What roof covering to choose for the patio: glass, polycarbonate?
We have now decided against a simple awning and want something stationary on the property from the bay window to the other side of the house, 7 m wide and 3,5m deep. The terrace to be made in 2 weeks will be the same size as part of the exterior installation.
We have not yet decided whether to go with a glass roof with a canopy under glass or a better quality PC roof and then possibly without a canopy under glass.
Disadvantage of the latter: less light, possibly noisy when it rains because of the hollow chamber system.
Advantage: Huge savings compared to glass.
We also ask ourselves: if we look out from the dining room (central floor-to-ceiling window above, see photo), will we have an ugly yellow-green roof in front of us if we use PCs? Does anyone have any experience?
Second photo – we would like it to look like a roof, with a side window on the right, because there will be a larch screen on the side underneath.
Do you have any tips?
Answers
Definitely VGA glass 9mm.
What do you mean by "huge" savings?
Our patio roof with 1cm thick glass and a glass side wedge on one side, including installation, cost about $5000 (no awning) and measures 6 x 4m, not that expensive.
I don't know about pre-built packages, but when building it myself, the difference between glass/double ply sheets was really quite insignificant. I paid $39/m2 for the glass (2*5mm VSG). However, I would highly recommend glass, I would not want to have a roof made of double web sheets.
