Excellent workmanship, carried out by professionals from original structural diagnostic/concept discussions to the craftsman approach of the actual construction of our conservatory roof conversion.
From the outset the owner of Weatherforce Home Improvements, Paul Marrs, creative enthusiasm of approach and his regular consultation with the craftsmen, in finding a solution to our specific needs, spoke volumes about his, and the workforce which aid him, many years of experience as promoters of home improvements.
BEFORE WEATHERFORCE
Our original, polycarbonate roofed conservatory was not energy efficient, in order to use it all year round, after the onset of autumn and the colder months, it meant heating it up with two oil heaters, on maximum setting and keeping open the sliding door division between it and the adjoining room of the house.
In the warmer months, although there was an opaqueness to the polycarbonate sheeting used on our conservatory roof, the solar emissions, still able to penetrate through, made the heat such that we had to use a cooler system, rather than just a fan, to make it much more user friendly.
The polycarbonate sheeted roof was not sound efficient either, for as it rained, the noise from the impact of the rain fall was such at times, that we could hardly hear our conversations. In the high winds, a rippling effect of noise would move across the roof, an unpleasant , non-reassuring sound effect.
Because of the need for a white, angled plastic fascia, along the entire front face of the polycarbonate sheeting, an obstruction to rainfall, coming down the higher end of the sloping roof toward guttering was created. During the occasional worst spells of heavy rainfall, a pool of rainwater would collect, resulting in it finding an easy path to the interior of the conservatory.
Because of the above, the lighting installed into our original conservatory was by the only means available, a three spotlight unit, screwed to the wall above the access into the adjacent room.
Visually, our conservatory was "nothing to write home about"', from the inside as you walked into it, because of how the three white, metallic cross sections were employed to five opaque, polycarbonate sheets. All three had sagged, slightly, with age.
AFTER WEATHERFORCE
In our conservatory, now fitted with Weatherforce's solution, of a firestone rubber based roof conversion, with king span lagged sides, we have been able to sit in it, with a coffee in hand, whilst it snowed outside, with only a sole heater, set on minimum, to maintain heat shared from the adjacent room. When comfortably warm, this oil radiator is dispensed with. Only requiring us to share the heat from the adjacent room.
Because the roof is much more solid material than the polycarbonate, it's benefits have been numerous. During the sunnier, hotter spell the shading, provided by our new "firestone rubber" based converted roof, has cut down on the solar radiated heat that used to be generated through the old polycarbonate roof. So far we have not needed to enlist the use of a cooling system, to make the temperature comfortable.
The rippling sound effect that used to occur, as the high winds flowed across the old conservatory roof, no longer exists with the conversion. We are able to hear conversations, clearer, come high winds or heavy windfall.
Since the installation of the "firestone rubber" roof solution, because the roof is a un impeded, continuous slope. I no longer have to be watch full, of rain water finding capillaries through which to seep through to the interior of the conservatory.
Visually, the white cladding interior to the roof, with its four spot lights, has added appeal and a more pleasant room, in which to sit and enjoy the view from our conservatory .
Thanks! Weatherforce.
DAVID & CHRISTINE McKENNA
Edgeworth Drive
Bury
BL8 2EB
