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Modern building and insulating materials are a "game changer" when it comes to constructing a solid replacement roof over your existing conservatory.
Due to the technological advancement in producing lightweight components it is now possible to improve your old inefficient conservatory roof, with it's noisy polycarbonate roof sheets, that makes your conservatory too hot in the summer, and too cold in the winter!

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Tired of paying for window cleaning?
What’s the worst thing about cleaning upstairs windows? For some people, it’s going up ladders. For others, it’s paying someone else to...
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Jun 7, 20181 min read
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Music for conservatories
Goethe called architecture ‘frozen music’. Okay, he was likely discussing the grand Baroque architecture of his period – and the quote...
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Jun 5, 20181 min read
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Composite doors – our ranges for 2018
Since their introduction to the UK market in 1989, the choice of composite doors has expanded enormously. Many British manufacturers now...
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Jun 1, 20183 min read
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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...
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May 21, 20182 min read
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Marquand Window
If only Henry G. Marquand would have come to Admiral, he could’ve had the real thing. As it was, he had to make do with a sketch. This...
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May 18, 20181 min read
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Days out in Oxfordshire – Oxford Bus Museum
As a well-established Oxfordshire home improvement company, we’re often contacted by people who are in the process of moving to our area...
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May 4, 20182 min read
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Close the door, light the light
Your front door is a major part of visitors’ first impressions of your home. The door that you choose should match the style of your...
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Apr 25, 20182 min read
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Designing in light – part 2
While our business is focused on windows doors and conservatories, at Admiral we are interested in all aspects of home improvement. This...
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Apr 10, 20182 min read
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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...
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Apr 4, 20181 min read
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Roofline makeover
Hopefully, we’re just about through the snow and gales of winter’s extended hangover, and we’ve caught up on our sleep following the...
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Mar 28, 20181 min read
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Clear Shield glass treatment
We are delighted to announce that Admiral Windows have now been appointed as a certified installer of the Clear Shield Eco-System – a...
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Mar 21, 20181 min read
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Selling your house? Eight tips to improve the appeal of an older conservatory
If you are about to move house, you will want to maximise your home’s appeal to potential buyers. How will you highlight an older...
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Mar 12, 20182 min read
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Conservatories for health and wellbeing
Humans consistently show preferences for natural landscapes and features (Orians and Heerwagen, 1992; see also Falk and Balling, 2010)....
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Mar 7, 20182 min read
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The Plum Pudding at Milton
Milton’s Plum Pudding is a proper village pub. Under its ownership of Jez and Mandy Hill, the former Admiral Benbow continues to grow as...
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Oct 16, 20172 min read
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Self-cleaning glass
Many of our customers ask us to fit self-cleaning glass to their conservatory roofs. The self-cleaning properties of Pilkington ‘Activ’...
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Jun 28, 20171 min read
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Conservatories: designing-in light
One of the great benefits of adding a conservatory or orangery to your home is that it can be configured to fit your needs precisely. If...
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Jan 31, 20171 min read
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Back to school for Admiral Windows
St. Swithun’s is a Church of England primary school in Kennington, a few miles to the south of Oxford. The school asked Admiral Windows...
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Dec 17, 20161 min read
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A kind of hush
Green Gables guest house will need to set their alarm clocks because, thanks to Admiral Windows, the roar of the morning rush hour will...
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Dec 1, 20162 min read
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Style spotlight: orangery
Our most luxurious home extensions and garden rooms are constructed with full-height masonry walls, box gutters and lantern roofs....
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Oct 4, 20161 min read
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Style spotlight: modern
A versatile and increasingly popular choice, suitable for home-owners who seek a clean contemporary look. While these conservatories look...
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Oct 2, 20161 min read
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