Creating a more usable space that’s enjoyable all year round can be as easy as making a change to your roof! Whether you’ve got a conservatory that you’d like to keep warmer during the winter, or a solid-roof extension that you’d like more natural light in during the summer, there are a number of ways you can switch up your roof that help to make it a more functional area.

Here are some of the options you’ve got and how they can be used to give your extension exactly what you’re looking for.

A Tiled Roof For Your Conservatory

Particularly if you’ve got an older conservatory, the roof could be creating insulation problems, leaving you with a room that’s too cold in the winter and too stuffy in the summer.

A tiled or solid roof is a popular conservatory upgrade that gives the space better insulation and protection against the varying weather throughout the seasons, helping you get more use from it and turn it into a permanent living area!

Tiled roofs come in a number of designs to match the rests of your home, and are great for adding a striking, modern look.

Skylights & Lanterns

Sometimes meeting in the middle can give you the best of both worlds! Skylights and sky lanterns help you to get all of the natural lighting you need whilst keeping the space well insulated throughout the year.

With modern ‘warm frame’ technology, they provide excellent insulation with beautiful, edge-to-edge designs that create the ultimate focal point – perfect for creating a modern space that you can use all the time!

If you have a solid-roof extension at the moment, skylights could be added to give you that extra brightness that the room needs. Or, if you’ve got a glass roof conservatory, try switching to a solid roof with skylights to get better insulation without losing all of your natural lighting!

Lighting Panels For Conservatories

Full glass roofs – especially modern ones that can provide amazing insulation – give your extension a unique feel when compared to the rest of your home and makes it a nice space to relax and enjoy the bright light during those warm summer days. Unfortunately, an all-glass roof comes with a problem – lighting when the sun goes away!

Lighting panels are a minimal upgrade to your glass ceiling that not only allow you to light your conservatory properly in the evening, but add style and ambience throughout the day too.

A Glass Roof For Your Extension

If natural lighting and opening up the space is your goal, choosing a glass roof is the way to go! It’s a great way to make your room stand out and have somewhere to enjoy the bright skies, especially during the spring and summer months.

Luckily, there are now a number of modern glass roof features that also help with insulation problems to help keep the space warmer for you to use. Whilst they still don’t match up to solid roofs for warmth, depending on your use needs for it, it can often be worth it to gain the stunning natural light and look that a glass roof has!

 Approved Ultra Installers

As approved Ultra Installers, we are trusted to install all of Ultraframe’s beautiful roof upgrades and improvements. Whether you’re looking to refresh your space’s look or need some additional functionality that makes your space more usable, we can help you out!

If you’d like to learn more about a particular roof upgrade, get in touch with us today for a chat.