The specification of a Priory Orangery construction is superior in all respects and we have our own particular system of embellishments ensuring your orangery is completed to a unique finish. With an Orangery the beauty of a conservatory style building is combined with the practicalities of modern day living to create our elegant range of orangery design styles.

An Orangery really does bring the outside into the comfort of your home, your orangery will look and feel much more a natural part of the house, perfect for a superior dining area for entertainment and those intimate candle lit dinners, and is very relaxing with it`s natural light and clever artificial romantic night lighting with evening views of the night sky.

The specification of our orangeries differs greatly to that of a conservatory, each orangery component has been structurally calculated to exceed it`s projected lifespan. An orangery really is an exciting investment to your home, and will add value to your property. Offering a highly desirable lifestyle package to your home, should you decide to sell at any time it will make your property more attractive to prospective buyers too.

To find out the true potential of an orangery for you, please telephone our office for a free, no obligation survey and costing for your individual project. On the survey we will leave no stone unturned and will explain all your options as to what could be done to enhance your property.

Our hardwoods are specially selected for their combination of properties such as durability, structural properties, workability, strength, stability and aesthetics. Only the best quality material is accepted, and every consignment of wood is checked. Each piece of hardwood is individually selected for its best purpose within our factory.

At Priory we do not employ any "direct glazing" as is predominant throughout the industry thereby ensuring equal glass sight lines throughout your orangery. The term "Direct Glazing" means that a window is only manufactured where an opening window is required and the amount of opening windows are normally kept to a minimum. In all other cases the glass is glazed directly into the frame of the conservatory. This leads to uneven sight lines in that the glass line steps up where there is an opening window and back down where there is a non opening window due to the absence of any window within the frame. With a Priory Conservatory or Orangery you can be sure that a separate window is manufactured for every frame opening regardless of whether that window is an opening window or not and consequently the glass sight lines remain equal. A further advantage of this method of construction is that the fixed windows contribute greatly to the overall strength of the conservatory. Generally speaking we allow approximately 50% of the windows as opening to provide maximum ventilation.

Further ventilation is provided in the form of opening roof vents where the orangery roof design permits, this is necessary to prevent the build up of hot spots within the roof space of the orangery and to provide through ventilation in conjunction with the lower opening windows. In larger conservatories or orangeries where appropriate, the roof structure will be calculated by an independent structural engineer taking into consideration such things as wind and snow loading etc.

Whilst woodworking machinery is used to ensure a constant degree of accuracy, many of our processes are still carried out by hand in the traditional manner. Traditional joints are employed throughout the construction glued with an appropriate exterior grade adhesive with no surface fixings through the joinery face, as is common practice with other manufacturers.

Each stage of manufacture is subject to repeated quality control prior to the next process being undertaken. Each individual component with the exception of the trim is pre-erected in our factory prior to delivery in order to ensure an accurate fit providing you with an ideal opportunity to see your orangery or conservatory under construction in our own factory. The doors and opening windows of the conservatory or orangery are pre-hung in the factory again ensuring an accurate fit on site.

All of the components of the conservatory have a minimum of three coats of your choice of paint or stain applied in the factory under controlled conditions prior to delivery. This ensures adequate protection for the components whilst the conservatory or orangery is erected on site and forms the perfect base on which our professional conservatory or orangery finisher's will apply the final coat on site.

We do not manufacture on behalf of any other company nor do we buy or sub-contract the manufacturing of our product to any other factory or distributor.

At Priory we are extremely proud of our factory as well as our skilled and dedicated craftsmen within it. We actively encourage clients to visit and take a tour of the factory which is normally guided by the workshop manager either before placing an order or whilst your conservatory or orangery is being manufactured. During the tour you will be shown how the raw material arrives and the various processes that it goes through before being transformed into a beautiful finished item of joinery. You will see craftsmen demonstrating their expertise and working the material in ways that only come with experience and dedication. Many years of skill and experience have gone
into what you can see today.

Whether or not you have chosen to have Priory construct the base and brickwork for your new conservatory or orangery we will provide a detailed drawing as well as full size templates and door formers for the builder to use to eliminate potential errors. On completion of the base work a base check is carried out in order to ensure that the base is constructed to the required standard and that the dimensions are within tolerance. Unlike most other conservatory companies, we specify a minimum of a metre deep bulk filled foundations for our conservatories. All of our brickwork is of cavity wall construction and fully insulated incorporating damp proof membranes. Our ground slabs are again fully insulated incorporating a damp proof membrane to protect against rising damp. The surface of the ground slab is usually finished in either sand and cement screed or timber sub-floor ready to accept the final floor finish of your choice. Our base price will include adequate surface water drainage provision usually linked to the existing surface water drainage system and bridging of any underground pipes and services. We can provide a plastered finish to the internal faces of both the conservatory walls and the house wall enclosed within the conservatory if required, alternatively there are many other textured finishes available or maybe you would prefer them left as face brick? At all corners other than right angled corners we provide special shaped bricks rather than overlap the bricks at the joint or incorporate a straight mortar joint down the corner as is common practice today.

The installation cost includes the glazing of the conservatory, rainwater goods, and the sealing of the building to your house with lead flashing. The installations are carried out by skilled carpenter/joiners. A decorative moulded trim is manufactured and installed over every frame joint and where exposed electrical cables are sited. Internal pipe work on house walls are normally carefully concealed within specially constructed boxes by our carpenters during installation.

One of the last jobs to be carried out prior to completion will be the site decoration. The Conservatory or Orangery is thoroughly prepared and re-painted leaving you with a fully finished product. Where Priory has undertaken the base work and plastering work we will also decorate the walls with an emulsion colour of your choice. Finally the glass is cleaned and the joinery gaskets replaced ready for the final inspection, which will be carried out by a senior member of our team in your presence.