How to Insulate a Sunroom

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Your sunroom is could be sitting empty most of the time, because it's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Your sunroom can become a place for year-round enjoyment with a few easy steps. Imagine it as a haven--a place to sit and read, eat or entertain in every season. Read on to learn more.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Gloves, mask and protective eye wear
Lumber
Fiberglass insulation
Window glaze

Step1

Select the insulation. Pick a higher grade fiberglass material for optimum results. Unfaced, friction-fit fiberglass batt insulation is inexpensive and easy to install.

Step2

Add studs. The 2-by-6 studs are a better choice than 2-by-4. They leave more room for the insulation.

Step3

Insulate around all the windows and in the corners of the sunroom. Tuck the batts between the wall studs and cut it so it fits snugly around electrical outlets and wiring.

Step4

Glaze the windows. This will help regulate the amount of heat and light coming in the windows.

Step5

Choose a high-performance window glaze. Look for one that retains heat when necessary, blocks sunlight and collects sunlight when needed. Low-E glaze is the most common. It reduces heat transfer and will help keep your furniture and rugs from fading.

Step6

Replace windows if necessary. A fully insulated sunroom should have double pane windows, not single. There is usually an inert gas, like Argon, between the layers of glass. This keeps the outside temperature from getting in.