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What roof covering to choose for the patio: glass, polycarbonate?

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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?

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33Raaheel Hadid
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Definitely VGA glass 9mm.

answered 6 months ago
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156Jochem Busscher
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We also opted for glass. The thickness is 8mm. We are paying for two roofs, one 4 × 4, the other 1.75 m. X 3.50m with a glass awning under the 4x4, no installation $9000. This is really absolutely normal. We have aluminum profiles in RAL 7016. I'm glad we decided to choose glass after all.
– Raaheel Hadid  6 months ago
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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.

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11ParquetMan
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So far we are at $11,000 to $17,000 for 7m x 3,5 m with awning.
– Raaheel Hadid  6 months ago
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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.

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182Rogerio Roggenbuck
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