Conservatories

conservatory walls - durabase or reinforced infill panels?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.04 PM

Before anyone suggests - we haven't got money for a brick extension and my hubby is a pretty competent diyer so we're going down the diy conservatory route. We want to upgrade a budget 4m x 3m diy conservatory with a celsius one glass roof and celcius clear glass walls in the hope of making it a usable playroom all year around. I've done some reading about the durabase steel base and we were looking to fit that, however we wanted to make one of the sides a wall for privacy from next door looking in. This shoots the durabase cost up to 3K and then we have the added extras of insulation and plastering, etc so one company has suggested using reinforced PVCu panels instead. He has said we can plasterboard the inside of the panels with foil backed plasterboard to create the same effect as the durabase wall and this will be just as energy efficient. Is this true? We have a new build property which is super energy efficient and even though the conservatory will be separated by our external french doors we don't want to effectively throw money anyway trying to heat it up as the plan is to use it everyday. Is the durabase system as good as it claims to be and so will it be worth paying the extra anyway? Any help/advice much appreciated, bottom line we want a room we can use everyday. Thanks.