I recently moved my bedroom into a sunroom.
My father is elderly and needs extra help while he recovers from his hip surgery.
He lives by himself right now, so converting my sunroom was the only choice I had if I wanted him to sleep at my house. The project took a little bit of time and a bit of meticulous and careful work, but transitioning the sunroom was mostly straightforward. Originally, I had plastic windows that needed updated with storm proof, double pane glass windows. Then, I updated the aluminum frame that my outdated windows attached to, then added a low ceiling to cover the ugly aluminum overhead. I even installed new light fixtures before I finished with the ceiling. The floor wasn’t hard either, since it had a good finish already. Then, I added italian tile and I think it looks amazing. However, the hardest part was the cooling and heating system for the sunroom. I knew some people who completed a similar project and they simply added an opening for a single vent above the sliding glass door that separated their room from the rest of their house. This wasn’t good for me, because without an HVAC duct attached to the vent, there was no air stream to push the chilly air into the moderate sunroom. I installed a portable cooling system at first, but the unit I originally purchased was extremely loud and seemed inefficient when I looked at my next electricity bill, after I hardly kept the room at a livable temperature for the two of us. I would’ve never known that a window cooling system would solve the Heating and Air Conditioning needs I had. After some searching, I found a different unit that fits perfectly in my window. It is not as loud as the portable cooling system, plus it seems to be working way better than the other AC system.