How to Add a Sunroom to Your Home

Looking to add a special certain something to your home? Why not a sunroom? This simple addition is an affordable way to add a little bit of room and luxury to your home. A sunroom gives you another place in the house to relax, entertain, spend family time, do yoga – whatever you want. All in the warmth and light of the sun that will be welcomed in more than any other room in the house allows.

What is a Sunroom, and How Can You Get One?

With a general contractor, of course! You have a vision. But, unless you’re a builder or an architect yourself, chance are you need help getting from point A to point B in the logistics of the design. Oh, and then you need someone to actually build it. Now, this project can range from the basic: screening in a pre-existing deck or patio, or more complex: actually building a room off the side of the house walled off by windows. The great thing about a sunroom is that it’s easy building, since it’s just being added on to the existing exterior. The addition is completely conducive to your budget, since you can go as basic or as extravagant as you want.8

Since this is just a one-room, simple add-on, a contractor is all you need to decide on the final design. Make sure you get some good, strong references for the contractors you are considering. This is no small matter as this person and his or her team will be building a room in your house. You want perfection, or as close as you can possibly get to it. Furthermore, you don’t want a contractor that keeps springing up hidden costs as you go. Of course, things happen and unexpected costs may appear. But, generally, a good contractor will help keep everything in a reasonable range that you’re aware of upfront. Your first meeting with your contractor will accomplish the main decisions of your addition. Where exactly will the sunroom be? How big will it be? Will you be screening in a patio or building a new room? Will the walls be screens or windows? How will the room be heated and cooled? Will there be any special, unique features to the room? What will the interior be, for example will the floors be hardwood?

Then, simply, the process begins. The most important thing to remember is to keep a close relationship with your contractor. Make sure everything is out in the open. This will avoid any of those surprise costs, and it will also avoid surprise building decisions. You don’t want to come home one day and be faced with a wall of four separated panes of glass when you wanted one large one. This is the room that you are going to live with, or live in, so to speak. And it’s your money. It’s important, and deserved, that you get exactly what you want. And that is more than feasible if you make sure to do some research when you pick your contractor, and then follow up by making sure you are the main decision maker.

Who should hire a general contractor for a sunroom addition?

If you want to add a sunroom onto your home, take advantage of the great resource of general contractors around you. Yes, they make do-it-yourself sunroom kits, but these are really only for screening in patios, and will not give you the oasis you’re imagining. If you’re going to put money into this project, you want something that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but is durable and built to last. Those DIY screens? Not so much. A general contractor will work with you to balance the two major factors: your vision and your budget. Forget the kit, a contractor can build you the sunroom of your dreams on the budget you want to set.

What are the benefits of hiring a general contractor for a sunroom addition?

A general contractor has the experience and the expertise to make your vision become a reality, all according to your budget. He or she knows the best materials to use, the best building methods, the best technology systems – and may even bring up a few good ideas you hadn’t even thought of. Basically, you are the creative mind here, and the general contractor interprets that with actual building logistics. And that know-how works throughout the whole process, as more decision arise throughout the building of the addition. What’s good about maintaining a solid working relationship with your contractor is that you can make changes, substitutes, and further additions as you go.