"venting" in conservatory

[CQMMAN]

Hello,

I went out yesterday, so closed all my windows and doors. On arriving home, there were about eight or nine bee's in it. I called the conservatory installer, and they said that this is "perfectly normally" because there are gaps for ventalation where the bee's crawled in.

Is this normal?

Why bother selling argon-filled units, if there is massive gaps in the roof?

Any comments/advice?

Cheers

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[Christian McArdle]

All rooms needs ventilation, or the occupants would get ill and condensation would get everywhere.

The reason for having good insulation, but still allowing ventilation is that heat lost through walls/windows is entirely wasted. However, heat lost through air at least has the benefit that pollutants (i.e. carbon dioxide and excessive water vapour) can escape, allowing fresh air in.

Even this heat lost can be recovered, using heat recovery ventilation systems, strangely enough. However, these would be overkill for a conservatory.

Christian.

[CQMMAN]

Sorry, I am not an expert, but I understand the need for trickle vents, but are you saying that it is normal to have OTHER gaps in the roof to allow air out and insects out?

Can you explain in simpler terms why it is worth spending all that money on gass-filled "super" units, when you are going to let the air of the top of the consevatory anyway? Why use trickle vents, if you are going to have gaps there?

Does anyone else have bees, wasps etc crawling into a closed conservatory and consider it normal? I know that you need airflow, but that is why I can open the door to the house, or the window. However I should be able to close the doors and windows, and not expect anything to crawl in shouldn't I?

Thanks

-- Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life" -Cecil Rhodes

"For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times." George W Bush -Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 18, 2002

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Psalms 137:9.

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces. Malachi 2:3.

"He who rises up to kill us, we will pre-empt it and kill him first,"

- Ariel Sharon 8th May 2002

[Christian McArdle]

I can't comment on your individual case. Perhaps they forgot to put some seals in. Obviously, the amount of ventilation should be limited.

The conservatory I built recently had a double glazed roof, with rubber seals entirely sealing the window units to the frame. No specific ventilation was provided.

Christian.

[Mike]

Conservatories change shape so much with the sun that wide gaps are needed to relieve the stress and stop windows breaking. We had one shatter early one morning and gives you quite a wake-up shock.

4 lines max crap at the end please.