Does anyone else out there have an Ultraframe conservatory roof?

I have a glass conservatory roof which was supplied by ultraframe and
fitted by my local conservatory company, but I have always had a
problem with it leaking.

The design appears to rely on silicone sealant along the exterior
joints, but as the UPVC expands and contracts the sealant cracks and
the roof starts to leak.

I wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience, or if not,
tell me if the sealant on their roof is still intact.

I just can't believe that the roof design relies on the silicone!

Thanks,
Jasper

"Jasper" wrote in message
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I just can't believe that the roof design relies on the silicone!
I can't believe you spent a load of dosh on it and found a fault
important enough to post on here but not important enough to bother your
fat head with posting a picture of.


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Jasper wrote:
Does anyone else out there have an Ultraframe conservatory roof?

I have a glass conservatory roof which was supplied by ultraframe and
fitted by my local conservatory company, but I have always had a
problem with it leaking.

The design appears to rely on silicone sealant along the exterior
joints, but as the UPVC expands and contracts the sealant cracks and
the roof starts to leak.
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Could it be the installer used the wrong sort of silicone?
Should be highly flexible type (low modulus)..

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Michael Mcneil writes
"Jasper" wrote in message
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I just can't believe that the roof design relies on the silicone!
I can't believe you spent a load of dosh on it and found a fault
important enough to post on here but not important enough to bother your
fat head with posting a picture of.

Seems easy enough to imagine what the problem is, and anyway I hope you
aren't suggesting they should have posted a picture to the group?


It does seem a poor design. I've not much experience of conservatory
roofs, but my parents wooden one has aluminium extrusions where the roof
panels fit, they do have rubber seals, but the design is such that if
water does get round them it is caught by the channel and drained away.

When was this roof installed? If it has always leaked then it should be
the suppliers responsibility to sort it out.
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Chris French, Leeds

"chris French" wrote in message

Seems easy enough to imagine what the problem is, and anyway I hope you
aren't suggesting they should have posted a picture to the group?
You think we should use ESP instead of URL's to guess what he's on
about?
E.g.:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame2a.htm
or
http://www.ultraframe.ca/

It looks -to my inexperienced eyes, that the glass is in fact plastic:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame3.htm

The firm seems genuine enough:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame4.htm

So....?


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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:59:41 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Mcneil"
wrote:

"chris French" wrote in message

Seems easy enough to imagine what the problem is, and anyway I hope you
aren't suggesting they should have posted a picture to the group?
You think we should use ESP instead of URL's to guess what he's on
about?
E.g.:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame2a.htm
or
http://www.ultraframe.ca/

It looks -to my inexperienced eyes, that the glass is in fact plastic:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame3.htm

The firm seems genuine enough:
http://www.ultraframe.ca/frame4.htm

So....?

More likely to be

http://www.ultraframe-conservatories.co.uk/index4.html


..andy

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Thanks for the comments guys, I had already contacted the installer
when I posted the message, but I wanted to be armed with as many facts
as possible before he arrived and palmed me off with some bull***t.
The points about high modulus silicone and hidden drainage channels
(maybe they are blocked) will be discussed with him ;-)

Cheers,
Jasper