How Do You Stop a Garden Room Overheating? Stopping a garden room overheating usually means combining control of incoming heat with a realistic way to remove heat already inside. Glazing, shading, ventilation, construction and equipment use all influence the result. Changing the glass alone may address only part of the problem. For a new room, […]
Tag Archives: External Shading
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Oct
Oct
What Is Part O and Will It Stop Me Having Big South-Facing Windows? A large south-facing window can shape the whole experience of a home. It can draw the garden into a living space, bring winter sunlight deep into the plan and give an ordinary room a remarkable outlook. The concern is whether those same […]
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Oct
Oct
1. The problem begins with the room, not the glass A glazed room can be a pleasure in one season and difficult to occupy in another. The cause is rarely captured by the area of glass alone. A shallow room with a shaded garden outlook behaves differently from a deep kitchen beneath a broad rooflight. […]
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Aug
First Decide What You Are Actually Trying to Shade When a glazed room becomes uncomfortable, the instinctive response is often: “We need some shading.” But that is not yet a complete design brief. Before choosing blinds, screens, overhangs or a different glass specification, establish exactly what problem the shading is supposed to solve. There are […]