20+ Years Experience
Specialist Glass Extensions
Glass extensions can be a fantastic addition to any home, making use of strong structural glass to let in more natural light whilst also offering more floor space.
However, like any home extension, you need to leave glass extensions to the professionals if you want the best results.
Our team can provide excellent glass extensions designed to suit the client’s needs, whether that means simple glass box extensions or custom contemporary glass extensions that are tailor-made for your home.
The sheer potential of a glass extension gives you and us the freedom to do something unique every single time.
We are a professional and well-equipped team of glass extension specialists operating across the UK, providing custom glass structures to any and all clients.
With many years of practical experience in the industry, we have the skills and connections to get the job done.
Our team are experts at adding both large and small glass extensions to an existing building, opening up the existing space extremely well.
Our attentive and customer-focused specialists make sure to stick to the client’s vision, providing excellent services without compromising the design that you are looking for.
Whether you are looking for a modern addition to an older home or just want more floor area that matches your existing home design, we can put together a glass box extension that meets all of your wants and needs.
As leaders in our industry, we know how to get the job done right.
We are a fully licensed and accredited installer of glass extension designs across the UK.
Each of our glass extension specialists is fully trained and has experience with glass extension work, backed up with all of the relevant qualifications for this kind of construction task.
On average, the cost of planning, supplying materials for and installing a glass extension sits around £1,500 to £3,000 per square meter.
However, this can vary heavily based on a number of factors, as well as the specifics of the kind of glass extension that you want.
This means that the actual price range might be completely different, depending on what you are looking for.
Some factors that might change the cost of your glass extension include:
There are a lot of elements that can go into glass box extensions, and our team are able to walk you through the expected costs.
If you want to receive a carefully calculated price quotation from our experts, get in touch with us today.
There is a range of useful benefits to adding glass box extensions to your existing home. Our team can ensure that each of the glass room extensions we create provides some key upsides, such as:
Each glass box extension we create is able to be adjusted and customised in various ways, such as adding more options for natural light or using glazed extension windows that restrict visibility from outside your home.
Every one of the structural glass units we create can be adapted to suit different roles, whether that means frosting and glazing panels for a private dining space or keeping them clear for a full view of the garden from the dining area.
We construct glass rooms based on the client’s needs. This could include things like improved thermal efficiency through glazed extensions, following modern architecture for a modern home, or even sticking to the architectural style of a period property.
There are various general types of glass box extensions that we can construct, all of which offer some great benefits.
Each glass extension project follows the customer’s needs, but we still start off with a basic glass extension and adapt the design to suit each client’s requirements.
A frameless glass extension is essentially a frameless glass box with only the bare minimum of supports as well as laminated glass beams.
This relies heavily on structural glass but also maximizes incoming natural light, with the laminated glass beams being almost invisible in certain situations.
These completely clear, frameless glass box extensions are perfect for a modern design but can also be good for overhauling traditional buildings.
Making it a triple-glazed addition ensures that the new space remains warm throughout the year, and more glass panes mean more incoming light overall.
A glass roof extension trades the idea of a glass room for a regular room with glass roofing. This is often a glazed roof window that lets in light from overhead, often alongside larger windows or a glass sliding door that adds good garden visibility.
These extensions allow you to easily add more light to a family home, such as creating a light-filled kitchen/diner area, without having to build an entire glass box extension.
If done well, they can be a way to illuminate any ground floor room as long as the roof itself can be modified.
A glass lean-to extension uses an angled roof to provide the same amount of floor space without having to use a rectangular structural glass box, leading to a more compact design overall.
As an alternative to a regular glass box extension, it can be cheaper overall and offer a great garden view.
These lean-to-glass box extensions are ideal for using a similar amount of glass and materials while taking up less space and often having to pay less in general.
These can also be ideal for adding more visibility without having to build an entirely new roof section above the new floor space.
Glass side return extensions minimize the amount of materials used, filling in parts of the walls rather than being an entirely new section of flooring.
These essentially replace walls with new windows and doors, making them a non-obtrusive glass extension option for a range of homes.
These small renovation options often have a much lower glass extension cost as a whole and can still be compatible with additions like heated glass.
They also create a good garden view without needing you to build an entire glass box extension, similar to how roof lights can be installed on basically any roof.
A glass box extension is a structural glass extension made mostly with glass windows, often focusing on a modern design.
These are still made underneath the right building regulations as normal extensions but trade regular walls for glass panels. Using panels means more visibility in exchange for privacy unless the glass itself is frosted.
This kind of extension is meant to boost visibility and let in natural light, making it a common choice for an extension that goes into a garden space.
However, they can also provide extra floor space overall and offer better visibility of a garden or any other private space that they are facing.
Most glass extensions are made with a modern design style, although not all of them.
Like most modern extensions, these can involve a full range of different additions and features, from a pitched roof with roof windows to a seamless connection for frameless glass extensions.
Of course, our team can also focus on keeping the style consistent with the original house.
We are able to construct structural glass box extensions to suit a range of needs, whether that means a double-height extension or something with a specific kind of flush-glazed hinged doors.
Kitchens and dining areas often get custom extensions of their own due to these areas being regularly used and benefiting a lot from natural light.
While they do not need to be any kind of special design, many homeowners will have extensions placed on these areas because of how high-traffic and central they are to most homes.
Not every glass extension needs foundations.
However, if the glass extension needs foundation work, this will have to be considered as part of the overall glass extension costs.
A glass conservatory is generally a separate room, while a glass extension is usually seamless with the room (or rooms) it is attached to.
If a conservatory was built as part of another room with no wall or door in between, it is effectively a glass extension of that room.
A glass extension will generally be more expensive than a brick-built one.
However, if you want natural lighting, the cost of a brick extension with a lot of windows might be similar or even higher than just building a glass box extension from scratch.
Certain things may change this. For example, IQ glass glazing and damp proofing may add to the costs, but you may also save more money overall with IQ glass glazing.
Using IQ glass glazing as an example, the higher initial cost of IQ glass glazing may make your extension cheaper in the long term.
Like planning permission for regular extensions, a glass extension may require planning permission if it does not fall under permitted development rights.
Permitted development allows you to do certain kinds of work without needing planning permission – we can help you find out if your project qualifies or not.
The specifics behind what does and does not fall under permitted development are hard to judge, but our team can guide you through what it means and whether or not your project plan would need permission.
If you want to know more about what we can do for you or the glass extension costs that we offer, then do not hesitate to get in touch and talk to our experts.
We can offer a huge range of different glass extension designs, all able to be tweaked and changed as needed. This could be anything from specifically using powder-coated aluminium supports to a certain kind of window design.
Our team are able to provide bespoke designs that follow along with the client’s specific wants and needs, making sure that we get their idea done right.
As glass extension experts, we understand that there are a lot of different details that can change between each project. No two customers need the same exact work done, and we adapt our methods to suit your home and the project you have in mind.
We work closely with our clients to give them an end product that they are happy with, no matter their exact needs. This means that we treat each project as fully bespoke, working to get the client their intended result no matter how specific it may be.
If you want to know more about what we can do for your home, contact us to learn more. We can guide you through the specifics of making a project like this possible, from budgeting and planning to handling the construction work ourselves.
Make sure you contact us today for a number of great glass extension services.
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