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The Benefits of a Four Season Sunroom in Your House

Sat 12 Sep 2009 - 16:56

The Benefits of a Four Season Sunroom in Your House
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrew_Caxton]Andrew Caxton

Have you ever wondered what the terms solarium or Florida room meant? Well, these are basically four season sunrooms that are constructed attached to the house so that you experience a sense of being outdoors even when you are inside the house. With the help of these rooms, you feel as if you are residing in the lap of nature without having to worry about the wind, snow or rain outside.

Unlike common belief, four season sunrooms do not take a lot of time to construct. In fact, the normal concrete houses are much more laborious to build. As long as you have no doubts about the exact location of the sunroom and the kind of furniture you want to install, these rooms pose no problems for construction.

If you are wondering about the distinctive feature of four season sunrooms as compared to the normal sunrooms, the focus of the former resides on insulated glass windows as well as fully insulated ceilings and walls. This makes it possible to have the same cooling and heating systems in the sunroom as the other rooms of your house. In other words, you do not need to devise ways to avoid the heat of the sun or the extreme cold if you have a four season sunroom. In rare cases, where it becomes difficult to extend the cooling and heating of the house into the sunroom, you can always opt for baseboard heaters or air conditioners in the four season sunroom.

Since you get plenty of sunlight in the sunroom, it becomes an ideal place to bask in the sun from the privacy of your home. There is also the added attraction of the sun enhancing your health by doing away with any possibilities of the lack of Vitamin D. Another reason for the popularity of such sunrooms is that the installation process is not complicated. The great thing about these rooms is they only take a few weeks to build and it soon becomes the most sought after place among all the family members whether it is for soaking in the sun or enjoying the beautiful twilight from the comfort of a cozy bean bag. Many people also prefer such solariums as it increases the value of the house and is a great statement of the lifestyle that you lead.

Most of the sunrooms are built in such a way that they complement the architectural style of your house. The glass used for these solariums have a very high R-Value with a superior degree of insulation along with being comfortable and relatively inexpensive. So, all in all the installation of these four season sunrooms would be a very valuable addition to the house.

Andrew Caxton is the editor of [http://www.allsunrooms.com]http://www.allsunrooms.com. More articles on sunroom addition ideas and house additions at http://www.allsunrooms.com/enclosures.html

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