Glass roof panels or skylight? Does activ blue glass work to keep out the heat?

[Cherryblossom200]

Hi there,

I'm totally stuck here. I had planned all along to get a glass panelled roof like the one attached. I'm having a lean too extension like the one in the photo. It's not huge, approx 4 metre long by 4.5 metres wide.

My drawings are pretty much done, but after chatting with a builder they warned me against getting an extension with so much glass. I was told by a glass specialist to get blue glass which reflects the sun, however I don't know how good they are. I don't effectively want an unusable green house at the end of my house 😂

The extension will form part of our living space, it will have a sofa in there and I'm concerned about the heat in the summer.

As an alternative I was going to get two large skylights like the ones shown which open. But on a pitched roof. So two next to one another which I will will look really nice .

Thoughts?

Thanks everyone, just looking into it now 😊

@minipie From the inside looking out, the view is a touch darker, but it's in no way 'dark'. The slight difference is actually welcomed because it was just too bright otherwise. Plus, when it's a blue sky day, the film makes the colour of the sky a much more rich, intense blue - it's lovely.

Regarding the neighbours - it's mirrored on the outside so yes, you'd have to make sure that it's not going to reflect on anyone else's windows. One advantage of the mirroring is that neither our neighbours nor ourselves (from our top windows) can see inside the room during daylight hours. On the other hand, at night-time when we've got lights on, we can still see the inside of the room (albeit a bit less than pre-film).

@Tashface that's really interesting. We've just had a large lantern fitted in our extension and it's so bright I have to wear sunglasses to sit in it.

@nokitchen my OH used to wear his baseball hat 😁

Thanks Tashface very interesting! Will bear it in mind if the heat gets too much.

Hi Tash!

Thanks for your info. It sounds great in principal, but I'm a little worried about the mirror effect 😂 plus I will have a lot of glass on the roof so might just make it look awful. Not sure 🤔

I've decided I'm going for large roofl lights with rain sensors. I'm just risking it with the large roof panels. I think the roof lights look lovely and with the lights in between it'll look really contemporary.

Yes a side benefit of two skylights is that it gives you somewhere in between to put some lighting! With a massive glass roof you can end up with a big black hole at night and no lighting over your island/dining table.

After fitting special blue tint conservatory roof glass does anyone still have a massive problem with sun glare?