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Conservatory roof options: the choices after the roof type

Once the roof itself is settled there is a second set of decisions — daylight, finishes and what goes into the ceiling. They change the room more than people expect.

  • Rooflights and lanterns for daylight overhead
  • Tile and finish options matched to the house
  • Downlights, fans and speakers built into the ceiling
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Daylight

How much sky do you want?

The choice is not glass roof or solid roof. It is how much daylight comes from overhead and where you put it.

A single lantern over a dining table, a run of rooflights along the garden side, or a fully glazed section over one end — each puts light in a different place and changes how the room is used.

On a solid roof this is the decision that stops the space feeling enclosed. Get it right and you have the warmth of an insulated roof and enough daylight to sit without lights on.

  • Roof lanterns sized to the room
  • Rooflights positioned where the light is needed
  • Solar-control glass in every overhead option
  • Fully glazed sections within a solid roof
Bifold doors across the rear of an orangery extension

Benefits

What else you choose

  • Tile finish

    Chosen against your existing roof so the room ties into the house.

  • Ceiling finish

    Plastered and painted in whatever colour the rest of the house uses.

  • Downlights

    Positioned before the ceiling goes up rather than added awkwardly after.

  • Ventilation

    Opening rooflights and vents to move warm air out at high level.

  • Speakers and fans

    Anything you would put in a normal ceiling can be built into this one.

  • Internal pelmets

    Concealed lighting and a clean junction where the ceiling meets the frames.

Worth knowing

Decide it before the ceiling goes up

Most of these choices are cheap while the roof is open and expensive once it is plastered.

Downlight positions, speaker cables, a ceiling fan point and the pelmet detail all want settling before the ceiling is boarded. Adding them afterwards means cutting into a finished ceiling.

We go through the list at survey so it is on the quote rather than becoming a conversation halfway through the build.

Full-height glazing in a vaulted extension seen from inside

Roof types

First, the roof itself

These options apply on top of whichever roof type you choose.

Warm roof garden room with bifold doors onto a garden

Warm Roofs

An insulated, tiled roof that turns a freezing conservatory into a room you use all year — usually onto the existing frames.

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White conservatory with a solid tiled roof and internal shutters

Solid Roofs

A fully tiled roof with a plastered ceiling inside. The warmest and quietest option, and the one that reads as a real room.

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Dark framed roof lantern seen from inside a room

Glass Roofs

Self-cleaning, solar-controlled glass that keeps the daylight while cutting the glare and the heat build-up.

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White uPVC conservatory fitted to a home in Sussex

Polycarbonate Roofs

The lightest and cheapest option. Fine as a budget cover, but noisy in rain and the first thing we suggest replacing.

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Glass roof lantern installed in a flat roof extension

Roof Options

Rooflights, lanterns, tile finishes, internal spotlights and ceiling colours — the choices that come after the roof type.

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Questions

Roof option questions

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Can I have rooflights in a solid roof?

Yes, and we usually recommend it. They give you controlled daylight overhead without the temperature swings of a fully glazed roof.

Can the tiles match my house?

Usually very closely. We choose the tile against the existing roof at survey rather than from a sample sheet.

Can I have downlights in the ceiling?

Yes. Positions want deciding before the ceiling is boarded, because adding them afterwards means cutting into a finished ceiling.

What about ventilation?

Opening rooflights and high-level vents let warm air out at the top of the room, which makes a real difference in summer. Worth specifying at the outset.

Can I add a lantern to an existing solid roof?

Often, but it means opening up the structure and forming a new upstand, so it is far cheaper to do it as part of the original job than afterwards.

Where we work

Conservatory roofs and roof lanterns in East Grinstead and across Sussex, Surrey and Kent

We’re based on Station Road in East Grinstead, where West Sussex meets Surrey and Kent, and our own team works throughout all three counties.

Check we cover your area

Towns we cover include

  • East Grinstead
  • Crawley
  • Horley
  • Haywards Heath
  • Burgess Hill
  • Horsham
  • Crowborough
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Tonbridge
  • Sevenoaks
  • Redhill
  • Reigate
  • Caterham

…and the villages in between. If you’re in Sussex, Surrey and Kent, the answer is almost certainly yes.

Free quotations

Planning a new roof?

Book a free survey and we’ll go through the options before anything is quoted.

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