Convert Screened Porch to Sunroom

Benefits of a Sunroom

Sunrooms have many benefits. One such benefit is bringing the harmony of the outdoors into your indoor living space. This offers your family a place of serenity as the beauty of nature is available for viewing from indoors all year round. Sunrooms are usually four season spaces that include many windows with interior furnishing and heating and air conditioning systems. They expand a family’s living space year round while affording the beautiful view of a screened porch.

Healthcare professionals believe sunlight in the correct doses can be very therapeutic. Doctors recommend exposure to the sun for patients experiencing some mood disorders and limited periods of time in the sun can also provide much-needed vitamin D. Sunlight also causes the human body to create a hormone called serotonin. Serotonin is associated with boosting mood and helping a person feel calm and focused according to researchers. Check out more information regarding the benefits of sunlight here.

Ultimately having a sunroom can bring many benefits to your health and well being. Consider converting your screened porch to a sunroom and enjoy good health and the peace of nature around you year round. Contact a remodeling expert in your area.

Screened Porch Conversion Before & After

At first, these homeowners were planning to replace their existing, rundown screen porch. After careful consideration, they decided to design an all-season sunroom that they could enjoy for relaxing and drinking in the beauty of the natural landscape. This sunroom addition is nestled in a wooded lot and extends the home’s interior living space. See more of this screened porch conversion.

Finished conversion.

Three Seasons or Four? How to Decide.

Have you decided that you want to enhance the value of your home and enjoy more of the beauty outdoors – inside by adding a sunroom? Then your next decision is three seasons or four? Sunrooms can be utilized all year round (four seasons) or only during Spring, Summer, and Fall (three seasons). The cost of the building is determined accordingly.

Something to consider depending on the area in which you live may be the need to apply for a building permit. Also, a four season room will need heating and air conditioning and this may require a separate permit. Both three and four season sunrooms will need lighting, so an electrician will be required as well. Contact your local building department to find out if these stipulations are mandated in your area or by selecting a licensed general contractor they can do the legwork for you and coordinate all trades.

By hiring a general contractor they can also determine if your foundation is stable enough to serve as a living area for a porch to sunroom conversion and to check the roof and gutters. Sunrooms have many windows and so consideration for water flow off the roof and around the foundation is necessary to make sure it is diverted away from the house.

A substantial contributor to the cost of a sunroom is the windows chosen, as they are one of the largest expenditures for this type of room addition. Many factors affect the cost of a sunroom addition or screened porch conversion to sunroom; such as the economics of your specific locale, the size of the room, selections chosen and the challenge of tying the addition to your home. Often homeowners feel the value of such an addition can be well worth it for enhancing their family lifestyle, especially if you have a beautiful lot surrounding the house.

So, which choice is best for you, three seasons or four?

A Movable Wall of Windows

The inside/outside experience is provided by a Nana Wall, which was installed to expand the small kitchen/dining area, as well as, offer the beauty of the outdoors indoors. The Nana Wall completely open gives space a beauty that only nature can offer. When the wall is closed the beauty is still enjoyed through the complete glass wall. To see more of this hideaway retreat for our homeowner go here.

Three Seasons or Four? How to Decide.

Have you decided that you want to enhance the value of your home and enjoy more of the beauty outdoors – inside by adding a sunroom? Then your next decision is three seasons or four? Sunrooms can be utilized all year round (four seasons) or only during Spring, Summer, and Fall (three seasons). The cost of the building is determined accordingly.

Something to consider depending on the area in which you live may be the need to apply for a building permit. Also, a four season room will need heating and air conditioning and this may require a separate permit. Both three and four season sunrooms will need lighting, so an electrician will be required as well. Contact your local building department to find out if these stipulations are mandated in your area or by selecting a licensed general contractor they can do the legwork for you and coordinate all trades.

By hiring a general contractor they can also determine if your foundation is stable enough to serve as a living area for a porch to sunroom conversion and to check the roof and gutters. Sunrooms have many windows and so consideration for water flow off the roof and around the foundation is necessary to make sure it is diverted away from the house.

A substantial contributor to the cost of a sunroom is the windows chosen, as they are one of the largest expenditures for this type of room addition. Many factors affect the cost of a sunroom addition or screened porch conversion to sunroom; such as the economics of your specific locale, the size of the room, selections chosen and the challenge of tying the addition to your home. Often homeowners feel the value of such an addition can be well worth it for enhancing their family lifestyle, especially if you have a beautiful lot surrounding the house.

So, which choice is best for you, three seasons or four?