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Your Sunroom - A Year-Round Retreat
Mon 21 Jul 2008 - 13:34
Your Sunroom - A Year-Round Retreat
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Robert_Skelter]Robert Skelter
The First Sunroom Decision
Once you've established that you can legally add a sunroom to your home, you can move on to deciding whether you want to create the sunroom as an entirely new addition, or simply build it directly on to an existing deck or porch. There are several things to consider before you make this decision.
First, you can count on the cost of adding a sunroom to run anywhere from $10,000 to $70,000. You can minimize the cost by simply transforming your porch or deck into a sunroom, but if you do, your sunroom design options will be limited.
You'll also have to have an architectural engineer determine in advance whether or not you deck or porch is sturdy enough to handle the additional weight of the sunroom. You could very easily lose your entire sunroom investment and you deck or porch as well, if it's not!
The big downside to building a as a new addition to your home is, of course, the cost involved in grading your lot and having a sunroom foundation dug and poured.
Deciding On A Sunroom Type
The type of sunroom you choose will be dependent on the style of its roof. To give your new sunroom a marvelous feeling of spaciousness, you should go with a cathedral roof and vaulted ceiling. If, however, you live in an area where you are surrounded by views of the wild blue yonder, you can choose a curved roof sunroom and spend many a happy nighttime hour watching for comets and shooting stars. The smaller glass-roofed conservatory sunroom will also let you stare up at the night skies, while many homeowners prefer the contemporary look of the split-level, or California sunroom.
Deciding How To Use Your Sunroom
One of the most enjoyable aspects of having and decorating a sunroom is that you aren't limited to using it as your home retreat in which you can relax and bask in the natural beauty of your outdoor surroundings. [http://sunroombasic.com/sunroom-basic/sunroom-supplies]Sunroom are now doubling as spectacular bedrooms, home spas, dining areas, entertainment room complete with bars, and even as kitchens!
But no matter how you choose to use your sunroom, decide what furniture and decorative accents it will have before you order it. You choice of flooring, for instance, will depend on whether or not you want live plants in your sunroom, and if you want a sunroom you can use 365 days a year, you will also have to specify that, because you'll need both extra insulation and argon-gas filled windows with specially coated glazing.
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