There has been a revival of interest and popularity for sunrooms in the last 4 decades. New revived sunroom trends have been fueled from a new wave of technology. Such as self-cleaning glass, solar glass and double glazed glass that has made sunrooms almost maintenance free and is very heat efficient. The need for burning huge quantities of coal and using miles of pipes to supply hot water has almost been eliminated with underground heating by electricity reducing the overall cost of maintaining a sunroom.

Deciding on what type of floor you will choose will depend on how you plan to use your sunroom. Most often sitting room areas in the sunroom have been carpeted. Hardwearing flooring finishes from tiles or laminate seem to be the most popular now. Tiles used most often are limestone, sandstone, marble, granite and slate. Once again these stones are hard and are waterproof.

Sand and limestone are sedimentary rocks being porous in nature and have been formed over many years though the formation of layers. Thus, making them soft and somewhat easier to cut, however this doesn’t mean you can choose them in a variety of finishes. Limestone gives off a cold look making it ideal for sunrooms facing south. There is also a richer shade of limestone that has cream and buff tones. Limestone is very durable from all of the years it was formed in it is also made of tiny shells from the prehistoric sea life. You can measure the durability in limestone by the size of the pores the larger the pores the stronger the stone is.

The colors of sandstones vary, from the purest white that comes from Egypt to the deep red and brown shades that are found in England. There are variations in quality from slab to slab as with any other kind of natural resource. The trick is to properly bleed the slabs effectively in your sunroom’s floor to give it a good effect.

The earliest sunrooms were documented in the 17th century, being made of mostly glazed stone structures connected to buildings. When the 18th century made its debut sunrooms had improved and was used mainly by the scientific communities then the nobility loved the idea of growing exotic large plants in their gardens. Getting their plants from scientific expeditions to warmer countries. It wasn’t until the 19th century that sunrooms really gained in popularity when construction material was becoming more affordable and available. Materials such as thicker planes of glass and steel were being used to build sunrooms now. In most European countries people started to use sunrooms for exhibits of tropical plants and flower shows. In the United States sunrooms were being used for such things as tea parties and some even introduced small animals into their sunrooms for additional beautification.

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