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Enhancing your home with an outdoor living area is an enjoyable way to get outside more. Patio screens or a sunroom are a great way to be able to enjoy your backyard and entertain people outside.
If you already have a patio enclosure, you might have found yourself not using the space as often as you might like, thanks to things like bad weather. If it is hot and humid or a storm is blowing, you might be more hesitant to be in the space and enjoy your time. If you find yourself in this situation, turning your screen enclosure into a sunroom can be a great solution.
Patio Enclosure vs. Sunroom
A patio enclosure can provide you with a relaxing outdoor living space. It protects you from many outdoor elements, like pests and the blazing sun, but will only block so much. If there is too much wind, heavy rains, or is hot and muggy, you may not want to use your enclosure to its fullest extent. Screen enclosures also require lots of cleaning from lawn mower debris, dust, dirt, pollen, and more.
What makes a sunroom stand above a screen enclosure, is that a sunroom can be used as a year-round living space. Since this space is enclosed with glass, you have the ability to introduce climate controls while still enjoying the filtering of sunlight. If you still want to feel the wind on your face from the outdoors, you can always open up windows for a cross breeze while you sit and relax. You can host parties and entertain your family or friends all year long.
Why Convert a Screen Room to a Sunroom
Upgrading your screen room to a sunroom can hold a number of benefits so you can better enjoy the space and relax more often. So what sort of benefits can you expect from such an upgrade in order to justify the cost?
Enjoy Your Living Space More Often: With the protection glass windows provide you will be able to spend time in your addition even in the hottest or windest of weather.
Increase the Value of Your Home: Sunrooms have a higher ROI on the square footage you have, vs just a screenroom.
More Comfortable Living Conditions: When you choose to have a sunroom, that area now becomes insulated and you have the opportunity to add HVAC options.
Avoid More Pests: Tanks to the better construction required from a sunroom, fewer pest can make their way into your living space.
Add Energy Efficiency: A sunroom has more insulation than a screen enclosure, so if you have been trying to stay warm or cool with a separate unit, you are spending more money to achieve a comfortable temperature. You won’t have the issue with a sunroom.
Steps to Change Your Screen Enclosure to a Sunroom
Converting your screen porch to a sunroom requires a few steps in order to get it done right.
Design & Appraisal
Something that you have the benefit from, is that you are not starting from scratch now that you want to transform this space. You already have a foundation, even a simple concrete slab, so starting at the bottom is a great place to assess and gather ideas.
Is your current foundation going to support your new sunroom desires? Is it in good condition and free of cracks or breaks? Is it the proper elevation for your sunroom? These are all questions to ask yourself while you inspect the current foundation. If you find it lacking, you will need to make sure to rectify that before getting started, and adding weight so something that might be faulty.
What about the shape of your current foundation? Is it the right size for the sunroom you want to create? When designing your new sunroom, you want to think about what the space will be used for, and plan accordingly. Maybe you need the dimensions changed? Maybe you want a much larger space? these will have to be decided upon when needing materials, so put some good thought into what you desire.
Window Screens
One of the biggest advantages of a sunroom is all the windows where you get to enjoy the views. But if these windows don’t have screens, and you want to enjoy the fresh air, you are just basically opening up your walls for bugs, critters, and the elements to come on in. By adding screens to your glass, you now have the best of both worlds where you can choose to just enjoy the sun, or also invite the breeze without compromising with bugs.
Construction Time
Now that you have decided what details you want to see in your new sunroom, it is time to start thinking about materials. You are going to need new walls, windows, and maybe even a new roof system.
Since a sunroom is a contained space there are a few materials you need to consider. Some companies choose to use aluminum for rust resistance, but there are many options out there that you can choose in addition to style and color options.
Flooring is something else you might want to change. Some homeowners end up keeping the floor they had before the sunroom, but others choose to upgrade to something like tile. There are many options here, so be sure to see what you might want and get price quotes for different types.
Lastly, we can talk more about windows. We already went over if you want o add screens or not, so keep that in mind when looking at window shapes and sizes. But simply, you want something with tempered glass, double pane insulated with triple silver coating, and argon gas for proper insulation. The types of windows you pick will hold a major role in the enjoyment of your sunroom. So make sure you choose something that is high quality and allows for what you want to get out of your sunroom. If you end up with poor-quality windows, your sunroom suffers mostly due to a lack of insulation.
Converting your screen room into a sunroom is a great way to enhance the enjoyment of your home’s space. You can enjoy your new room more throughout the year with less hassle.
