The terms veranda, conservatory and garden room are used interchangeably. A veranda and a patio roof are also combined by many people in their statements. But what is the difference, for example, between a garden room and a veranda, or a conservatory? And is a veranda the same as a roof or patio roof?
We have already made various choices during our renovations and I would like to explain it briefly. In the article below I will not go into all the ways in which you can make a conservatory, veranda or garden room and from which materials, that's something for next time.
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Actually, the difference is not very difficult, but it is important to know. It's kind of annoying when you have the idea of a garden room in mind and end up with a porch attached to your house, isn't it? Below you can read the differences and similarities:
You can basically see a veranda as a roof (or a terrace roof). The type of material the veranda is made of does not really matter in this case. In our old house we had a veranda with a sloping glass roof, made of aluminum. But you can also have a veranda with a flat, closed roof. In our new house we now have a roof (check the article with nice garden ideas) of oak poles with a closed roof with roofing material. You can use the terms roof and veranda interchangeably. I myself am always inclined to call it a canopy with a closed roof and a veranda with a glass roof, but that is not necessary.
In fact, a veranda is only a roof on stilts, possibly with a side wall against the wind. No more. If you are going to completely close a veranda or if you create the option to close it, that is the difference between a garden room and a veranda.
A garden room is therefore a veranda that can be closed on all sides. You can sit comfortably in a garden room, even if there is a lot of wind, because then you just close all the side walls. If you hang a heater there, you can also stay in your garden room when it is a bit colder. That is the difference between a garden room and a veranda, because if there is a lot of wind, a veranda can be less pleasant when it is a bit colder.
The big advantage of a garden room compared to a veranda is that you can sit comfortably wind-free. And that you also have much less dirt in the form of leaves and the like.
However, a garden room is not insulated. So you have, as it were, just a roof over your terrace which you can close completely with, for example, sliding glass walls. And that is the big difference with a conservatory. With a garden room, make sure that you stay nice and warm on colder days with a Stoov blanket on your chair.
A conservatory is therefore insulated. Not only the roof and the walls of a conservatory are insulated, but the floor is also insulated. So you can also sit comfortably in your conservatory in winter. In addition, at some point you could, for example, leave the doors and windows of your house open (or remove them) to connect your conservatory with your living room. A conservatory is therefore a lot more comfortable when it comes to heat. On the other hand, it can also be the case that a conservatory becomes very warm in the summer if, for example, it has a glass roof.
Furthermore, a conservatory is in principle attached to your house and a garden room can also stand alone in your garden.
Now that you know the difference between a garden room and veranda and conservatory, you can also make better choices. Good luck choosing .
