How not to build your own conservatory

Not long ago my partner and I decided to give conservatory building a go ourselves. We couldn’t afford to get someone to build it for us so we thought what the hell! We will try and build it from scratch and try and save some money. If I am being honest it did sound like it would be a lot easier than it was and I am writing this to tell people why you really should try and employ a reputable company to carry out the work.

Firstly we wanted to do a bit of research and discovered that we really like the style of the gable end conservatories and the Victorian conservatories. We thought it may be worth while to try and mix the two styles together? We initially began by buying the necessary parts including bricks, concrete and the basic parts to the conservatory. We started by digging out where the conservatory was going to be which is known as the ‘Trench’ and once we had completed that stage we begun to poor in the concrete as the first base. It almost seemed too soon to make such a dramatic mistake but instead of protecting the existing drainage pipes which were flowing to the house we simple poored concrete all over them making it impossible to get into these pipes to make changes or take them out. The icing on the cake is that a lot of the concrete leaked into the pipes which so happened to be carrying water in the house so we had to break into the concrete to get the pipes out and replace the ones leading into the house.

This was quite an anoying mistake to make but I keep telling myself that this could happen to anyone! Since this massive accident I have since been looking for a company which specialises in conservatories sussexto help us make this dream come true and I would encourage anyone else to do exactly the same!

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