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  1. Ah ok is it unsual that they would inlude this too? Would you advise to pull it all down and start again with it being a steel base?
  2. Just an update as I've just had a call from the estate agent after they've spoke to the current owner of the house.. apparently the conservatory is built upon a steel frame? And not dug in... now this doens't make much sense to me. But does this make things more complicated? Thanks
  3. I actually had another quote since posting this... he quoted me 60-80k and not including the kitchen ? And I appreciate that, I don't want to run the risk of it falling down if I just changed the roof but if it's roughly between 25-30k for a proper job then we would have to look at that. Cheers
  4. Thank you for your replies, and glad I asked the question as I've literally no idea in this field so good to get advice from the pro's. And yes looking at a pitched roof. I assume the builder would know to get building approval when installing an RSJ, but at least I now know. And I'd never thought about insulation following the work, thinking about I'm not sure if the conservatory has any rads in but will double check as I've not actually brought the house as of yet as it's all still going through. I've attached a copy of the floor plan so you get an idea of the size of the room in the end. As for the windows, we would like to keep the existing if possible From the replies it's looking more likely that I would need to knock it down and start again.
  5. Hiya, I'm looking at getting some advice, I'm in the process of buying a new house and would like to change the pvc roof on the conservatory to a tiled one with some velux windows put in. And the wall between the conservatory taken out making it one room and then install a kitchen diner. I'm not very savy when it comes to building work! I've had a couple of builders come back to me so far, one of which says he can put a new roof on without building the existing conservatory down as he believes it should hold the weight. And has quoted 13k for this work to be completed (this doesn't include the cost of a new kitchen and installation). The other builder has advised he will need to pull the conservatory down and build it up from scatch and redig the footings etc. The quote has come as 50k-60k. So I guess my question is, if the conservatory was built in 2013 will the footings be deep enough to hold the weight of a tiled roof without having to start all again and costing a small fortune? I've attached a photo of the inside of the conservatory and an outside view if that helps. Any advice welcome. Cheers
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