Does anyone have a glass room/pergola/veranda

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And if so would you recommend?

Im not looking for a conservatory, more of a covered patio area from the back of the house.

We’re in the west of Scotland so somewhere to sit out when it rains but not an indoor room, maybe glazing all around that can be opened on the annual summers day.

Well, I’m Australian, in Australia and I wouldn’t be without a verandah. All our houses are built with one at the back. And a version of a porch or verandah at the front. I wouldn’t be without it.

Somewhere to sit out of the sun or the rain, somewhere to keep your bbq, we have a washing line, somewhere for children’s toys to be played with, somewhere for wet weather clothing to be removed and hung to dry. And somewhere to keep the beer fridge.

This is one of my favourite books https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=30&dym=on&rgn=eu&rollup=on&sortby=2&tn=Pleasures%20of%20the%20porch

Just get yourself a verandah. You won’t be disappointed.

Oh, and get it screened to keep the midges out, if you live in midge habitat.

Thankfully midges in the garden are rare - never seen them. By god they can be vicious though 😂

I guess conservatories tended to be more popular in this country, but I’d want something that could also be properly open, more of a sheltered garden space than a room.

We have a glass veranda covering part of our patio.
7m x 3m with a glass wall at one end, it provides fantastic protection from the wind & rain. The tinted roof does limit the scorching heat coming through.
Our garden furniture is completely covered and can be used practically all year around, even today (heavy rain) the table & chairs are dry. In warm wet weather, it means we can leave the patio doors wide open with no rain coming in.

Had a conservatory at our previous house which was beautiful and could be used all year but our new house has a different configuration plus we had no need for the additional living space so decided on a covered patio instead.

I have both a garden room ( a conservatory with a solid roof and low brick walls) built onto the back of the house and a glass verandah covering part of the patio next to it. The garden room was there when I bought my house and I use it as my dining area as it is fully heated. I had the glass verandah fitted this April and have used it a lot since. It’s 4m x 4m although about 1/2m of the depth overlap the roof to prevent water ingress - I live in a bungalow so needed brackets to attach it to. I had the roof tinted to the highest permitted level allowed in cars rather than have a blind as it would make my kitchen too dark. I had an electric light fitted under it at the same time so I enjoy sitting outside as it gets dark, it’s so peaceful where I live.

I love that I can leave my cushions out all summer and that I get full shade when I sit out in my south facing garden. We held a family party outside just a couple of weeks ago and it was lovely.

They are expensive though so you need to be sure you will use it a lot to justify the cost. I used a small local company rather than one of the big national ones, it was a lot cheaper and they were very flexible to install it exactly as I wanted rather than only install a standard design.

@Nourishinghandcream that sounds perfect and the dimensions too. Would you mind giving a ballpark cost?

And @Ihateslugs that sounds great to. Again what was the rough cost if you don’t mind?

We would need to get some sort of blinds, as it’s west facing, but would want all glass to not block the light in to the room inside. But maybe tinting is the way to go.

I can envisage using the space a lot.

We had one fitted late last year and I absolutely love it. We took down an old (25yrs +) UPVC conservatory which was grim and replaced it with a single glazed glass room/veranda. It's about 3m x 2.5m with sliding doors opening on both sides - other two sides are up against the house and a wall. It means we can be in the garden even when it's raining & cold cos we have a log burner in it. Honestly one of the best things we've done.

"that sounds perfect and the dimensions too. Would you mind giving a ballpark cost?"

Ours was just shy of £25k.

Apologies for late reply, I’ve not been very well so missed you question.

I paid just over £6k in total which included fitting then an extra for the tinting but I can’t remember how much that was. It was a local business run from a local farm and fairly small scale. The other four quotes I had ranged from £10k to £18k so I was relighted to find this company.