The screen room may just be my new favorite part of the house! Well, I will say that it is the time of year to best enjoy having a screen room.
It’s mid-September, and that’s when things start to cool down around here.
The weather is gently cool in the morning giving way to a moderate and sunny warmth in the afternoon. All the while, a delightful breeze tends to blow through. That being said, I am wondering what kind of heating and air conditioning options we might have for our screen room once fall really starts to kick off and the weather starts to get more and more cold. Perhaps we should simply plug in a space heater or two. That would probably generate a good amount of heat. We also have ceiling fans installed, and if you didn’t know, they have a switch on them to make them turn clockwise instead of counterclockwise. This pushes warm air down towards you instead of up and away from you, which is handy in cold weather. Yes, I suppose that our space heaters in conjunction with our ceiling fans being used this way will help keep the screen room a little warmer. I don’t know if that will be sufficient to keep the winter warm, however. Perhaps a glass room would have been better insulated against the cold. However, we simply did not want to spend the additional money on a glass room. Perhaps the screen room simply won’t be hospitable during the winter. That’s okay, as I’m sure it will be very comfortable for most of the year!