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   kostello | Mar 21, 2004 11:16am | #1

   here's some pics of the valley i fabricated from EPDM (boy i love that stuff) had some unusual details.

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   EricPaulson | Mar 21, 2004 04:40pm | #2

   Doesn't anyone sleep around here??

   That is awesome. I could fill that up with plants in one afternoon!

   That's not a kit right?

   Tell us about the materials you used and such. Looks like a real challenge with the valley, huh?

   Eric

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   xMikeSmith | Mar 21, 2004 04:47pm | #3

   way cool.... kind of demonstrates the amount of sun you are NOT working with , don't it ?...

    i see some adaptations of the english conservatories over here and it seems they would be almost uninhabitable  for 6 months of the year...

   we did a lot of greenhouse additions in the '80's  and our designs slowly evolved to almost 100% vertical glazing.. caught all of the winter sun without the overheating of the other 3 seasonsMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   kostello | Mar 21, 2004 06:56pm | #6

   way cool.... kind of demonstrates the amount of sun you are NOT working with , don't it ?...

   its gets lots of sun. even on a day in the 50'sF the temperature in the conservatory will get into the 80's

   genewrally as long as the roof has enough ventilation and people use it they don't get unbearable.

   anyhow on days like that you should be in the garden.

   """""our designs slowly evolved to almost 100% vertical glazing.. """"

   i do agree that to have a mainly opaque roof is better but then you get into a diffewrent set of regulations in the UK

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   kostello | Mar 21, 2004 06:52pm | #5

   """"Doesn't anyone sleep around here??""""

   it was daytime where i posted the message.

   i'm on GMT

   it is and it isn't a kit.

   its all made to measure, the roof is pitched on the factory floor and then it all gets sprayed 3 coats of micropourous paint.

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   ANDYBUILD | Mar 21, 2004 05:27pm | #4

   Elvis

            Excellent work....what kind of tile shingles are those?

   The conservatory looks spectacular. Did you fabricate it or buy it and how difficult was it to put together or build? Cost?

   What was the most difficult part of the job for you?

   Be bizzzzzy

                   andy

   "My life is my practice"

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   kostello | Mar 21, 2004 07:05pm | #7

   """""Excellent work....""""

   Thanks very much

   """"what kind of tile shingles are those?"""""

   Shingles, Shingles?????!!!!

   they are clay tiles!!!!

   i would say that less than 0.1% of buildings in the UK have asphalt shingles, you do see a few with wooden ones but very few.

   the conservatory is all made to measure by a specialist joinery co.

   the roof is all pre cut and fitted on the factory floor, taken apart and painted ready for assembly on site.

   this one is made of sapele and the timbers weighed a ton( figurativly speaking) but i put the frame up on my own.

   """Cost?"""""

   the conservatory cost the client about £35k ish

   """""What was the most difficult part of the job for you?""""

   definately organising it all.

   having to rely on other tradesmen, i've got a pretty good team that i use but the bricklayer/plasterer was a waste of space. work was fine communication and timekeeping was lousy. took him off the job in the end.