Does anyone know of any companies that renovate/restore conservatories?

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We have a large conservatory that was put on the house in the 1950's to play table tennis in apparently! We love the shape and style of it, it also has a far higher roof than modern conservatories which is great.

However, the roof leaks like a sieve and it is freezing in winter as it is single glazed. Some of the wooden frame has also seen better days. We would much rather renovate it rather than replace it. Any ideas would be great.

Get a really good local carpenter to have a look at it I love those old conservatories much nicer than the plastic monstrosities we see everywhere.Depending on how thick the wood is you could re glaze the panels with double glazed units.We are having masses of work done atm and have mad the downstairs open plan but I was worried about old front door and the builders are going to glaze it and repair thebframe for insulation.Good luck

I think most companies that provice wood conservatories would do it.

We had our upvc conservatory cleaned inside and out recently, they replace any damaged parts etc that they come across. It was power cleaned, looks new!!!

The service was offered by actual conservatory companies but we chose just a cleaning company as our conservatory isn't that old so just had one slipped roof panel.

In my defence, it was in when we moved in

Yes I agree with noddy, a local joiner would be a good idea.

Thanks Noddy, that's a great idea. It would be such a shame to get rid of it and replace with UPVC, which seems to be all anyone can suggest. I shall look into it.

Hi - DP does a lot of restoration of conservatories and it's an expensive business! Noddy is right - a darn good joiner is probably what you need and get their thoughts on the windows. If it's a 1950s number you've probably got crittle windows and there are some companies that replace these with modern versions.

One job DP costed was more expensive than re-building it with a wood frame, same design. When he finished it just looked like a fresher version of the same one! I can totally see why you wouldn't want a UPVC one.

You could try this company
www.marchwood.com/
haven used them but have seen their ads in various Homes mags.
We renovated a conservatory in our previous house and got a local company to do it for us, which worked well. We kept the dwarf wall and replaced the frame and roof and added insulation. It was pricey but really worth it.