The last 4 decades have seen a revival of interest and popularity of sunrooms. A new wave of technology has fueled a whole new revived trend of sunrooms. Technology such as self cleaning glass, double glazed and solar glass has made sunrooms virtually maintenance free and is heat efficient. Underground heating via electricity has eliminated the need for burning huge quantities of coal and using miles of pipes to supply hot water reducing the overall cost of maintaining and running a sunroom.

What you want out of your sunroom will require what type of flooring you would choose. In some areas of the sunroom like the sitting area people have put carpet. More and more people are choosing the hardwearing flooring finish from tiles and laminate. Most choose from limestone, sandstone, slate, marble and granite. These are for the most part waterproof and are hard.

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.

Sunrooms have been said to be around from as early as the 17th century. These rooms were made from glazed stone structures connected to other buildings. When the 18th century came into the picture sunrooms were more improved, but were utilized mainly by the scientific community. Soon nobility got involved with growing exotic plants for their large gardens. These plants came from scientific expeditions to warmer climates. The usage of sunrooms really picked up in the 19th century with construction material readily available and affordable, such as steel and thicker planes of glass. The European countries started to have tropical plant exhibits and hold many flower displays. In the United States sunrooms were used to have tea parties in and some introduced small animals to enjoy the outdoors inside.

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