Rough cost to put a 'proper' roof on a conservatory?

[KitKat1985]

We moved into our current house nearly 3 years ago. It's got a medium sized conservatory at the back, which we use as a bit of a 'playroom' and store all the kids toys etc in there. It's part brick built, but with a PVC roof. The roof condition is now pretty poor and it has some small leaks, so the conservatory is getting cold and damp. How much do you reckon it would be to put a 'proper' or better roof on? Or would it be better just to replace with another PVC one so you think?

It depends on the size, ours was 6m x 4m and just replacing the roof with a “proper” one would have been c £12k.

We eventually did more extensive works and paid an extra £15k for the new roof over the conservatory to be tied back into the (new) roof on the house, so now it isn’t really a conservatory any more (it is open plan to the living room/kitchen).

Oh blimey that's more than I thought. I was hoping more about 5-6k.

We had this done last year. We had to have new walls built to hold the weight of the proper roof, so it cost us £25k. It's not really a conservatory anymore, now it's a room, with walls, and big windows. (We're in an expensive Home County so this is much more than it would be elsewhere in the country)

DParents had it done for about £5.5K. It was literally just the roof that was changed. The walls and windows / doors were able to stay the same.

If the brick walls have foundations and it’s designed to take the weight of a heavier roof, then it’s possible. If it’s a cheap construction then it’s throwing good money after bad. I wouldn’t have thought a cheap roof would have been used on traditional construction in the first place so I would have my doubts as to whether this is a good idea. I would get a survey done and get accurate info about construction. Then you can decide if it’s worth it.

What @PresentingPercy.

We had this done 5 yrs ago.
We were told the foundations had to be suitable to take a proper roof, they were.
All we had was a proper roof put on. The conservatory is 5 metres by 3 metres. Roof was £5 grand.

You can get lightweight roof tiles now and they are made out of lots of different materials plastic/ fibre/ zinc/ aluminium etc it could be worth looking into something like this ? I’ve seen a couple of conservatories done with them on and they look quite smart.

Normal roof tiles are very heavy ( rosemarys are about 75-80kg per m2 ) so it would need a substantial roof structure to take the load.

Ours cost around £10k but we went for one of the well known brand names. It looks amazing. Definitely worth the money - makes the room look like a proper room

Okay, thank you for your advice and experience. Looks like we may have to save up a bit more! Lol!

We are about to have our old conservatory changed into a garden type room with solid lightweight roof, one wall bricked and corner bricked pillars added. All new glazing doors and adjoining wall into house removed to create open plan space. It's 4.5 x 3m and is costing us all in £14k.