Conservatory roof replacement photos: before, during and after

68 pictures from our own jobs, taken by the fitters on the day: the worn roof at the start, the frame open in the middle, the finished panels at the end. Press a picture to open it full size.

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A hipped roof, same frame, new panels.

Before: the roofs people live with

Polycarbonate gone yellow, glass that needs a ladder, moss, splits and leaves.

Years of algae on a north facing lean-to.
One cracked sheet, and every shower finds it.
Leaves sit in the flutes and hold the wet.
Dirt inside the sheets never washes out.
Spotted sheets, seen from the sofa.
Sun has turned this roof the colour of weak tea.
A tired roof on a bungalow before the swap.
The seal goes first, then the flutes fill.
A glass lean-to from the bedroom window.
Bright, and loud when the weather turns.
All glass, all weather, all the time.
Every cloud overhead lands in the room.
A grey frame under an old plastic roof.
Grime gathers where rain cannot rinse it.
Glass needs a ladder and a bucket each spring.
The same lean-to, before its new roof.
Moss on the outside shows through to the inside.
Moss along a glazing bar holds water against it.
A blocked gutter keeps the roof edge wet.
A fan stirs the air and does little else.
The hub of an old Victorian roof.
Ribbed sheets and teal walls, before.
A rosewood frame with a glass roof.
A Victorian with its first roof still on.
Weathered sheets under the cresting.
The bungalow lean-to with its glass roof.
A terrace conservatory with a glass roof.

The fitting day

Old roof off one section at a time, frame checked, panels in, every joint sealed dry.

Sheets off, bars checked, ready for panels.
This is the part that wants a dry day.
Half done: panels one side, old sheets the other.
Grey panels going in where the glass was.
Daylight one side, solid ceiling the other.
A Victorian roof open for a few dry hours.
Joints sealed on dry metal, then capped.
The room is cleared before the frame opens.
Panels meeting at the hub.

Finished, from the garden

White, grey, anthracite and copper tone panel roofs on lean-tos, Victorians and more.

A white panel lean-to, finished the same day.
A terrace lean-to with its solid roof.
Flashing tucked into the brick, panels below.
A Victorian with its new white panel roof.
Panels sit on the bars under neat caps.
A bungalow lean-to with a white panel roof.
Seven facets meeting at the ridge.
The cresting goes back on top of the panels.
A bungalow conservatory, finished.
From upstairs: one clean white roof.
Copper coloured panels over oak effect bars.
Anthracite panels on a white Victorian.
A dark grey lean-to, flush with the wall.
The clouds came after the panels went on.
Sealed, capped and done.
A hipped roof, same frame, new panels.
The same Victorian, panel roof on.
The bungalow again, glass gone, panels on.
A bench outside, a usable room inside.

Finished, from inside

The plain white ceiling under every panel roof, with lights, hubs and window seats.

A sofa that stays out there all year now.
Oak effect bars, white panels between.
Grey frames under a plain white ceiling.
A lean-to that feels like a room.
Teal walls, white panel ceiling.
A window seat for wet afternoons.
A light fitting hung from the hub.
The whole lean-to under one ceiling.
Light from the walls, not the roof.
Cleared, finished, ready for furniture.
The kitchen now carries on into it.
Where the conservatory meets the house.
A utility lean-to that stays dry.

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