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Sunroom Fundamentals - Choosing Your Roof and Windows
Mon 21 Jul 2008 - 13:36
Sunroom Fundamentals - Choosing Your Roof and Windows
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Robert_Skelter]Robert Skelter
Three Or Four Season Sunrooms?
If, for instance, you live in an area where the winters are both cold and snowy, and you want a sunroom to uses all year long, you'll have to get one with a roof strong enough to handle heavy snow loads, with extra insulation and argon-gas filled windows with weather resistant glazing. If your sunroom will be in use only form the spring to the fall, however, you won't need quite as much protection from the climate.
And you can always modify a three season sunroom by adding insulated wall paneling and upgrading your window glazing. The contractor who supervised the original construction of your sunroom will be the best person to assist you with any upgrades you have in mind.
Choosing Your Sunroom Roof And Windows
The most important features of your sunroom, in terms of both functionality and appearance, are its windows and roof. The kind of windows you will be able to install in your sunroom will depend on its roof line. Sunrooms are classified as conservatory, split-level, cathedral, curved, or straight depending on their rooflines, and certain styles require the use of fitted glass which will increase the sunroom's price.
You will also need to decide if you want your sunroom windows to contain UV blocking glass which will protect your carpets and furnishings form fading. The best sunroom windows have glass rated at a 4.0 R-value. This glass will transmit 56% of the visible light, while keeping out the UV rays. This level of light is bright without being uncomfortably so, and the last thing you want is to find yourself looking for a shady spot in your sunroom so you can curl up and read without having to shield your eyes form the sunlight!
You should also request tempered window glass, and you can improve the structural strength of your sunroom windows by requesting double windows which slide to meet at a center rail. Your windows, of course, should have high-quality security locks.
Taking Your Time
As you can see, you have many decisions to make before ordering a [http://aerobicsmachine.com/aerobics/elliptical-information]Elliptical Information, but you should take all the time you need to make sure you'll be happy with your choices. If you know other people who have already added sunrooms, or purchased houses which have them, find out which sunroom features they like, and which ones they'd change if they could. If you know them well enough, ask if you can stop by and have a look at their sunrooms for yourself.
Pay attention to design details, and how they chose to decorate their sunrooms. Use what they tell you to come up with your own sunroom ideas, and then consult with a number of sunroom manufacturers before making your final decisions.
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