Connecting house to converted shed - is glass a feasible option?

TutuKaka

Hi, I'm considering converting a single storey shed and connecting it to the main house.
I was wondering if glass would be feasible and/or sensible.
The axis of the house runs East to West with the shed positioned approx 5 metres to the south of the centre of the house. (Imagine a T shape with the house the horizontal stroke and the shed at the bottom of the vertical. The connecting corridor joins both)
Further info: South side of house has a number of large window openings, also UFH and HRV.

I'd like to have the corridor wide enough to use as a sun-room. There are no buildings overlooking the site.

I'm worried that the sun-room/corridor might be too warm in summer and too cold in winter. Would modern glazing in combination with the UFH and using a concrete floor as a heat store keep it warm in winter?
Also can HRV be used to extract heat from it in the summer and redistribute around the house?

Carlow52

1: u will need planning for this, assuming the shed is a decent size and the corridor could be 4+ m wide: anything less will be useless

2: I would put normal roof with normal windowless wall on the north side and glazed with suitable shading overhang on south side.

3: if u have 2 much glass UFH will be useless.

4: consider a wood burning stove in it.

5: pumping excess heat IMO would interfere with existing HRV, u may need a separate system to pump from in summer and 2 in winter

Mellor

I would try to integrate this space with heating or HRV tbh.
I'd treat it as a buffer space.
In summer is heats its self via solar gains. In winter it slow the heat loss from the house and shed (compared with nothing there).

If its too cold in the winter add a shove later.
Include for it now with connections etc

TutuKaka

Hi Carlow.
On point 2, the house is at the north and the shed to the south so those boxes are ticked for shading etc.

Any ballpark idea how much a 16m2 sunroom would cost? I've a feeling it's not too cheap.

montycooper

how big can a triple glaze window be? i have a nine ft by six ft space but im worried about putting in a single sheet of glass. we suffer strong winds on the site. the building is connecting the main house with a renovated stone farm building.