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We at Kuhlmann & Sons Construction LLC offer from Salisbury home repairs and Salisbury office repairs. Our business is Home Remodeling And Repairs. Our Remodeling projects including bathroom remodeling and kitchen remodeling besides our construction of Salisbury Sunrooms and a great variety of Rowan County Home Additions as products in our Salisbury remodeling with custom design products and service line.

On this page we collected most of our information for our Salisbury Sunrooms and Rowan County Home Additions.

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What is are Salisbury Sunrooms?
The term "Sunroom" is somewhat inexact. Typically, it refers to an area of the home with an abundance of windows designed to receive a maximum amount of sunlight. Sunrooms are sometimes referred to as solariums, conservatories or garden rooms.

For all intents and purposes, a sunroom is a bright and airy room full of windows. It is the getaway around the corner within your own home. Adding a sunroom to your home offers the best of both worlds, allowing you to bring sunshine into your space while controlling the climate and weather within. The attraction of feeling close to nature while being on the comfortable side of a glass wall seems to have universal appeal.
 

Popularity of Salisbury Sunrooms
Industry experts estimate that over half-a-million Americans are building sunrooms each year, with the rooms being used in a variety of ways. Some sunrooms become hot tub rooms or playrooms while others are designed as home offices, exercise rooms or simply quiet spaces for relaxing.

According to a recent survey, nearly 70 percent of homeowners who currently have a sunroom consider it an extremely important living space. Of homeowners who do not have a sunroom, 64 percent wish that they could add one.

Glass-enclosed rooms can easily be added to nearly every home floor plan. Sunrooms are an economical way to expand your living space and add new ambiance. To achieve the best possible results with a sunroom that you will enjoy for years to come, it's advisable to enlist the assistance of a sunroom specialist. With their help, designing and installing your sunroom will be a much more pleasant experience.

 

Why are Kuhlmann & Sons Home Additions so Popular?
Salisbury Sunrooms are enjoying increasing popularity for a variety of reasons. With Americans spending more time at home, home improvements have increased. With a lower cost of construction than traditional Home Additions and a higher valuation, adding a Salisbury Sunroom is a smart move that assures an excellent return on investment.

For the year-round enjoyment that they can provide, sunrooms are a uniquely special space. If your house seems to hem you in when the outside temperatures head south, a sunroom can bring a splash of sunlight into your space every day of the year.
 

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• Foundation
• Roofs
• Walls
• Windows                                                                               
• Types of Windows
• Window Options
• Skylights                    
• Energy Standards for Windows

If your yard is somewhat level or the spot for your sunroom can be leveled, it is best to build on grade using a slab foundation. This type of foundation works particularly well for most popular sunroom floorings (such as tile, stone, vinyl, carpet and many others ) and can also allow the addition of radiant heating.

If your Home Additions are not directly on grade, you will be required to build a conventionally framed foundation complete with concrete footings that comply with local building codes. The exterior foundation should have walls made of concrete or cement block. A framing system built from girders and joists along with a subfloor will bring your sunroom's foundation up to par.

 

Roofs
With the exception of all-glass sunrooms and some prefabricated Salisbury Sunrooms, the roof of a sunroom is framed in a conventional manner using joists of the appropriate size, spacing and insulation.

Depending upon personal preference, conventionally framed roofs may include skylight openings. If skylight openings are included, the glass in the overhead glazings must meet requirements for safety specified by local building codes. Typically this means that tempered safety glass is used. Standard skylights and roof windows will already meet strict specifications for overhead glazing safety.
 

PVC
This is an excellent, highly insulated material that benefits from little or no external maintenance. It is readily available and well tested and the lowest cost option of all three materials. It is mainly seen in white but is also available in some other colors and styles, including woodgrain. PVC is the most popular material for sunrooms today.

For some, however, PVC lacks authenticity when it comes to the more traditional designs. It is generally not acceptable for use on historical buildings.

Wood
For a truly traditional design with an authentic look, wood is the popular choice. Just about any traditional conservatory design can be recreated and improved with the benefit of today's technology. While it will require some periodic maintenance, modern paint finishes and stains ensure that this is increasingly
less of an issue. Available in a variety of stains as well as various painted finishes, this traditional material is actually quite versatile and, for many, it is well worth the money. Sunroom walls are usually framed conventionally with wood studs. To maximize the insulating power of your walls, you may want to use a higher grade of insulation and/or specify 2 x 6 (as opposed to standard 2 x 4) studs to allow a thicker space for the insulated portions of the walls.

Aluminum
The features of this material are very similar to those of PVC, although it is generally a bit more expensive. When strength of structure is a major issue, such as commercial buildings, aluminum is the better choice.

To ensure that your sunroom is the comfortable nook that it should be for year-round enjoyment, proper insulation is necessary. The Knee Walls and Ceiling Panel in a Aluminum Salisbury Sunrooms are sheeting with a insulation core which creates a very good R-rating..

Insulation is important, however, most of your sunroom walls will be glass. So selecting high-performance glazing is one of the most important choices for your sunroom. Glazing should be designed to generously collect sunlight when you need it, effectively block the most sunlight when you want to prevent it and to retain heat during cold winter months-especially at night.

 

Kuhlmann & Sons Construction, LLC offers a great variety in styles and design. Contact us to learn more about our Salisbury Sunrooms.

 

WINDOWS
Glass windows and doors are the primary components of any sunroom. Sizes, shapes and styles offered by manufacturers are almost without limit, allowing a great deal of creative latitude in design. It is wise, however, to choose windows that are compatible with the existing windows and overall architecture of your home. While finding a perfect match is not necessary, finding windows that work well with your home and complement it is important.

Fixed windows tend to be less expensive than styles that open, so a smart option is to combine a number of fixed windows with ones that will open. You can also save money on this expensive portion of your sunroom by staying with stock size windows rather than custom creations.

The makeup of windows varies as does the initial price and subsequent energy efficiency maintenance cost. Popular choices of windows include those cased in wood, vinyl, aluminum and clad combinations.

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Types of Windows

Wood
Wood windows and doors are energy-efficient and widely available. All-wood typically are the most expensive type of windows. Custom builds are usually available. All-wood will require periodic refinishing.

Vinyl
Superior energy efficiency. Moderate cost. Available in few stock colors. Maintenance free. Can be painted.

Aluminum
Maintenance-free. Should include a thermal break to slow transfer of heat. Vinyl or PVC coated Aluminum with a thermal break is to our knowledge the best solution.

Clad
Combines energy-efficiency of wood frames with maintenance free vinyl or aluminum. Moderately priced. Most popular style of window/door.

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Triple-paned glazings - Includes three panes of glass to create two layers of insulation that prevent heat loss.

Argon-filled windows - The space between the panes of glass is filled with argon or another inert gas. Argon's thermal conductivity is about one-third less than that of regular air, so it provides better insulation.

Low-emissivity glass - Usually referred to as "low-E" glass, this type of window or door is coated with extremely thin layers of silver or other metal. The glass permits light to pass through but helps prevent the transfer of heat. This allows outside temperatures– whether too hot or too cold–to be kept out and inside climate control measures to be better retained. Because low-E glass also blocks a great deal of ultraviolet rays, can act as a "sunscreen" for you and your furnishings.

Safety glass - Required by most building codes for skylights, windows within 18 inches of the floor and windows installed on walls that sit at a 15 degree or greater incline, safety glass is either tempered, laminated or wire glass. The most popular is tempered glass. Tempered glass is heat-treated and when it breaks it crumbles into little pieces rather than large shards of glass.
 

Fixed skylights - Cannot be opened. Most economical. May include "bubble shaped" insulated dome to help shed water.

Fixed and vented skylights - Include a small vent that can be opened. Less expensive than skylights that fully open.

Vented skylights - Open via hand crank, control rod or electronic control. Should be equipped with insect screen.
 

Screened Rooms/Porches
A screened porch is essentially a regular porch that has had the addition of perimeter walls of large screened panels that allow air to circulate while helping keep out insects. Screened rooms can be an excellent way of getting more mileage out of your patio or deck. Use of this casual area is often limited to the summer and warmer portions of the spring and fall months. And with the addition of clear PVC or Acryl sheets as window replacements you could stretch out the usage time.
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Additions to Existing Walls vs. Converting Existing Rooms
Just as each home varies in its needs and characteristics, each homeowner's choice of approach to adding a sunroom varies. For some, an existing space such as an unused deck or patio or perhaps an architectural alcove may make the perfect new sunspace. For others, adding extra living space is a priority and only a new addition to the existing structure will do.

 

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