The Benefits of an Awning and Glass Room Combination

Retractable Awnings and Glass Rooms both have their advantages and disadvantages. Awnings are adaptable, yet unable to cope with heavier wind and snow. Glass rooms meanwhile are more fixed, however lack natural shading, merely rain and wind protection.

Perhaps this is why it has become an option with many glass rooms to have an awning attached. Often fixed to the roof of the glass room itself, the awning extends via runners and this adds stability to the awning itself. Retractable awnings can be placed either above or under the glass, with each having advantages. Outside shading is perfect for keeping the sun from heating up the glass, increasing the temperature, whilst inside shading prevents wind or heavy rain from becoming an issue.

The benefit of this means that not only can you shelter from the rain and wind but you can also get shade from the hot summer sun. Retractable awnings transform an already impressive glass room into a year round all weather shade system.

The benefits of this are obvious. When combined with sliding glass doors, you can create an area that can be entirely closed off, with a shaded roof, yet can also be completely opened up, with a glass roof and no walls.

Examples for suitable systems:

The Terrace and Patio Glass Awning is a glass and aluminium roof structure, designed for us on a terrace or patio in any domestic or commercial environment.

The Terrace and Patio Glass Awning can have shading added with an under-mount anti-glare screen that blends in perfectly and shields the area underneath from the sun.

The Terrace and Patio Glass Awning has a couple of different roof models and shapes, meaning that every need is catered for, and sides can be personalized to make them more stable or transparent.

An elegant and appealing design, the Terrace and Patio Glass Awning has a number of different options to suit different needs, and can be fitted with lights to extend usability.

The conservatory is designed to be the ultimate roof protection. It has a high quality aluminium profile, and a roof that is similar to that of the Terrace and Patio Glass Awning, but is designed from the ground up to be transformed into a glass room.

Sides can be filled in with a variety of options, such as glass panels, sliding or folding glass doors and more, and the sides include minimal posts, offering a truly panoramic view of the surroundings with a possibility for full-surface glazing, with no restrictions to the view.

The conservatory can also have both inside and outside shading, making it an incredibly versatile system.

The Fixed Glass Awning is a stylish and sturdy glass roof system, which when covered on the sides uses exceptionally high-quality glass to create a fantastically clear veranda, which offers protection from all sorts of weather conditions, from sun shading, to winds and even rain.

There is also the option for polycarbonate to be used, and whilst this is cheaper, it does make it much noisier in wet weather conditions. Alternatively, you can also fill the sides with zip screens as well as the standard glass partitions or sliding glass doors.

Similarly to the conservatory, the glass awning has minimal posts, which allows for fantastic views, without losing any of the structural integrity. The glass awning only needs two supports to span 6.5 meters, and does this with ease.

For more information on these options, please contact us.