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Adding a sunroom to your home can not only provide a relaxing new lounging spot for you and your family, but it can add value to your home. Sunrooms are generally located at the rear of the home near the family room or kitchen. Windows are installed (typically side-by-side) to let lots of natural light in. These rooms are a great place for enjoying your morning coffee, tending indoor plants, watching the sun set in the evening, or relaxing at any time of day. Professional contractors can provide an estimate of costs as well as assist you with the design and placement of your new sunroom. Although sometimes a patio can provide a foundation for a sunroom, it is often not large enough. Additional foundation area will need to be added to your home in the size and shape you wish your sunroom to be. Low-E or argon gas windows can keep this room energy efficient, and provide a more moderate indoor temperature through insulation. Sunrooms are also excellent locations for solar panels!

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Add a Sunroom for Family Gathering

Article By Jinky Bagagnan

A Sunroom addition adds thousands of dollars to a home's resale value. This is a great reason to look in to this value additon to your home but a new sunroom or Florida room is also a terrific gathering place for family and friends. The following are some tips on planning your sunroom addition:

Find a Place for Your Sunroom
Location is one of the most crucial factors to any sunroom addition. Ideally, a sunroom should get as much natural light as possible. Choose a place that gets sufficient sunlight. Sunrooms, moreover, are places that should let you enjoy the outdoors while enjoying the protection of the indoors. Thus, a great view is another important consideration when selecting your sunroom location.

Calculate the Size of Your Sunroom
How big a sunroom should you add to your home? The first consideration is space availability, of course. If space is no object, then decide based on your sunroom's intended purpose. Since you are adding a sunroom for family gatherings, you need to think about the occasions that call for family celebrations (e.g. Thanksgiving, birthdays, etc) and the average number of guests that you expect to have on such occasions.

Choose Your Sunroom Concept
How should your sunroom look like? You have various options. You can design your sunroom as an enclosed, glass-walled gazebo. You can also design it as a simple enclosed deck or patio. Your sunroom can become your indoor-garden, too, if you want. Naturally, your sunroom's location will affect the design. Your sunroom should also complement your home's architectural design. It's best that you talk to a remodeling contractor so you can choose the best sunroom style that will suit your lifestyle and the existing house.

Plan Your Sunroom's HVAC System
If you are planning on holding family gatherings in your sunroom year-round, then you'd better plan your sunroom's HVAC system. You don't want to be too cold during winter and too hot during summer. Since you don't want mold and mildew forming in your sunroom, moreover, you should make sure that it has effective waterproofing and sufficient ventilation.

Ensure Building Code Compliance
Strictly speaking, a sunroom (however comfortable and livable) is still a patio cover or patio addition, not a room for habitation. Therefore, a door from your house that opens out to the sunroom should be built and installed like an exterior door. Likewise, the walls of your home that bound the patio must also be built and insulated like exterior walls. Furthermore, your patio should comply with minimum snow loads.

A sunroom is definitely a worthy addition to any home. Apart from raising your home's resale value, it also makes your home more beautiful, expands your living space, incorporates the outdoor indoors, and gives you an ideal room for entertaining visiting friends and family. Talk to a remodeling contractor when you're ready to add a sunroom or Florida room to your home.