Glass Roof for Sunroom - Good or Bad Idea?
cecil
16 years ago
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Comments (3)My husband built a porch on one of our old trailers a few years ago. Nothing as fancy as your room, but he put those clear "tin roof" panels on part of the porch and colored on another part. Believe me, in the area covered with the colored panels were much, much cooler in the summer than the clear panels. He used the green color, and I would recommend the color panels over the clear ones. The green gave enough heat without being excessive. I don't know if this helps you or not. We are in zone 5....See MoreLaminate flooring in a sun-room
Comments (33)jane ny, I was in a similar situation last year. For me the sequence was paint first, then flooring, then baseboards, But it looks like you may have baseboards already installed. Painting first worked for me because I did it myself and there were spatters on the subloor before I was finished. You might want to check on whether your subfloor is indeed covered with plywood, because you may need an underlayment before installing your floor, depending on what you choose. Best to check where you buy the flooring. With some help from a friend who knew what he was doing and owns a Skill Saw, I installed a plywood underlayment in less than two hours. I too wanted tile with a slate or similar look, but the room was already over budget (long story) and I chose to spend my money on high end French doors because the floor could always be changed later. I got some advice from the flooring forum while deciding. You can always post a message there before you proceed. We narrowed floor choices down to either loose-laid sheet vinyl or vinyl tiles. My friend chose the tiles because the color and pattern seemed to fit well in the sunroom/porch. The original intention was to keep those tiles for about a year while I shop for tile and find a good tile installer. But the floor has held up well, despite some abuse like beach sand, rain coming in when some airhead (...See MoreGlass Greenhouse; Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Comments (8)Yes, you can build a nice little working greenhouse from old windows. We did a 10x16 one about 15 years ago and I am still using it. Here it is in it's original configeration...All windows were wood framed salvage material. We cleaned them up, removed all old hardware. The roof windows are old double glazed, french doors. They were tempered glass. The side windows were old single glaze, storm windows. The north side did not have many windows and all solid walls were insulated. There is an automatic roof vent and a small exhaust fan on a thermostat. It is wired for electricity but I use a 50 gallon barrel filled from a hose as my water supply. I used to keep it modestly heated in the winter and covered it with a clear solar pool cover for those months.Because most of the windows were already 100 years old and the french doors were never meant to be roofing material, after a dozen years there began to be some rot. We did a major renovation of the south side roof and front wall. I found 2 used commercial skylights for $25 and bought some used modern vinyl windows from a salvage yard...a couple of them open and have screens. The building is still very useful as a greenhouse and also retains heat better now....See MoreSun room Window idea
Comments (15)if the top room is being built, then have the 'sunroom' included into the plans. You need the structure to support the room above. Who has drawn up plans for this and why wasn't the first story included? obviously it's not going to support anything as is. but if all you want are ideas for the window, why not do a bifold door across the span? not cheap, but it would be nice for a walk out patio. or sliders or do a couple of french doors and tall windows...See Morececilt
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