Description

The behaviour of most conservatories differs from that of traditional light timber frame buildings and this report investigates their structural performance by examining the ability of a typical aluminium-framed conservatory to resist in-plane racking loads, uniform face loads, impact loads and concentrated maintenance loads. Information collated from an industry survey is also presented in a summary form. The report concludes that many serviceability criteria adopted for timber frame buildings could be relaxed or removed with respect to common aluminium-framed and predominantly glazed conservatory constructions.