It’s always the right season to think about home improvement projects, and there are some projects that are worth considering more than others. For example, a sunroom is the perfect blend of cost-effective building and expanding the livable footprint of your home by several hundred square feet almost instantly. The big windows can preserve your mountain views and look out over your garden, while the solid walls allow you to heat and cool the room at your leisure meaning that you can use your new space all year round.
Finding The Right Sunroom Contractor
However, as with all home improvement work, the quality of your finished sunroom will heavily depend on the quality of the sunroom builder that you choose to use. You’ll want to look for a sunroom contractor who has the direct experience and designing and building in Calgary as the city has a unique weather system, it’s one of the sunniest places in Canada and can also be one of the windiest. This means your sunroom builder must take all sorts of weather-related engineering into account, as well as the numerous planning laws that govern new additions to existing homes. You’ll also want to find a sunroom contractor with many years of experience so that you know that you’re getting access to decades of experience in designing and engineering plans that will fit your budget, lifestyle and last for a lifetime.
Unusual Sunroom Ideas
Working with an expert sunroom contractor also gives you someone to bounce different sunroom ideas around with. For most people, they choose to use their sunroom as a formal (meaning adults only!) living room or a brand new dining space with expansive views of your gardens or outdoor areas. However, its not uncommon to see sunrooms being used for indoor plant growing, workout rooms or even bedrooms and you can talk to your sunroom contractor about these and any other unusual sunroom ideas you have and they will be able to tweak the design and materials to best make the custom use room work for your needs:
- A plant room – the current trend of owning and keeping exotic and tropical plants shows no sign of slowing down, so if you’ve got lots of green babies that you’re struggling to keep alive, then a sunroom plant room could be the answer to your dream. In this design, your sunroom expert will work with you to maximize the amount of sunlight coming into the room, as well as finding ways to trap and build heat naturally without the need for forced air.
- A guest room – sometimes your sunroom can double as two spaces, and visitors to your home will never feel more welcome or have a better night’s sleep than when they get to relax in the sunroom at night. For this room setup, your sunroom builder will focus on how to make it dark at night, as well as planning the room size so that your guest bed will fit with further room to move around.
- A home office – Everyone wants an office with a window, how about all windows! As some the world returns to in person work, the need for remote or hybrid working still exists at many companies and in many industries. If this is an option for you, your sunroom will make an excellent secluded home office as you can close the doors and leave the office at the end of the day, everyone likes short work commutes. Your sunroom contractor will work with you to make sure there’s enough power outlets and wall space for whiteboards and motivational pictures.
- A Workout Room – With the expansive views and ability to either heat or cool the area with large opening windows a sunroom can be one of the best areas to keep your treadmill, exercise bike or yoga matts. With everything at the ready and the views inviting you into the room it makes that work-out a little less work, and a lot more enjoyable.
