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Time and Money-Saving Sunroom Kits
Wed 17 Sep 2008 - 14:21
Time and Money-Saving Sunroom Kits
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Robert_Skelter]Robert Skelter
Sunroom kits are ideal for homeowners with enough do-it-yourself construction experience to build fairly simple home additions on their own. But you will have to do an honest assessment of your construction skills before ordering a sunroom kit, because if you do a less than professional job you may end up with a sunroom full of drafts, letting the arm air escape or the cold air enter. You'll pay for your bad work in the form of hefty energy bills, and the odds are that you won't find your sunroom comfortable enough to use very often.
What A Sunroom Kit Is
But if you do some research on sunroom kits and are comfortable with the amount of work which will be required of you to construct one properly, go ahead and draft a design of your dream sunroom, and then look for the sunroom kit which resembles it most closely. Using a sunroom kit means you won't have access to a contractor who can assess your lot, your plans for the sunroom, and your budget and prepare a sunroom plan for you, but sunroom kits are available in enough sizes and styles that you're sure to find something close to what you'd have a contractor design. And you will be saving a serious chunk of change by not using a contractor!
The first thing to consider in choosing a sunroom kit is the location of your future sunroom. If you choose unwisely, you could end up with a sunroom which is too warm in the summer or too cold in the winter. If you anticipate using your sunroom all year long, make sure both that its location will minimize the weather extremes, and that you choose a four season sunroom kit.
High And Low-End Sunroom Kits
Four season sunroom kits, because of their specialty high-performance glass and extra insulation, are the most expensive and the most challenging to construct. A low-end sunroom kit, on the other hand, will contain lightweight aluminum frames and walls of plastic or very basic windows. While this sunroom kit is by far the easiest to assemble, it will probably require you to add screens so that you can open the windows for ventilation in the summer, and will not work as a cold-weather room.
Your [http://sunroombasic.com/sunroom/will-a-sunroom-kit-work-for-you]sunroom kit will contain modules with all the materials you need for your sunroom already in place, and all that you will have to do is mount your sunroom on an existing porch or patio, or on a foundation if you have poured one. You will have to give the sunroom manufacturer complete information regarding the dimensions of your sunroom, the kind of glass, insulation, and framing you want, and what materials will be used for its interior and exterior finishing.
You can also find more info on [http://sunroombasic.com/sunroom/invest-in-your-home-with-a-sunroom-addition-2]seasons sunrooms. Sunroombasic.com is a comprehensive resource which provide information about sunroom.
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