Taking a conservatory down is priced by what comes away and what it is made of: the roof, the glass, the frames, the walls and the base all count, and the size you see from the garden is only part of it.
What decides the cost of removing a conservatory?
What it is made of and how much of it comes away. A plastic roof is light, glass is handled on its own, and brick walls and a concrete base add the most. Complete Waste Management prices a conservatory from a photo taken in the garden, in writing, before anything is booked.
What moves the price
Start with the roof. Most older conservatories and lean-tos have a roof like the one in the photograph: clear plastic sheets on white bars, light to lift down and simple to load. A glass roof is a different job, because every pane comes out whole and is handled as glass, never broken over the patio. Then the sides. A conservatory that is frames and glass down to the ground is the lightest kind there is. One built on low brick walls, or with solid side walls like the pebbledash pair on this one, has brick and block to break up and carry out, and that is the heaviest part of the load. The base comes last, and it is your choice: the slab can come up so the ground goes back to garden, or it can stay where it is for whatever is going on it next. Leaving it is less work, so it costs less. The carry counts as well. A side gate into the garden means everything goes straight out to the truck, while a house with no side way means it all goes through the house, which is slower and needs more care with the floors and the doorways on the way.
What is left behind
Where the conservatory meets the house there is a doorway or an opening. In the second photograph the old French doors are the back of the house again, and the outline of the old base still shows on the ground in front of them.
Closing up an opening, if there is one, is for your builder or window fitter. Tell us who is doing it and when, and the two jobs are lined up so the house is not left open.
How the price is set
Send a photo on WhatsApp to 07523 280964 of the conservatory from the garden, and one from inside the house if you can, and the price comes back in writing before anything is booked. Say whether the base is staying. We take it down, load every panel, frame and brick, and sweep up behind us, and nothing is paid until the job is done. What we take and what a conservatory starts at are on our conservatory removal page.
