One family wanted to add a new private space to their home, but the enclosed coziness of a den did not appeal to them.  Instead, they opted for a brighter choice -- a 12-month sunroom.  The final project is unique, beautiful, and homey.  The glass-filled room opens off a lower-level family room to the inside and a deck, gazebo, and spa combination to the outside.  The addition has become a focal point for the house -- the family uses it for gatherings and for more private relaxation.

Windows & Heating Systems

Sunroom heating systems are not always integrated with those of the rest of the house, giving the homeowner more options and making sunrooms a good heat cost alternative to more traditional room additions.

This family's unique heating choice meant installing a heating coil system in the floor.  The system, originally marketed for bathrooms, is a set of slim heating coils attached to a fiberglass mesh, which can be embedded easily under a ceramic tile floor.  The coils heat the ceramic floor, in turn heating the rest of the room from the ground up.

The result is individually regulated heat, cheaper than connecting to a central heating and cooling system, and better suited to the room's intended use.  

Eliminating central air in a sunroom can be appropriate.  So often, when working with central air, you don't want to open the windows -- on cool summer evenings, for example.  Choosing to install a separate heating and cooling system (or no air conditioning at all) can make it easier to open all the windows a sunroom is supposed to have.

Integrating Indoors and Outdoors

A sunroom must tie to a home's outdoor living spaces, just as it does to the home itself.  In this case, the family wanted a spa and gazebo combination outside, so we designed easy access to the spa and integrated the sunroom with their outdoor activities.