Sun room, many people are no stranger, in the past can be said to be the standard configuration of many families on the top floor, and even some people will confirm in advance whether the terrace can be installed when choosing the top floor.
In addition, families with a small courtyard on the first floor will also have a sun room for the small courtyard. After all, one more sun room is equivalent to one more room, and there are infinite possibilities. For example, growing vegetables, raising flowers, barbecue, leisure, fitness, and so on.
However, with the extension of the stay time, the sunroom is not as beautiful as imagined, and it also has a problem with life. It's really how fragrant it used to be, and how bad it is now.
1. Why install a sunroom and what are its advantages?
As an independent space, its core advantages are obvious, and there are the following four points.
Shelter from the wind and rain
If you have a big patio or a small yard at home, no one wants to be an ornament on a rainy day. If you have a sun room, you can lie in the sun room leisurely, during the day, the blue sky and white clouds are clear, and at night, the curtain is full of stars, which is picturesque.
Therefore, whether it is rainy or sunny, the sun room is the most beautiful post station at home, and it also carries our infinite yearning for a better life.
Plenty of sunshine
As an all-glass space, it naturally has a lot of light. In the case of full sun, in addition to helping children supplement calcium, for the elderly, it can also alleviate the symptoms of osteoporosis.
In addition, when sunlight shines through the glass indoors and outside, it can also make the home brighter and more open. Even if you are on the first floor, you can improve the problem of dim indoor space to a certain extent.
One room for multiple purposes
The biggest advantage of the sunroom is that it has a variety of functions. In addition to growing vegetables and flowers, it can also be used as a parent-child room, study, and gym. Even some families on the first floor will convert the sun room in the small courtyard into a kitchen.
In short, in this airy space, it will meet all kinds of life needs in an extremely flexible way, regardless of the functional requirements.
Noise isolation
The fully enclosed structure naturally brings good sealing performance. Whether you live on the top floor or on the first floor, the sun room can isolate noise to a certain extent, thus extending a small world independent of the outside world, making the home environment more peaceful and comfortable.
2. Why should the sun room be demolished and what are its disadvantages?
In fact, the above advantages are all ideal. But in real life, the rollover of the sunshine room is not an isolated case, and the rollover rate is very high, with the following performances.
Summer is comparable to a sauna
The sunroom is hot in summer, which is a problem to be expected, but most people are still willing to install it after balancing. After all, there are three other seasons of the year besides summer. Even if it's uncomfortable in the summer, it's still fragrant in other seasons.
However, when you actually move in, you will find that the sun room is hotter than the sauna in summer, and you can't enter it at all, even if you install air conditioning.
Workaround:
The easiest way to do this is to install an awning. For example, aluminum alloy ceilings, honeycomb curtain ceilings, electric louver ceilings, etc., the effect is much better than ordinary blinds.
In addition, the ceiling glass can also be covered with a sunshade film, which can also play a role in heat absorption and insulation. It's just that in this way, the sense of transparency of the sunroom is lost. Therefore, in general, it is recommended to install an electric roof.
Winters are very cold
Do you think the sunroom is only bad in summer? Do you think the sunroom will be warm in winter? In fact, winter is also not worry-free, the main reason is the same as summer, that is, glass is not insulated or insulated.
Therefore, if underfloor heating or air conditioning is installed, then the entire glass ceiling will be hung with "condensation".And in the process of heating up floor heating or air conditioning, the energy consumption is still very large.
Workaround:
There is no good solution to this problem. What we can do is to install a roof on the sunroom like the above problem, so as to play a role in insulation, but the condensation problem will still exist.
The dust is particularly heavy
As we all know, the higher the floor, the greater the wind, so after staying for a long time, the dust on the glass roof of the sunroom will become more and more, which greatly affects the mood of living.
If it's on the first floor, it's not too much trouble to clean up, but if it's on the top floor, it's not so easy to clean up, and it's not recommended that you clean it yourself.
Workaround:
There is basically no other way than to ask a professional to clean up, so you have to pay some extra cleaning costs every year.
Prone to water leakage
Water leakage in sunrooms has become almost a common phenomenon, and it is not an exaggeration to say that nine out of ten sunrooms leak. There are many reasons for this.
For example, there is no seal between the profile and the wall during installation; For example, the sealant is aged after long-term exposure to the rain; Another example is that there is a problem with the external wall insulation, and the rainwater will flow in from the external wall insulation layer, etc.
Workaround:
Basically, if there is a leakage, it will be treated, and it is necessary to be prepared for regular glue maintenance. In short, it's not a hassle to solve, but it's not worry-free at all.
Write at the end:
Although the sun room is good, but its hard injuries are really a headache, plus the cost of building a sun room is very high, and the market is too chaotic, so give up the sun room and directly transform the terrace or small courtyard into a small garden, in fact, it is also a very good choice. Even if you have to do it, it is recommended to make only a glass roof.