Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

Hi,

I have a sort-of conservatory at the back of the house - basically a
gap between two extensions which has been glassed in and with a
polycarbonate roof put on. Perhaps I should call it an 'orangery' :)

Anyway, it suffers the usual conservatory problems of being too cold
in winter and too hot in summer. I'm having a radiator installed which
should hopefully help with the cold, but I have been looking at
getting some of this adhesive silver reflective film to put on the
inside of the polycarbonate roof, which I'm told may help with the
overheating problem.

Although it's not a big roof, the stuff seems fairly expensive at
about £40 per sq m (the roof is about 5 sq m) - this from www.diyplas.co.uk

Does anyone have any opinions about how effective (if at all!) this
stuff is likely to be? Is this price a rip-off?

I'd be grateful for any advice / opinions.

Thanks!

James

Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

wrote:
Hi,

I have a sort-of conservatory at the back of the house - basically a
gap between two extensions which has been glassed in and with a
polycarbonate roof put on. Perhaps I should call it an 'orangery' :)

Anyway, it suffers the usual conservatory problems of being too cold
in winter and too hot in summer. I'm having a radiator installed which
should hopefully help with the cold, but I have been looking at
getting some of this adhesive silver reflective film to put on the
inside of the polycarbonate roof, which I'm told may help with the
overheating problem.

Although it's not a big roof, the stuff seems fairly expensive at
about £40 per sq m (the roof is about 5 sq m) - this from www.diyplas.co.uk

Does anyone have any opinions about how effective (if at all!) this
stuff is likely to be? Is this price a rip-off?

I'd be grateful for any advice / opinions.

Thanks!

James


Blinds might be a better bet. Nice to have the sun in winter.
Or this stuff maybe?
http://www.polycool.co.uk/benefits.html

Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

On 23 Mar, 11:54, Stuart Noble
wrote:

Or this stuff maybe?

http://www.polycool.co.uk/benefits.html

This looks very interesting. Does anyone have any experience of using
it?

James

Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

wrote:
On 23 Mar, 11:54, Stuart Noble
wrote:

Or this stuff maybe?

http://www.polycool.co.uk/benefits.html

This looks very interesting. Does anyone have any experience of using
it?

James


It's probably overpriced from the above company. I would think whoever
supplies polycarbonate sheet in your area might be a better bet. I think
they're called "solar inserts". This is another source
http://www.casupply.co.uk/acatalog/s...l_inserts.html

Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

On 23 Mar, 14:42, Stuart Noble
wrote:

It's probably overpriced from the above company. I would think whoever
supplies polycarbonate sheet in your area might be a better bet. I think
they're called "solar inserts". This is another source

http://www.casupply.co.uk/acatalog/s...l_inserts.html

Thanks for this. Unfortunately for me my roof seems to be one of the
more proprietary forms (Ultralite 500, apparently) and the stuff from
the above firm doesn't seem to run to that size. Polycool do seem to
'support' this sort so I guess I may have to go with them...

Thanks again for the help!

James

Polycarbonate roof & reflective film - worth the effort?
 

Replying to my own post, I've found another source which appears to
sell exactly the same product as Polycool but for less than half the
price - www.smartpoly.co.uk

I'd be interested to hear of anyone who has used this stuff.

James