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What
You Should Know About Sunroom Ventilation Systems
Keeping your sunroom cool and keeping the air circulating
are two very important things to consider when you are
building a sunroom. There are a few factors that can affect
the way your sunroom reacts to sunlight and heat. Before
buying sunroom ventilation systems, be sure you know how
many hours of sun the room gets, how long it gets direct
sunlight, the size of the room, and what other factors like
flooring can affect the amount of heat held in the room.
Sunroom ventilation systems make sure that the air in your
sunroom circulates continuously. Some people choose to
integrate these systems with their home air conditioning
systems, but most contractors recommend independent sunroom
ventilation systems.
If you are using your sunroom as a greenhouse, you will have
a lot of dirt around, and may even have it on the floor if
you have a free-standing sunroom. In this case, it will be
easier to cool your sunroom because the dirt will absorb
heat during the day to cool the sunroom and release it in
the evening to warm the sunroom.
Sunroom Ventilation Systems
The number of hours of sunlight that your sunroom gets makes
a lot of difference in the temperature of your sunroom. Your
sunroom ventilation systems need to be a lot more powerful
if your sunroom gets a lot of direct sunlight or is exposed
to the sun for most of the day. However, if the sunroom
allows the light to reflect off the glass at an angle, it
will stay cooler in the room.
The size of your sunroom will also make a big difference in
what sunroom ventilation systems you consider. The larger
the area or the more thermal mass space you have in your
sunroom, the harder it is to heat or cool the room. Remember
that in order to cool a hot room, all the air in the room
has to be cooled - and in a large room, there is a lot of
air!
Instead of using specially made sunroom ventilation systems,
some people try to cool their sunrooms with fans or by
opening the door connecting the sunroom to the house.
Unfortunately, even large fans often have a hard time
circulating all the air in large rooms, and utilizing your
home air conditioning unit really only causes your a/c to
work harder, not better. |
