Hardwood Conservatories and Their Benefits

With summer only just a few months away, you may be thinking about adding a conservatory onto your house to allow you to enjoy the sunshine within your home. You know that all of your neighbours have white UPVC conservatories and that they are extremely comfortable to sit in. But you want to stand out from the crowd and have a more natural looking conservatory in your garden. In which case, a hardwood conservatory would be perfect to provide you with the look you are going for.Originally from the Victorian period, hardwood conservatories were regularly used for the purpose of growing plants and seeds that were brought into this country from much warmer climates.

Obviously nowadays, a greenhouse would be used to serve this purpose. However hardwood conservatories have managed to stay in fashion for various reasons and are now used by us to sit and relax in. They promise to provide an interesting alternative to the conventional white UPVC conservatory that we are all so familiar with.As well as providing your garden with an entirely different look to the more conventional white UPVC conservatory, a hardwood conservatory is arguably more thermally efficient and beneficial to the environment.

UPVC is a non-renewable material. Whereas hardwood conservatories on the other hand, are made from timber which is a renewable material. As such, a high demand for UPVC conservatories would be more damaging to the environment than it would be with timber. In addition to this, to create the timber for a hardwood conservatory, old trees are cut down and new ones are planted in their place, which helps to reduce the level of carbon dioxide that is emitted into the earth’s atmosphere. A hardwood conservatory is also much more thermally efficient.

When using UPVC in a conservatory, the frame is often required to be fairly large in order to support the construction. Because of this, there would be plenty of UPVC but hardly any actual window space. However, a hardwood conservatory can afford to have smaller frames, meaning that there is more room for window space. There are more places for the sun to shine through with additional window space which means that ultimately, your conservatory will remain warmer.Hardwood conservatories are aesthetically pleasing and allow you to increase your living space.

They add a more natural look to your garden, as the wooden colours blend in naturally with your garden’s surrounding colours. They also allow you more freedom if and when you were to make the decision to decorate your house as the timber can be easily painted. As well as providing you with an attractive extension onto your home, a hardwood conservatory will also provide you with a comfortable place to escape from the busy comings and goings of your household.

You can use this space to sit and relax with your thoughts, read a book or just watch nature go by in your back garden. By combining the classic style of timber with double glazed windows, you will be ensuring that you can sit in your additional room at any time of the year without worrying about getting cold. Installing a radiator or a heater into your hardwood conservatory would enable the wood and double glazing to work together and contain the heat within. This allows you to stay warm and comfortable all year round.