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Book a surveyCHOOSING YOUR PERFECT ALUMINIUM VERANDA
With a wide range of models, shapes, styles and size options, there are many different features which are either standard options or bespoke options depending on the model you choose.
Transform your outdoor space with a durable, stylish aluminium veranda from Samson Outdoor Living.
Our verandas provide year-round protection and come with a range of add-ons to enhance your comfort, including sides for extra shelter, retractable screens for flexible shading, and sun blinds to keep you cool on sunny days. Aluminium is low-maintenance, rust-resistant, and built to last, ensuring your investment stays beautiful for years.
With customisable designs and these convenient features, you can create the perfect outdoor retreat that complements your home in any weather.
- Durability: Aluminium is highly resistant to rust and corrosion, making it perfect for all-weather use.
- Low Maintenance: Aluminium requires little upkeep, so you can spend more time enjoying your space.
- Modern Aesthetic: The sleek design of aluminium verandas complements any home, adding value and style to your property.
- Versatile Design: Our verandas come with various customisable options, from roofing materials to added extras like heaters and lighting.
- Year-Round Use: Enjoy your outdoor space, no matter the weather, with a structure that provides shelter from rain, wind, and sun.
Since 2006 we have been creating and expanding many customers’ outdoor living spaces to provide high quality weather protection, extending the Autumn months, starting the Spring months far earlier and then controlling the hottest Summer months, whilst snatching extra Winter days too when the weather is calm.
Unmatched Quality and Durability
We know choosing the right weather protection for your home can feel overwhelming. Rest assured, our trusted manufacturers deliver only the highest quality products, built to last through all weather conditions.
Expert Guidance, No Pressure
Our friendly, knowledgeable team is here to help with honest, expert advice. We don’t believe in pushy sales tactics just the right solution tailored to your needs.
Tailor-Made to Your Style
With thousands of customisation options, your aluminium veranda will be designed to reflect your personal taste and perfectly complement your home.
Award-Winning Craftsmanship
Benefit from the excellence of award-winning manufacturers. Our products feature acclaimed designs, ensuring you receive the very best in outdoor shading solutions.
ALUMINIUM VERANDA STYLES AND DESIGNS
You will see quite a variation in the basic style and shape of roof bars, leg supports and front gutter profiles in UK aluminium verandas. The prices perhaps reflect the biggest differences and in simple terms the higher the veranda price, the more you get for your money in terms of actual material and specification.
SQUARE OR ROUNDED
A lot of veranda models can have either square or rounded profiles for the support posts and the guttering profile to the front. This difference makes a huge difference to the styling and there are also subtle variations depending on the actual profile sizes too.
RAINWATERÂ DRAINAGE
All the aluminium verandas we offer have a rainwater guttering section across the entire width of the roof. This guttering collects the water which runs down the glass to then drain away down one or more of the front supports posts which house the rainwater pipe. The rainwater can either be thrown out the front of the posts at low level or built into the ground and possibly integrate with existing drainage you have.
It is worth pointing out here that the guttering is at the front extreme of the veranda and if there is ever so much rain it overpowers the guttering capabilities, the rainwater will overflow to the outside and not into your covered space like many pergola systems will do with internal guttering drainage channels..
The guttering profiles on some of the higher end models will have reinforced steel sections inside to enable sizes up to around 7m wide with only 2 posts supporting, a very desirable specification for so many people wanting maximum vision, minimum framework.
COLOURS
Many standard verandas sold in the UK are only readily available in white, cream or anthracite grey. Black and other greys do also appear on some models. The luxury german manufactured models will have as standard over 60 high quality colours to choose from, including some textured and tougher surface finish options. The right colour is important for your veranda to integrate with your home.
THE GLASS ROOF
Most glass verandas will use totally clear glass for the roof and if you take notice you will also see the size of the glass sections does vary a lot from one model to another. Some of this will be down to whether the veranda is built for 8.8mm glazing or 10.8mm glazing. Simple rule of thumb is the more you pay, the larger and stronger the roof bars will be and the larger single panes of glazing can be used. More glass and less frame but the frame is stronger.
We do not recommend any glass veranda with less than 8mm roof glass.
8.8mm glass is popular, 10.8mm is used on most bespoke German systems and you can also have 12mm if you have any worries about heavy snow loading.
All the glass used is always laminated and safety certified for use on a roof. You can also look at tinted glass options if perhaps you face directly South and want some permanent shading from the glass incorporated..
MANUFACTURERS
THE HANGOVER
A practical glass overhang, extending beyond the posts, not only provides extra rain protection but also enhances the aesthetic of your veranda. This additional glass projection creates a sleek and modern visual element, giving your outdoor space a more spacious and open feel.
For example, if your patio is 3 meters deep with a garden or lawn beyond, you can position the posts at the edge of the patio (3 meters) and extend the glass roof by an additional 500mm into the garden. This clever design maximises your sheltered area without needing additional support posts.
The extended overhang is particularly useful for catching rain that falls at an angle, providing superior coverage from weather elements. Whether you’re hosting a gathering or simply relaxing outside, you’ll enjoy more protection and comfort under this extra roof cover. It also allows you to keep furniture and outdoor items better sheltered, preserving their quality over time.
THE SHAPE
You primarily have sloping, wall mounted glass verandas (mono pitch), flat roof wall mounted models and then also free standing, flat roof models.
You can also have gable roof design options as wall mounted or free standing and verandas fitting around the corner of your building if required.
Bespoke shapes are only possible with a handful of models and always cost more than the standard lean to, sloping, wall mounted models, which have become the standard UK veranda offering.
Our newest flat roof veranda system is very popular as it fits the design of so many more modern homes and also doesn’t require the height at the wall mounting point that sloping lean to systems required.
WALL MOUNTED OR FREE STANDING
Most glass or polycarbonate verandas are wall mounted providing a seamless covered outdoor space which you can access from your home directly.
These are either sloping roof styles or flat roof designs as already mentioned above.
Free standing verandas and pergolas are now becoming a more popular request and provide a perfect solution for anyone wanting a glass outdoor retreat away from the main building.
Free standing is also very useful for many homes we encounter with a lack of suitable wall fixing points or uneven heights, or maybe you are not allowed to fix to the building?
A free standing unit will be more limited in the sizes, but is also presented as a flat roof system as standard, so can have side elements easily added for extra weather protection.
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THE SUNSHINE AND HEAT
Many people think you will cook under a glass veranda in the mid summer days. This is simply not the case…. With open sides and front the air flow is good and there is not a lot of difference to sitting in the same without a glass roof over your head in the midday sun. However, with this beautiful aluminium structure in place, why not take control and install an electric retractable fabric blind across the width of the glass roof. This gives you total control on how much or little sunlight and heat can come through your glass roof. Perfect weather control…..
SOME EXTRA WEATHER PROTECTION
Most gardens or patios will have an annoying prevailing wind which is more noticeable and relevant in the evenings or cooler months of the year. Some aluminium verandas are designed to be able to retrofit additional products to the front and sides to further offer wind, sun and rain protection when required. Products such as sliding glass walls, electric vertical fabric blinds, solid glass panels, louvred walling and other products.
Many verandas we install have at least one side with a fixed or retractable infill product to either shield from a neighbour or a prevailing wind direction. It is the wind which will always cool you down fastest in the evenings and lead you to retreat indoors. Tale control of the elements far more with some thought to the specification.
DOWNPIPE NIGHTMARE?
If you have a house wall where the veranda position is looking obvious, but then you also have a lot of existing downpipes on that wall, we have solution which is either taking the pipes through the glass or incorporating additional space to enable the pipe to pass behind or to the side of the glass veranda profiles. Additional bespoke bracketry can often solve the issue and also accommodate out of square wall returns.
With single storey bungalows where the back of the veranda height is the same as the gutter height we can exchange your guttering to use a steel box guttering system which becomes part of the veranda installation with a far more seamless integration.
INTO THE NIGHT
A glass veranda is a perfect outdoor solution for the evening time. With built in LED lighting you can simply light up your outdoor area and create a welcoming atmosphere to spend more time underneath. Add LED lighting and one or more infra red halogen heaters and you could find many extra weeks or months of the year outside with rain showers being a spectacle to enjoy rather than driving you inside your home.
THE GROUNDWORK?
In principle a glass veranda only requires solid support for the front support posts which carry a lot of the roof weight, balanced by the rear wall plate fitted to the building wall.
Individual concrete pads, positioned for the posts in the ground and suitable sizing for the size and weight are perfectly fine in most cases, but if you are looking to add other front or side sliding glass doors you might need to ensure a perfectly level ground to work from as well.
A veranda by definition is usually a raised outdoor area and many people prefer to create a raised area for the system to work with. Define a specific area properly.
Often a fully concreted area is created for the addition of a veranda and then a further floor surface is laid, such as external floor tiles.
Many customers prefer raised decking and the modern composite decking options are very good in 2024, offering minimal maintenance, beautiful finished colours and being a raised deck you will never have any flooding issues when there is a flash downpour.
RAISED VERANDAS AND DECKING
A lot of the verandas and other products we install are often placed on top of a raised area which is fitted with composite or timber decking.
A raised decking area will not only literally elevate the whole installation visually and properly define the outdoor area it will provide other benefits.
Make a more seamless transition from your house onto the decking area by having the floor levels more in line. So often you will have a step down onto your patio from your home and bringing the level up makes for much more pleasant and easier use as well as often covering up some tired patio slabs or ground generally.
Another great benefit is having any excessive rainwater unable to flow into your veranda area as it will be underneath you.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Do Aluminium Verandas have to be fixed to a wall?
No, you can have stand alone, self supporting aluminium verandas with glass or polycarbonate roofing and they use aluminium posts for the front and back to support. We offer these in sloping mono pitch, apex roof designs or flat roof models.
Do the aluminium sloping verandas need foundations?
If you have a patio or existing veranda already poured with sufficient concrete for the base or you have a solid steel or other base fitted then you will not need additional foundations and the front posts can be fitted directly to the ground using ground plates. If there are no solid ground fixings then individual concrete foundations will be required for the posts used.
Can you fit sliding doors to any aluminium veranda?
Yes, but only if you have a veranda with sufficient strength and support in the basic original framework to allow you to retrofit other side and front infills such as sliding glass doors/walls or solid fixed infills.
Budget verandas are not generally strong enough to take additional add on products
How Do I Get A Price And Specification?
1. Initial Contact
Call us directly on01933 448 844, submit an online enquiry or visit our showroom to speak to a member of our team.
2. Price Proposal
We will then send you a price proposal to review, and make changes if required. We can also do some initial visuals.
3. Site Survey
Once you are 100% happy, we will arrange a site survey to check dimensions and to ensure the specifications are suitable.
4. Installation
We will complete your installation and handover a professionally installed product which will have guarantees in place for added peace of mind.
VISIT OUR SHOWROOM IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
Address
6-8 Meadow Close, Ise Valley Trading Estate
Finedon Road, Wellingborough
Northants, NN8 4BH
Opening Times
Monday – Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Sunday: Closed
Please note that although our showroom is open on a Saturday it is best to email or call us to book an appointment if possible as we can get very busy.
E-mail us via enquiries@samsonawnings.co.uk or call us on 01933 448844 to get booked into the showroom.
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