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PRO INSTALLER JANUARY 2014
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WHY A CONSERVATORY MAY NOW
BE THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR
CHOICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROOM
David Fenning’s Conservatories has been designing and constructing glazed sunrooms
since 1969. Some of the early basic structures were of a greenhouse design but
nonetheless people used to sit in these protected areas and enjoy their garden.
As the quality of construction materials improved,
there have been significant
advances in what we now
consider as modern conservatories rather than
lean-to greenhouses. In
this exclusive article for
Clearview, David Fennings
now discusses why another
major move forward is now
substantially overdue…
“During the last five years, there
has been a generally unexplained
reduction in homeowners constructing conservatories on their
properties. It can however be
seen that this has run very much
parallel with the downturn in our,
and indeed the world, economic
climate.
“This decline in fully glazed
conservatory sales has been
dramatic but there appears to be
a substantial rise in those adding brick extensions with tiled
roofs. Reliable market research
indicates that it is not so much
people feeling that conservatories
are too hot in the summer or cold
during winter months but that
they are considered as a luxury
addition to the home and we are
of course currently experiencing
tough economic times. Full extensions are now popular because
more home owners are not moving and therefore wishing to add
brick and tiled roof extensions
to their home for a more general
living area BUT people have
been extending their homes for
hundreds of years and this has
previously made no dramatic impact on the popularity of glazed
conservatories.
“I can unhesitatingly say that
many thousands of my customers
will unequivocally state that their
fully glazed conservatory is by far
the family’s most popularly used
room. When asked why, the answer will very simply be. ‘It is a
wonderfully bright protected area
where we can relax comfort X