Sunrooms and Screen Rooms – Pros and Cons of Each
Sunrooms were at first developed from farmhouse porches and have become more accepted in recent decades. Today advances have made sunrooms and screened porches even more popular. With current advances in flexible outdoor fabrics, heated flooring, and electronically controlled blinds, sunrooms are gradually becoming more and more comfortable every day!
Sunrooms and screen rooms are an excellent way to expand your living space and enjoy the outdoors while protected from the elements. They allow you to easily enjoy your home regardless of the weather or temperature. And while these two types of enclosed outdoor areas offer differing degrees of shelter from the outdoors, they both provide greater protection from annoying bugs.
If you’re thinking installing a brand new sunroom or changing a porch to a screened room, it’s important to consider the differences. Sunrooms and screened porches are similar, but they do offer different benefits and drawbacks.
Sunrooms
Perhaps the highest benefit of a sunroom is that it’s typically warmer than a screened porch. Sunrooms afford total protection from precipitation, wind, and freezing temperatures, and their window glass in fact intensifies the sun’s rays to heat the room more. With new heated floors, a sunroom is great for year round use! However, remember that the heat of summer can be intensified by your sunroom; for summer ease, make sure the windows open or remove so you can air extra heat. Sunrooms do tend to be more expensive than screened porches, though, so not all considers their advantages worth the price.
Screen Rooms
The primary benefit of a screen room is that you seem to be closer to nature with only screens between you and nature. However, this feature can also be a drawback, because you’re also more exposed to the elements. A screened porch affords a great deal of shelter from the weather, but it doesn’t keep out cold temperatures. And if it’s really nasty outside-think raining horizontally-the screens don’t offer much barrier. For this reason, screened porches are generally recommended for three season use or are great for home in Central Florida. However, screen rooms are by and large cost less to install than sunrooms, so some people consider them a better value than sunrooms.
Once you’ve decided whether you want a screened porch or a sunroom, the next choice is prefab or custom. Most sunroom installation companies offer both systems, so you probably will want to consult a professional before you make your selection. Prefab sunrooms or screen rooms are usually more than custom-built ones, but you will want to consider your options.
No matter if you’re thinking of adding a sunroom or screened porch to your home to increase your value or simply to enjoy nature, you’re bound to love your new outdoor room. The increase in living space and the beauty of nature, you will be amazed how you lived without your wonderful screen room or sunroom! Don’t procrastinate any longer; contact us and get the sunroom or sreen room addition process started today.
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