Blog | Admiral Windows and Conservatories

Jul 18, 2019
2 min

Conservatory with solid tiled roof

We built this solid roof conservatory for a Kennington couple who wanted an extra room that they could use all year. Having previously used Admiral Windows to replace windows at the front of their bungalow, they visited our Chilton show-site and we discussed various options before making an appointment for a home visit from our expert surveyor. The conservatory has a rectangular plan to maximise internal space. To accommodate the low eaves of the Kennington bungalow, the cons

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Planning rules relaxed for larger conservatories

Admiral Windows

May 28, 2019
1 min

Planning rules relaxed for larger conservatories

Good news for those wishing to extend their home with a larger conservatory or orangery! Temporary rules, permitting larger single-storey rear extensions without a full planning application, are being made permanent. Additions to terraced and semi-detached homes can project up to 6 metres from the house, while owners of detached houses will be able to add structures that project up to 8 metres. The council will inform neighbours, who will still be able to raise objections, an

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Planning a conservatory – style and sizing

Admiral Windows

Apr 2, 2019
3 min

Planning a conservatory – style and sizing

Fancy adding a conservatory or an orangery extension to your home? There are several things to consider before we start: Purpose – How will you want to use the new room? If it’s going to be a dining room for example, then it’ll need to be large enough for your dining table and for people to be able to circulate. For any given size, a square or rectangular plan will maximise the internal space available. Consider where the doors will be, and how their placement will affect bot

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Product Spotlight: LivinROOF for a solid roof conservatory.

Admiral Windows

Mar 22, 2019
1 min

Product Spotlight: LivinROOF for a solid roof conservatory.

In a recent post, we discussed the advantages of solid roofs for conservatories, and introduced Ultraframe’s hybrid conservatory roof system, ‘LivinROOF’. Let’s take a closer look. Ultraframe LivinROOF (Image: Ultraframe) LivinROOF does away with the need to match new and old roof tiles – by doing away with roof tiles altogether. From the outside, the roof looks much like a conventional glass panelled conservatory roof. Inside though, it gives you a fabulous vaulted and insul

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Admiral Windows

Mar 15, 2019
1 min

March Winds

It’s a bit blowy out, isn’t it! At our Chilton show-site, fence panels and gates have blown down, and direction signs are askew. Though March winds huff and puff, none of our show-site conservatories have sustained damage. Neither would we expect them to (other than, perhaps, through damage to glazing from flying debris). This is because our Ultraframe and Eurocell conservatory roofs have been comprehensively tested both for snow load and for wind load. Ultraframe commissione

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Admiral Windows

Mar 1, 2019
1 min

Lantern-roofed orangery

A Didcot family wanted a playroom for their children. This fine orangery was the result. Built by Admiral Windows of Oxford, this is a classic orangery design with its full height masonry walls and glazed lantern roof. The UPVC window frames and roof lantern are finished externally in ever-popular Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016), with their internal surfaces being finished in white. French doors open out onto the patio. Orangery featuring Duraflex UPVC windows and French doors, w

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Product Spotlight – Ultraroof solid roof for conservatories

Admiral Windows

Feb 26, 2019
1 min

Product Spotlight – Ultraroof solid roof for conservatories

Ultraroof is designed to sit on old or new window frames and doors. It never needs a tie bar. Whether you need a new conservatory roof or you are commissioning us to build a whole new conservatory, Ultraroof will give you a stunning plastered and vaulted ceiling. Add glass panels or Velux roof windows to create a room that is bright and comfortable all year round. With Ultraframe’s ‘All Tile’ option for Ultraroof, you are not even limited on the choice of roof tiles. Composit

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Roofing options for solid-roof conservatories

Admiral Windows

Jan 22, 2019
2 min

Roofing options for solid-roof conservatories

If you’re considering upgrading your existing conservatory to a solid roof or contemplating a new solid-roofed conservatory, there are a number of roofing options. Which should you choose? In this post, we take a brief look at the most popular lightweight tiling systems plus an alternative that does away with tiles altogether – Ultraframe’s ‘LivinROOF’ system. Synthetic slate tiles Traditional natural slate tile appearance Riven edges to give a pre-aged look Wide range of col

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Admiral Windows

Jan 3, 2019
2 min

… and a partridge in a pear tree

From a simple window or door installation to the construction of a new conservatory or orangery, you cannot choose better than Admiral Windows as a trusted Oxfordshire company. To begin 2019, here’s a roundup of the best Admiral Windows installation pictures from 2018. We’ve chosen the following pictures to show the quality of our products and workmanship (and, of course, where the photos came out particularly well). Our resident blogsmith Adrian has added brief notes below e

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Admiral Windows

Nov 16, 2018
1 min

Decisions, decisions …

We all change our minds occasionally. Once their new orangery had been built, our customer in this example decided that they would prefer mahogany foiled fascias rather than the white fascias that they had originally specified. We returned to the orangery in Stanford in the Vale and fitted the new mahogany foiled fascias shown, and at a reduced price. Earlier, during the building of the orangery, our installation team noticed that the bi-folding doors that our customer had sp

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An orangery in Didcot. Part 3: completed and decorated.

Admiral Windows

Nov 2, 2018
1 min

An orangery in Didcot. Part 3: completed and decorated.

As promised in a previous blog-post, here are some pictures of the completed extension in Didcot that was built by Admiral Windows of Oxford. Because the doors between the house and the new orangery were to be removed, all works were carried out under a formal building notice, with the council’s building inspectors approving each step. Foundations: the clay soil was dug to a depth of 5 feet. Roof: Eurocell Lusso orangery roof, fitted with Pilkington Activ Blue glazing. Lusso

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Adding a conservatory to a dormer bungalow

Admiral Windows

Oct 26, 2018
1 min

Adding a conservatory to a dormer bungalow

A Chilton householder wanted to extend their living space and, having been recommended Admiral Windows Oxford by neighbours, they called in at our Chilton Garden Centre show-site where they saw examples of various conservatory styles. Because the new extension would be positioned adjacent to the low eaves of the semi-detached dormer bungalow, we designed the conservatory with a double-hipped roof (this is an Edwardian style roof that slopes on all sides). This roof is glazed

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Admiral Windows

Oct 5, 2018
1 min

A Skypod in Stanford

This fine orangery was constructed for a Stanford-in-the-Vale householder by Admiral Windows Oxford. The orangery has a Eurocell Skypod glazed lantern that is set into a bespoke roof. Glulam beams provide high-strength structural support, and the roof features concealed guttering behind its smart fascia. Windows including fixed full-height panels are Duraflex double-glazed units, in mahogany over white. These look great with the self-coloured K-Rend render finish to the outsi

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An orangery in Didcot. Part 2: raise high the roof beam, carpenters

Admiral Windows

Oct 2, 2018
1 min

An orangery in Didcot. Part 2: raise high the roof beam, carpenters

These photos show how the build project progressed toward the completed orangery. We will visit the house again in a couple of weeks once our customer has finished decorating, and will then add the final pics of this splendid home extension. Stuart fixes the roof beams in place. Watch your balance there! A timber sub-structure supports the internal pelmet. The completed Lusso roof, with its highline gutter. Now that the extension is glazed and watertight, the old external do

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An orangery in Didcot. Part 1: building on strong foundations

Admiral Windows

Sep 28, 2018
1 min

An orangery in Didcot. Part 1: building on strong foundations

This orangery build project in Didcot will be posted in three parts. Next week, we will see the nearly-completed extension. Because the doors between the house and the new orangery were to be removed, Admiral used A-rated glazing throughout, and we notified the council that we’d be constructing under a formal building notice. In this instalment, we look at the work Admiral Windows of Oxford puts into securing strong foundations for a conservatory or orangery. The aim is to sh

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Sep 13, 2018
1 min

Equinox tiled roof for conservatory

A Bicester customer wanted to make their conservatory into a room that could be used all year round. Following our survey, Admiral Windows fitted new window frames plus an Equinox tiled roof that’s complete with opening roof windows. Brick Red Tyco roof tiles complement the new Golden Oak window frames. The advantages of solid roofing systems for conservatories include: reduced energy bills – the Equinox tiled roof is about 10x more energy-efficient than even an A-rated glass

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Admiral Windows

Aug 14, 2018
1 min

Conservatory with stone walls

These pictures show how Admiral Windows Oxford matched the stonework of the new conservatory walls with the existing stonework of this Carterton bungalow. To accommodate the bungalow’s low eaves, the conservatory was designed with a double-hipped roof. The combination of dwarf walls and areas of high wall make this a distinguished extension. #conservatories #Edwardian #glassroof #uPVCdoors

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Admiral Windows

May 21, 2018
2 min

Building a conservatory

We were contacted by a customer who lives near Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire, who wanted to extend their living space. Following a visit to the property, we produced 3-dimensional drawings, of which this is a sample. Our customer liked our plans and commissioned us to build this Georgian-style conservatory. Because there would be no door between the house and the new conservatory, we would need to construct under a building notice, with the council’s building inspectors

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Conservatory roofs – G values and U values explained

Admiral Windows

Apr 4, 2018
1 min

Conservatory roofs – G values and U values explained

The U-value is the overall heat-transfer coefficient; a numerical expression of the calculation (W/m2 K) Watts per square meter times temperature (Kelvin being the scale of absolute temperature). Simply put for our purpose, it is the measure of how well a material is able to retain heat. The lower the U-value, the warmer the conservatory will be in the winter months. The two 4mm sheets of clear glass in the previous example will give a U-value of 2.8, whereas a top-sheet of P

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Admiral Windows

Mar 7, 2018
2 min

Conservatories for health and wellbeing

Humans consistently show preferences for natural landscapes and features (Orians and Heerwagen, 1992; see also Falk and Balling, 2010). These might well be evolutionary responses – a general inherited preference for the types of landscapes in which our species evolved. A landmark study (Ulrich, 1983) investigated whether hospital patients whose ward windows gave natural views recovered faster after operations than those patients whose windows gave a view of a brick wall. Ulri

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Conservatory with solid tiled roof

Planning rules relaxed for larger conservatories

Planning a conservatory – style and sizing

Product Spotlight: LivinROOF for a solid roof conservatory.

March Winds

Lantern-roofed orangery

Product Spotlight – Ultraroof solid roof for conservatories

Roofing options for solid-roof conservatories

… and a partridge in a pear tree

Decisions, decisions …

An orangery in Didcot. Part 3: completed and decorated.

Adding a conservatory to a dormer bungalow

A Skypod in Stanford

An orangery in Didcot. Part 2: raise high the roof beam, carpenters

An orangery in Didcot. Part 1: building on strong foundations

Equinox tiled roof for conservatory

Conservatory with stone walls

Building a conservatory

Conservatory roofs – G values and U values explained

Conservatories for health and wellbeing