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It used to be common for people to extend their houses to add value to their property’s worth: adding a bedroom or conservatory could put an extra £10,000 on the market value of their home. However, with the current housing market showing no signs of improvement, more and more homeowners are choosing to extend their own houses to provide additional space, rather than move to larger properties. An orangery is a lovely addition to make to a house. Once only found attached to country manors, orangeries are now rivalling conservatories for popularity. Orangeries are only partially glazed, with all or part of the structure being made of brick. If you are planning on fitting an orangery, you may wish to save some money by doing some of the work yourself. Perhaps you plan on hiring a builder to construct the walls, but you could fit the roof yourself following these instructions. More detailed instructions and diagrams can be found on the Ultraframe website (Ultraframe supplies all necessary parts for fitting your own orangery roof, pre-cut to size). First, ask your builder to build the walls to one brick level above the lintel. You will then need to fit four support beams, called structural cassettes. These are placed at right-angles to each other to form a square around the edge of your walls. These will be heavy, so you will need to ensure that you have the right equipment to help you to lift them into place and support them whilst you attach them together with hanger brackets. It is very important to make sure that the undersides of all the cassettes are level before you tap them into place. You will then need to secure the cassettes onto the supporting walls with angled tie brackets and long fixing brackets, ensuring that you use appropriate hardware for the materials used (if you are unsure of what materials have been used to build the walls, make sure you check with your builder or with the supplier of the orangery roof as to which fixings you need to use). Once your cassettes are in place, you will need to lay a breathable membrane on top, and on top of that you will need to lay some box guttering, using gutter bond to seal the joins. Those will need screwing down securely before installing your insulation slabs. Fix plywood panels on top of the insulation slabs, then finish the masonry so that it is built up to its full level. Your GRP panels can then be put in place, with a timber fillet slotted into the gaps between panels and lead flash put around the orangery roof. Then it’s a matter of fitting the soffit and fascias inside and out and fitting the windows into the masonry. The key to successfully fitting an orangery roof is to design and buy your orangery through an experienced company such as Ultraframe. They can offer the support and help you may need throughout the process and can give you a free quote online instantly.
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