A conservatory house integrated into the living area
An important aspect when planning the winter garden is how and whether the glass extension is connected to the living area. There are several variants that have their own advantages, disadvantages, and challenges.
Access from the living area
The classic variant is that the winter garden is entered from the house via the former patio door. The winter garden thus represents its own separate room. This has the advantage that the winter garden is completely separated from the other living rooms in terms of climate. In a cold winter garden, this separation is essential because the room temperature of this type of winter garden fluctuates greatly with the change of the seasons.The planting usually doesn’t mind if it’s a few degrees cooler. This saves heating costs when the winter garden is not in use.
Breakthrough to the living area
With the help of an opening, the winter garden can also be combined with the living space. This variant is of course only possible with a continuously heated living room conservatory with high insulation. The advantage of the living area include the area of the winter garden and offers unlimited design options. However, it must be taken into account that the living room then practically has a large glass front. The buffering effect that the winter garden retains heat losses from the living spaces behind is no longer given in this case. Rather, the winter garden must be heated continuously as part of the living space evaluate. In return, however, the solar energy yields have a greater effect on sunny days.
A conservatory house
Separate access
: The simplest – but also the least common form – is not to make the winter garden accessible from the living room at all, but to provide it with a separate entrance. In this case, the orientation in which the winter garden is to be attached to the building can be freely selected. However, it also has significantly less relation to the residents’ center of life. Such a solution actually only makes sense if it is a cold winter garden that is primarily used as a noble greenhouse or only occasionally as an event location for celebrations or as a retreat.
