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[daddycreswell]

After 6 years of hating and I do mean HATING my inground pool that the wife must have, I finally think I have talked her into filling it in. Only problem is I have to have a sunroom built. Moving isn't an option, can't find a house we like, and there is no land to build on where we would want to live. So here's my question... what might it cost to build a 12*16 sun room, any idea? In my area it cost 110.00 plus a Sqft to build a house, but I can't imagine it would cost that much to add a sun room to the house. I know it's going to cost 5k to fill in the pool. I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of 85-90.00 Sqft. What do you think?

 

[ssdave]

It's going to be very specific to the design. Adding on a small addition might very well cost MORE per square foot than an entire house cost. All depends on how the roof line will match in, what it will take to match the siding, etc.

If you just cob it onto the side of the house, put on a low pitch shed roof from the bottom of the existing roof outwards, don't worry about how the siding interfaces with the existing, the cost will be less than the original house.

If you can blend it in easily to the existing house, and make a good roofline without removing too much of the existing roof, and your siding will allow adding on and blending the transition with some trim, cost should still be less per square foot than a new house, as the cost of plumbing and kitchen drives up the overall cost of a house. You can often use lower tier contractors for an addition, if you're not worried about getting it done fast. That can lower your costs a bit.

Good luck!

 

[Kevin54]

Does the sunroom go into the area where the pool is being filled? If so, then you are going to run into extra labor cost because the ground will have to be compacted to be able to pour a slab, or put a footer and foundation in.

As far as cost for the sunroom......as SSDAVE stated, your roof will be a big deciding factor. A small lean-to style of roof tied into an existing wall would be the cheapest. Next would be trusses tied into an existing wall. Lastly and the most costly is the sunroom roof with rafters being tied into the existing house roof. It's simple to figure the price of materials on that. Now all you have left is the three walls with some windows and doors, which wouldn't cost much at all. The doors and windows will cost more than the walls. Your looking at a couple thousand in materials total to frame things up and getting things weathered in. Siding, roofing material, finishing the interior is all on top of that cost.

Once you have a foundation or slab put in......for a 12x16 room, it can basically be a DIY job, IF you have a little bit of construction knowledge. And if you DIY, you can have things framed up and weathered in in a good long weekend

 

[ratdoggy]

So many variables..give us an idea of the kind you are looking at

 

[daddycreswell]

Does the sunroom go into the area where the pool is being filled? If so, then you are going to run into extra labor cost because the ground will have to be compacted to be able to pour a slab, or put a footer and foundation in.

As far as cost for the sunroom......as SSDAVE stated, your roof will be a big deciding factor. A small lean-to style of roof tied into an existing wall would be the cheapest. Next would be trusses tied into an existing wall. Lastly and the most costly is the sunroom roof with rafters being tied into the existing house roof. It's simple to figure the price of materials on that. Now all you have left is the three walls with some windows and doors, which wouldn't cost much at all. The doors and windows will cost more than the walls. Your looking at a couple thousand in materials total to frame things up and getting things weathered in. Siding, roofing material, finishing the interior is all on top of that cost.

Once you have a foundation or slab put in......for a 12x16 room, it can basically be a DIY job, IF you have a little bit of construction knowledge. And if you DIY, you can have things framed up and weathered in in a good long weekend

So many variables..give us an idea of the kind you are looking at

Yes, part of the room will be "in the pool", about 6 ft of it. I am thinking... I will have the it blocked up a couple of rows then set the flooring. I am trying to have a smooth transition from the house into the room. I don't want any steps. There are 3 steps from the back door onto the pool deck now. The way the back of the house is designed the room would be 12ft wide x 16ft long. Because of the was the house lays out the wall on the left side of the "room will not have any windows in it, it will face a wall, so there will only be 2 walls with windows. The wife is wanting shiplap for the inside walls and pergo type flooring. I plan on using the the back door on the house now in the sun room as the entrance and exit door to the back yard. The outside will be vinyl siding. Here is a crude drawing of it.

 

[Zeke]

I used to put these up in the 80's. I think they can be done for about 15K for everything from preparing the site to turn key.

But when you Goggle sunrooms you can see that these things come in all shapes, sizes and designs.

 

[nadogail]

Are there any Sunroom vendors or constructors in your local area?

Proposals from a few of them will not only answer your questions, but give answers to any questions you have not yet asked.