Air Conditioning and Heating:
“Air conditioning is the ultimate means of controlling
the climate of a conservatory”
It is no secret that conservatories get hot, and if they are subject
to a lot of direct sun light very hot. There are many ways to control
the climate of a conservatory, you can see from our top tips page
that we strongly advise you include as much ventilation as possible
including large bottom opening vents below the transom. Roof vents
are also an effective way of controlling the temperature in conservatories;
when opened they allow the hot air that rises above head height
to escape without creating a heat trap.
There are several ways of maintaining a controlled environment inside
the conservatory not to mention opening the doors but non are as
effective as an air conditioning unit.
The units are fitted into a prepared opening in the dwarf wall of
the conservatory. When installing a fully glazed design a section
of wall must be built to house the unit. The unit will protrude
from the rear of the brickwork by 300 – 400mm.
We use two sizes of air conditioning unit:
• ACS9: Up to 16m2
• ACS12: Up to 20m2
While the face value of air conditioning unit is quite high other
options for maintaining a comfortable room may not be required such
as roof vents and the number of opening vents can also be reduced
helping to counterbalance the cost.
The air conditioning units do also have a heating facility, although
this is not as powerful as a convection heater and we have always
been cautious to advise that the air conditioning unit will probably
not be adequate heating for the winter.
There are various electrical requirements for an air conditioning
unit which add to the cost involved:
Air Conditioning unit: £400.00 (approx)
Fuse Spur £58.00
Connection £58.00
New Ring Main £235.00
• Remote controlled
• Minimum maintenance – Simply pull out the front filter
to clean
• Long life filters
• Moisture dispersal
• Environmentally friendly – non CFC refrigerant gases
• Filters out dust and pollen
Building Regulation Part “P”:
The new ring main is required to carry the power requirements of
the air conditioning unit, we cannot just spur of an existing circuit,
the power requirements are to high. This brings into play another
variable in the cost of the air conditioning unit, the ring main,
this is taken from the conservatory back to the fuse box. Under
new building regulations out electrical contractors cannot connect
a new ring main if the existing electrical works in the house are
not up to date. If the house has not been re-wired in the last 15
years (approx) this will mean further works to meet the current
building regulations.
All work is completed to Part “P”
of the building regulations as from January 2005. Under current
building regulation Part P any alterations or additions to your
existing electrical installation may only be carried out providing
your existing electrical installation is compliant to include earthing
facilities at the origin, supplementary bonding in bath/shower rooms
and earth conductors to main incoming gas and water services. All
prices allow for additional lighting and socket outlets to be derived
from existing localised circuits. Installation of new circuits may
be required from the local distribution board if these circuits
are unsuitable or unable to supply the additional loads. Please
be aware that should your existing electrical installation require
any of the works mentioned above to ensure compliance with the regulations
it will be subject to additional costs. If required our engineers
are able to provide this service for you. All works carried out
by the engineers will be inspected and tested. You will receive
test certificates for this work as appropriate and we will submit
notification of our electrical installation to building control.
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