| A sunroom is not a new architectural addition. The | | | | open structure, encourage the growing of plants. |
| form has existed throughout the centuries under | | | | This in turn helps improve the air of a living space |
| various names. It is a sunroom, solarium, solar | | | | and creates a relaxing atmosphere in which to |
| room and a green house. It has been used as a | | | | work or relax and read. |
| conservatory, a living area, a greenhouse, an | | | | The type of glass available these days helps |
| exercise room and a place to put pools or hot | | | | make the sunroom more affordable and durable. |
| tubs. People have read quietly there, drawn by | | | | These structures can also come prepared. Some |
| the bright light and greenery. | | | | companies specialize in designing and erecting |
| If you are thinking of adding a sunroom consider, | | | | sunrooms of various sizes and shapes, |
| first, what you intend to do with it? What I will be | | | | customizing them to you and your home's needs. |
| its purpose or function? Is it practical, affordable | | | | There are kits easily erected. |
| and/or a structure that adds to both the | | | | If you are thinking of erecting a sunroom, there |
| amenities and value of the house? | | | | are a couple of other things to consider. Make |
| Sunrooms can have gained in popularity for some | | | | sure it is designed to use to its full potential. A |
| very good reasons. According to some experts, | | | | sunroom can be utilized for three or four seasons |
| yield between 70 and 110% of your original | | | | if properly designed and constructed. There are a |
| investment. Simply stated, they make excellent | | | | wide variety of framing materials, glass types and |
| financial sense. | | | | foundations from which to select. Aluminum, |
| In a world environmentally conscious and worried | | | | wood, steel, masonry, double- or single-glazings, |
| about rising energy costs, the sunroom is | | | | laminates and newer and more durable synthetics |
| considered a partial solution. If constructed | | | | can ensure the sunroom is strong, resilient and |
| properly, it can supply solar heat for the home. | | | | aesthetically pleasing. |
| This practicality is abetted by the charm a | | | | Further attention must also be paid to the interior. |
| sunroom can add to a dwelling. | | | | This is a sunroom and subject to consistent, |
| What draws many people to choosing to build a | | | | strong rays. A hard-surfaced floor will last longer |
| sunroom is not the solar ability, but the simple | | | | under the glare and add a passive-solar heat gain |
| elegance of the structure. Glass combined with | | | | for colder days, absorbing sun as it does. |
| light, attractive frames and natural material | | | | The décor must also recognize the power |
| provides a feeling that nature is near at hand. | | | | of the sun. Furniture should be able to withstand |
| A sunroom brings the outdoors, indoors. It | | | | the sun, not rapidly fading away. |
| encloses you in a psychological as well as a | | | | Sunrooms fulfill a number of needs. They are |
| physical sense. In capturing the maximum amount | | | | visually pleasing, charming examples of |
| of sun possible or allowed, it helps people who | | | | architecture calling back to an earlier time. They |
| suffer from seasonal disorders to live a little less | | | | are perfect places to entertain, live, relax and |
| depressed throughout the darker half of the year. | | | | contemplate life. They are also a little bit of |
| The very basics of the sunroom: glass, light and | | | | nature's warmth on a cold winter's day. |