Gallery of Work
Sunroom Addition
This beautiful 19x18 sunroom addition enhances this home’s living space by 342 square feet. Van Deusen set out to create a sunroom with a custom look and its own architectural aesthetic that would also blend with the adjacent living room.
The formerly dark and dated living area called out for some much-needed light and additional space. The new addition combines functionality with one-of-a-kind details that set the space apart from the rest of the home. The sunroom boasts a bump-out so that the television does not interfere with the room’s floorplan. Recessed lighting and new hardwood flooring also complete the custom look of this room. By placing custom Andersen windows on every wall, and attaching a metal roof, Van Deusen succeeded in creating a beautiful exterior of the addition as well.
During the renovation process, the homeowners chose to update their entire first floor by refinishing the existing hardwood floors and adding extensive millwork around the windows and doors. The living room’s fireplace was upgraded by removing the old brick. In the kitchen, granite countertops and new hardwood flooring updated the space, completing the extensive renovation of the first floor. The result of this project is a beautiful sunroom addition that complements the new features of the updated first floor.
Remodeler of the Year
Maryland Improvement Contractors Association
Project: Tudor Manor Addition
Project Category: Residential Addition
Lead Carpenter: Buck Chestnut
Designer: Jay Van Deusen
Cost of project (including change orders): 101,000
Square Footage: 525 SF
Quality of Construction
These owners contacted the remodeler to add on a sun room; their home looked out on to a wooded lot with no houses visible from the back of their home. They wanted a sun room that let in a lot of light, but would not be as much as sunroom as it was an extension of their existing living room area. The area they chose for their living room would add space for their growing family, and allow the old living room area evolve into a more formal setting. This would allow for the remodeling of the existing family room as well, removing old veneer brick for the original fireplace and adding much needed light into the family room area. The new room while having a mid sized footprint should be airy and tall, unlike the rest of the rooms in the eight foot ceilinged house.
Degree of Difficulty
Working with houses that are relatively young (this one was 20 something years old) means matching faded siding and brick that can not always be easy to match. For matching purposes, we ended up residing all of the house to ensure a good match. Brick was a difficult match, but really needed to be part of the overall look of the project, accenting the existing brick to grade on the house that was original from 20 years past. Additionally, in order to have the taller roof area (a true cathedral ceiling), an egress rated window would have to be moved on the second floor of the house. In order to keep the floor of the addition warm as possible, the crawl space was made an ‘ambient’ space, exchanging air with the existing basement area, keeping the floor warm with insulated walls in the crawl area. The cathedral ceiling is a bearing beam, which traverses each end of the room. The end on the common wall of the house is bearing on the beam above the new 10’ French door; the other end is bearing above the AFF window opening, requiring a high level of detail and engineer to ensure the carrying ability of the structure above the arched opening.
Value and Cost Effectiveness
The owners were interested in getting the most project they could get for their money, but did not want to compromise on the design of the structure. Additionally, they remodeled a small bath on the second floor and replaced flooring on the first floor, as well as replacing countertops in the kitchen are (with granite)
Design and sensitivity to existing structure
The final design for the new family room reflected what the owners wanted to see in their new addition — a light airy space with a feeling of openness and details that were not present in their home when they purchased it. The remodeler designed a room with casements flanking each end and end of the room, capped with Andersen transom units above. The transom units neatly die into the soffit areas and are detailed with Azec trim boards in between each unit. The window configuration continues into the old living room area, flanking each side of the fireplace area, which now hosts a wonderful new mantle and bluestone fire hearth. Trim details in the room represent an additional level of detail not found in the rest of the house with bed moulding capping each window head. The gable end of the room is the focal point, with an Andersen broken arch window over the awnings below, nestled inside of a complimentary arched opening. The room is enclosed with a double set of French doors — actually four doors — two of them are fixed 2068 units which are fixed to either side of the operational doors.
Material Used on Project
- Met-fab metal panels (roofing)
- Andersen Windows
- Andersen Doors
- Azec Exterior Poly-trim