If you like being outdoors and basking in the sunshine you want a sunroom in your daily life.
Sunroom and screened porch.
Use more energy sunrooms require a significant amount of energy to heat or cool because of the large windows.
Flooded with a lot of natural light their whole purpose is inspiring daydreams and relaxation.
Some refer to their addition as a sun room especially if it has many windows and is the sunniest in the house.
Neither indoors nor out sunrooms and screened porches offer the best of both worlds.
However a screened porch is only comfortable when the weather is neither too cold nor too hot to enjoy it and blowing rain may prevent usage.
When converting a screened porch to a sunroom your options are.
A sunroom is a roofed structure that is glass enclosed.
Many homeowners decide to convert their screened porch to a sunroom 3 season room or to find a way to temporarily enclose it.
A screened porch is a roofed structure that uses mesh screen for walls.
Here are 20 sunroom ideas that are as stylish as they are serene.
35 sunroom screened porch design ideas.
Expect to see a noticeable increase in your energy bills.
A sunroom is more like your living room with a better view.
The difference is that a screened porch will let air pass through the room giving you the feeling of being outdoors while keeping out the bugs.
If you want to extend the outdoor season you may want to consider a three season room sunroom or solarium.
More expensive sunrooms are considerably more expensive than screened in porches because the construction process is more involved.