Porches and Sunrooms: Planning and Remodeling Ideas
Porches and Sunrooms is the perfect reference tool for homeowners who are considering adding or renovating a porch, sunroom, or conservatory. Topics include planning and designing the "outdoor room" to bridge the indoors and outdoors, basic information on the room's structure, and details on what a homeowner should know to add it to the house. Readers will see real-life examples in hundreds of beautiful, full-color photographs, discovering what a difference a porch can make to the outside of...
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Porches & Sunrooms Enjoy the great outdoors without braving the elements by adding a new porch, sunroom, three-season room, or conservatory to your home. Relax or socialize with friends and family in one of these light-filled, inviting spaces. Includes ideas for matching a porch or sunroom to your home’s style, converting an existing porch, new construction, and much more. • Over 285 photos of the latest trends in porches, sunrooms, and conservatories • Dozens of design ideas that you can use for your own porch or sunroom • Over 55 construction details that simplify the building process
Porches and Sunrooms Table of Contents Introduction...8 Design Possibilities...14 The Planning Process...16 • Make a Plan...17 • Design Professionals...18 What Do You Want?...19 • Fresh Air and Sunshine...22 • Heat and Cold...24 Remodeling & Conversions...34 • Deck Conversions...34 • Looking Good...35 Conservatories...38 • Conservatory Challenges...40 Design Practicalities...42 • Building Codes...44 • Setbacks...47 Doing the Work...53 • Choosing a Contractor...58 Gaining Access...62 Open-Air Porches...64 A Look Back...67 The Deck...71 • Deck Substructure...73 • Deck Materials...75 • Deck Skirting...81 • Ground-Level Porch Decks...82 Posts & Columns...84 • Post Practicalities...87 Railings...94 Stairs...100 Roofs...103 Ceilings...106 Remodel & Rehab...108 • Porch Furnishings...111 • Landscaping...113 Sunrooms & Three-Season Rooms...116 Room Options...118 • Porch Conversions...119 • Converting a Deck...124 • Patio Conversions...126 Three-Season & Sunroom Additions...129 Custom-Built Rooms...132 • Floors...135 • Insulating a Floor...135 • Walls...139 • Insulating Walls...141 Windows...144 • Three-Season Windows...146 • Windows for Sunrooms...147 • Windows: What to Look For...151 Doors...153 Roofs...155 • Ceilings...155 • Insulated Ceilings and Roofs...157 Heating & Cooling...160 • Using Existing HVAC...160 • Supplemental HVAC...160 • Humidity Control...161 Manufactured Rooms...163 • The Process...164 Interior Decorating & Furnishing...164 Conservatories...166 A Rich History...168 Design...170 Materials...174 • Materials for Frames...174 • Glass...180 • Blinds...180 Construction...184 • Foundations and Floors...184 • Utilities...185 • Walls and Roof...187 Heating & Cooling...187 Furnishing...188 Repair & Maintenance...190 Roof Flashing...192 Caulking Joints...192 • Regular Checkups...194 • Choosing Caulk...194 • Applying Caulk...195 Footing Problems...197 • Perimeter Footing...197 • Post Footings...198 Porch Decks...199 • Paint and Other Coatings...199 • Ventilation...201 Sunroom & Three-Season Floors...202 Ceilings & Superstructure...203 Posts & Columns...205 Railings...208 Windows...208 Insect Damage...210 Tracking Down Leaks...211 In-Floor Heating...211 Resource Guide...212 Glossary...216 Credits...218 Index...220
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