Electrical & Electric

A Sunroom Addition

Sunroom Design

Introduction:

There isn’t anything that brightens up a home and lets you enjoy the outdoors seasons year round like a sunroom. Sunroom additions are a very popular home owner DIY home improvement project. A sunroom adds great value to any home. If the sun room is heated during the cold months it is a great place to bird watch and enjoy the winter sun. A sun room can be a year around place of enjoyment. Often homeowners remodel their patios into sunrooms. 

A sunroom addition allows natural sunlight to come into your home regardless of the season. They are a perfect way to enjoy the scenery of your back yard while avoiding the heat and bugs of the summer, the the cold winter, the wet rain in the fall, and the allergy season in spring. There are many fabulous different sunroom designs to select from. The choices are such that you can find a room in almost any shape and dimension to fit your particular needs and blend in with the rest of your home.

One of the most popular sunroom designs is the studio sunroom. Homeowners like the studio design because it can be easily adapted to either a complex or simple home style and offer a natural extension to most roof designs. The studio design is one large open room with a near flat roof.

Another favorite sunroom design is the cathedral design. This style adds height and appeal to the sunroom while offering a stunning vaulted ceiling for increased spacing and design such as front trapezoid transoms.

The California sunroom also offers a unique design. With this sunroom, the roof is at an angle with one side peaking higher than the other side, thus allowing additional light to enter. This design may not be appealing unless your home resembles a California style home.

For an all out exposure to the outdoors and maximum sunlight the solarium style design is an excellent choice. With a solarium, total sunlight is allowed in to penetrate the inside. The roof has curved eaves, and is totally transparent with skylights which allows for full sun as well as moon and star filled night views.

When considering a sunroom for your home improvement project choose the style that best matches or coordinates with your current home and roof design. How you intend to use your sunroom may dictate which style may fit best. For example, many homeowners use sunrooms as a family room with couches and televisions. Others use them as an enclosure for a hot tub or pool table while others use them as a studio with an art easel, or a comfortable place to relax and read. In addition, a sunroom room is so full of light year around it is also the perfect place for live plants to thrive.

Whatever your interests may be in a sunroom addition, the addition is one that will always be useful to any family situation. Many styles of sunrooms can be purchased as a DIY sunroom kit or you may want a contractor to install your sunroom. Whichever your choice, insure that you do your homework before purchasing a DIY kit or choosing a contractor. Most home improvement centers have models to review before purchasing and only work with an experienced sunroom contractor.

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