Are they 38x25 battens you used?
Hi thanks- I have pasted the link for the battens in one of the comments below. That shows the dimensions
Excellent job! Do you fancy doing ours?!
Thank you Emma. Thanks for the offer but I am only a DIYer and do not do it professionally . Once you plan the project you'll probably see like I did that It is not too difficult to do it . All the best!
hi , another comment sorry. well summers here, and this week i've had a mini disaster, when i noticed the ceiling sagging! took some panels off to see what had happened (luckily i screwed them on, instead of stapling) and the first lot of battens have come out of the aluminium rafters. I've now replaced the original 4.5 x 50mm screws with 5.5 x 50mm screws.
I've noticed that the screws i've taken out have been really hot, so i'm wondering if the screws have come loose due to heat, and metal expansion. In which case, i guess putting bigger screws in wont really solve the problem?
Has anyone else had this issue? Really worried now about the whole ceiling caving in!
Hi Matt that must be quite concerning indeed. I have not observed any sagging yet. Fingers crossed this is the 2nd summer in progress...I think when you re install the screws a temperature resistant sealant on the screws may help to keep them secured?
@@diyprojects-rd6431 thanks mate. Might try that if it happens again. In the meantime I've doubled up on the screws into the rafters, and also siliconed the battens to the rafters
How much does this help?
Hi Rasal the conservatory is being used as a normal dining room after the roof insulation.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 ah great. I want to do something similar to mine. Atm it is either freezing or too hot. The heat I can deal with. The freezing is impossible this time of year. Did you add any additional insulation around the room?
@@diyprojects-rd6431 also have you had any issues with condensation?
Hi Please watch the video. That is the complete job shown.
No condensation issues seen
They have got inbetween house roof and cons roof
Apart from taking care of the spiders ☺️, the only step that had required a bit of a patience was when I was installing the battons. The 1st round took some pressure for the screws to self drill into the metal and the 2nd round was in trying to locate the battons underneath.
thank you for coming back to me so kind, i have a lovely builder who is at moment he will deal with roof for me, Happy New Year fab job you did Yours Jane
I think the plasterboard would have looked much nicer. But great job
Hi - thanks for watching- as explained in the video, the plaster boards weigh quite a lot and I wasn't sure if it will excessively load the roof Structure. Although I know some DIYers have used plasterboard but I did not want to take a chance.
@@diyprojects-rd6431 You're correct, and notice that in heavy wind the consavatory roof does have a little movement, which risks cracks.