Three Major Benefits Of Adding More Sun To Your Life
While sun can have some negative effects on your life (e.g., skin cancer, age spots, etc.), it actually has more positive benefits. Adding a sunroom to your home then provides all of the benefits you might otherwise miss without the sunroom. Here are some of those benefits:
Your Sunroom Is Cozy in Winter
People who live in the northern regions of the U.S. frequently lose out on sunlight for three to six months of the year. Winters are so cold and often too gray to soak up any sunlight. Homes have to rely on a lot of heat to stay warm. With a sunroom, you can eliminate these issues. It will be the coziest room in the house because the glass will attract and hold enough heat to make the room quite warm. You can sit in this room and soak up the warmth and the sun during the day without having to bundle up in winter garb.
You Get Enough Vitamin D All Year Long
Humans actually need the sun's light. It helps them produce vitamin D, which is essential for stronger bones. In places where people do not get enough sunlight, their blood levels of vitamin D show drastic drops, putting them in danger of broken or weakened bones, lethargy, and fatigue. You can address this by sitting bare-armed and bare-legged in a sunroom for twenty minutes a day every day in winter or taking a daily supplement of vitamin D. Most people choose the former option because it is easier to do than remembering to take a chalky and unpleasant supplement.
You Can Garden in the Sunroom
Your sunroom can double as an indoor gardening room and greenhouse as well. Plants thrive in a sunroom because of the warmth and sunlight. Additionally, all of the fresh oxygen the plants give off provides a purified/filtered room full of healthy air for your lungs. That means you will suffer fewer colds and fewer sinus issues during the colder months.
Where to Add Your Sunroom
Because a sunroom needs sun to be a sunroom, you have to select the sunniest locale for the construction of this home addition. East or west ends of the house are good, but if you have a north or south end of the house that gets a lot of light during the day, that works too. If you choose an east or west end, just realize that you will only get direct sunlight for half the day.
Contact a company like Euro Design Build Sunrooms for more information and assistance.