I watched this video from start to finish. Well done. It got me excited to want to build my own. The detailed information I found to be important. The concrete work was very well done. I’m a 65 year old woman who’s interested in building but not capable of construction and yet it still moved me to want to build a sunroom. Great job.
Thanks for posting. Your information was very thorough. I didn't intend to watch the complete video initially but didn't want to stop until seeing the final procedure. Great sunroom.
Fantastic stuff! Confidence builder for sure! Also love that you detailed the window sealing process. Doing that wrong would definitely lead to water intrusion. Good stuff!
Fantastic video man ! I just bought a new home and want to enclose my porch and this video was absolutely perfect! I hope my porch comes out just as beautiful as yours ! Great job man !
Bravo! Not only is your work amazing, you have impeccable attention to detail, and explain in a clear, concise manner! This is one if the best, if not the best, DIY video I’ve ever seen (and I watch a ton). Thank you! (Subscribed.)
Excellent production, advice and CLARITY!! Thank you sir! Very valuable information and useful due to filming details, explanations and tips. Wish you well!
My wife and I are going to take on this project. Found this instructional video inspirational and gave me a bit of confidence. Loved how careful you were to make sure insulation was snug behind the outlets!
Well done video! Really helpful to see the process - got a finished covered patio with two full sides of the house so only need to build 2 walls. Plus the 8x8 corner posts are already covered with hardy plank trim. I'll just need to side the lower portion under the windows and trim around the windows. This is a big help for designing the framing between the posts - I figure to taper the sill plate on the one sloped side then add a second sill plate so I have enough nail surface on the tapered end. Really only looking at a 3 season type room so considering the easy breeze type windows which will consume the majority of the wall space. Not worried too much about heavily insulating it so 2x4 walls will be enough - winter isn't too bad in NC. This gives me a good idea on how to layout my framing.
Thanks for sharing and the supportive words. Sounds like you have an awesome project in the works. I wish RUclips would allow pics in the comments so you could share your new room build.
I would hire you to build me a house based on the skills and knowledge you demonstrated in your video. Just noted that when sheering and drywalling, try not to end your joints at the corners of the openings. By going past the corner it strengthens and reduces the possibility of settlement cracks. Your video was very well produced and easy to follow.
Thank you for such an informative video. We had a lot of dry rot in our patio cover, so I took it down this past weekend. I’m now trying to decide what we want to do, whether we want to simply replace the patio cover or build a sunroom. I’m feeling like a sunroom is the best option!
You did a great job! As much as we would like to do a project like this before we retire (my wife also likes to help), I’m afraid that being 62 yrs old might be too much for our age. Hiring someone might be out of our budget as we have the bathroom renovations all lined up waiting… but thank you for this video, it’s really educational. I wish we saw this 5 years ago….
Excellent. Wondering why you didn’t insulate the ceiling and under the slab. I don’t know what state you are in but maybe could have gotten almost year round enjoyment
Thank you. I actually did insulate the ceiling but may have not shown that detail in this video. This house is in a region with a mild climate year-round so additional insulation in the floor was not necessary.
Thanks for the comment. I wish RUclips would allow pictures in the comments so I could share more. Some of the other videos on this channel show more details. I poured a concrete patio and built a retaining wall around the addition and in those videos you can see the new addition space.
Hi! This is exactly what I would like to do with my patio. Do you have a video where you show how you took the original back door wall down? and how to to restructure that? Thank You!
Thanks, in my case I did not have wall to take down to make an opening. I had two openings, one was the old sliding glass door and the other a window next to it. I simply removed the door and window and made those my opening into the new room. I did remove the framing underneath the one window to make a walk through space. The remaining post and headers were left in place to handle the loads above as the always have.
Thank you. The new room space was small enough to be able to be passively condition from the existing air conditioning system in the larger house. So we did not need to run any new ducts or anything like that. If the existing ac system was not enough, I likely would have installed a mini-split heat pump air conditioning system in the new room addition space.
@@MrKistel ohhh okay thank you for your response..I am getting ready to close in my porch as well and was wondering how to go about heating and cooling the space its about 10x18..
Really enjoyed this video, great instructions, how to, would love to see the materials specs attached to your website as well for planning purposes & a checklist
Nice job. I would love to do this with my back patio. I need to completely reframe it and get the roof at the right pitch because the previous owners left a gap between the roof and the outside wall. It leaks horribly.
Great job. Very informative. And an extremely well done video. One question please…I didn’t notice a vapor barrier on the insulation. Did I miss something? Thanks. Jim
Thanks. Rebar was determined not necessary for this concrete application. The concrete did include fiber additive however which can help hold concrete together if there are mild cracks. The floor was designed to be a light load surface. It would only ever see foot traffic. Concrete can crack under flexing situations and metal reinforcement can minimize flexion. It was determined this surface would have minimal flexion forces in part to the concrete underneath and thus metal reinforcement would not add any benefit.
I love these videos. Closing on a hone in 2 weeks and I’m plannig on enclosing the porch. Any recommendations for adding HVAC? I’m debating a ductless unit
Congrats on the home closing. Very exciting time. In our case additional air conditioning was not needed however I do like the idea of the ductless mini-split systems. Let us know what you decide and best of luck with your DIY projects.
@@MrKistel I wish I could take on a project like this. I have a slab waiting to be poured, all formed up and ready, but I'm too nervous to initiate the pouring of concrete. Seeing you walk through all this makes me think I shouldn't be as afraid of messing up. Thanks for inspiring me to finish that!
Your window tape goes on the sill as you have it.. But then install the window and then the window tape goes on top and then the sides to cover over nail fin
What a Great video! Ours will be a four season room and we're in a cold climate. I'm thinking about installing a raised floor insulated with rock wool. There will also be a pellet stove out there. Do you have other suggestions for it? Thanks
Thank you and sounds like an awesome project. The room in the video was in built in a mild climate region. Sounds like you are on the right path with flooring insulation. If needing more insulation in the walls you could potentially mount the siding on furring strips and use ridged insulation in the space between the wall sheathing and siding created by the furring strips.
When building this new room from the existing porch space I preferred to install the anchors bolts into the new concrete pad using epoxy. Wedge anchors, like you described, may have worked fine however I was concerned there could be an increase chance of the concrete cracking. The anchors were installed close to the edge of the new concrete floor.
Thanks. Sorry I do not have plans available to share at this point. Maybe I will try to put something together in the future though. Best of luck with your project.
Amazing work and thank you for such an informative video. I'm going through my addition and this helped me a lot! you have no idea.....i have a question regarding your post that's on the outside. I didn't see any mention in your videos that you had concrete to cover the base of your posts. if you look at 32:36. the still image of your exterior, the bracket and the post is not shown, it seems like you covered it all up with concrete. Can you give some insight on this? thanks again.
Thank you Raymond, it is so great to hear the video was useful for you. So the spoiler is the exterior post corners are not covered. They are still exposed. It is a tiny aesthetic sacrifice but better to allow any moisture a way out. The image you referenced was graphically altered for a clean look. if you look at some of my concrete patio videos you will see how the corners look. Thanks again and best of luck with your project.
This is giving me ideas on finishing a pergola with 6x6 posts. Question: why did you put the forms around the post before your concrete pad pouring? Is there a reason that you didn't want it to touch the posts?
Just wanted to isolate the original roof bearing post from the new concrete pour. Entrapping the post in the concrete may have trapped moisture in the post base.
Great job, great vid! My only question is why didn't you use a vapor barrier on that insulation install? I am curious, not nitpicking, I have seen some many different vids and all of them different.
Excellent videos. Thanks for making these. Instead of pouring new concrete, could you have put wooden framing to raise the floor? I understand you did it to level the floor, but would it be possible to simply level with shims or some other method? Thanks again.
Thank you and great question. I considered that as well. I could have potentially set down some framing and then put plywood on top to serve as the new floor base. I was required to some concrete work anyway (per local building authority) so i went with this concrete floor option.
Excellent video. I would love to convert my porch patio into a room. I was wondering do you have to have permits for this. My house is already built with a porch patio.
I felt like I was watching a HGTV episode series on how to build patio sunroom! Just bought my house and wife wanted a sunroom. Figured it already had an existing quality patio built so why not just build one from that. This is exactly the same idea I need to watch! Thanks friend. Any idea what it cost you for drawing up the plans and getting approved permits?
Congrats on your new house and your project intentions. Thank you for the supportive and flattering comment. Each region will have their own criteria for what they want to see in plans and so forth for permitting. What I did was visit with the local building authority before starting the project to verify what they expected upfront. I designed my plans based on that insight. It was a bit of a pain, and slowed project start date, but the rest of permitting went relatively smoothly afterwards.
Beautiful job Sir 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I have a beautiful screening porch, but I changed my mind and change it to a Sunroom. I would like to do it step by step. Should I put first the windows then insulate it? Thank you.
I'm sorry I'm brand new to diy I'm trying to learn every single detail, you didn't show the full process of what you did with the wall where you started removing the bricks, do you have a video for that part by any chance?
Thanks for watching and congrats on your DIY adventure. I am not sure specifically what you are asking. Once the brick was removed from the wall the outer plywood sheathing was exposed. This wall sheathing was later drywalled over (I believe this is shown in the video). I hope this was helpful.
Thank you! The video suggest it only took about 40 minutes to build the new room. Ha! It actually took several months from start to finish when considering the planning, permitting process, material selection and sourcing, and physical building procedures. I just chipped away at building the sunroom here and there until it was finally constructed..
@@mariahowmuchdoesthisprojec6229 I built this new room addition from scratch and I am not familiar working with any prefabricated sunroom kits. Best of luck with your DIY room build.
incredibly well done and super informative! a quick question: we are considering doing this and living in area with cold winter. is it okay for us not to insulate the concrete floor and put vinyl flooring directly onto it? thanks!
This is an awesome diy video. I do not know what area of the country/world you are in and if cement pours are the same all over but I am not aware of a cement pour that thick without some metal re-enforcement
Thank you. This project was permitted by the local building authority and the concrete pour method shown was recommended and approved for this particular project. The floor is not anticipated to have heavy loads applied to it and probably won't have significant cracking. The mix used also contained fiber reinforcement and even if the slab were to crack there is a floating floor above it that would not be affected.
Best of luck with your project and thanks for watching. Check with your regional building authority regarding permit/s, etc. Once you have a better idea of what may be required you might be in better position estimate cost.
Generally with a project like this I start brainstorming with freehand pencil sketches. Once I get a fairly solid idea I try to build in a CAD program to confirm if it will work out in scale and to confirm materials quantities.
Thank you kindly. I unfortunately do not recall the paint color off the top of my head at this point however I do think I mention it somewhere in the comments before.
Thanks for commenting. Every project is unique and each region has their own stipulations for home construction related activities. It might be worth checking with the building department in your region to confirm.
If you plan to sell your home down the road I would pay little extra for correct permit. You risk city/county come knocking during construction if your neighbors don’t like you 😂.
Excellent video! I have a question about the flooring. We are having a three season sunroom built and have been getting conflicting information about LVP flooring for the room. Some flooring people said it should be fine, some have said the excessive sun exposure and lack of temperature control will eventually damage the floor (fading, expanding and contracting). Any problems with your flooring so far?
Thank you and it is exciting to hear of your sunroom build project. I hope it all comes out as you intended. The flooring shown in this video has been holding up great and I would use this exact product again without hesitation. I do think it is important to leave some space for expansion and contraction. Let me know what you end up going with.
Thanks, in this case the room is conditioned passively from the open spaces. No ducts were added. The room is small enough the existing HVAC system works fine to keep the room comfortable. If the house was in area with more extreme climate conditions additional heating and cooling considerations would have been implemented. Something like a separate Mini split system for the new room perhaps.
Cost for a new room addition can vary tremendously. Every home presents its own unique variables and requirements so it is impossible to provide an accurate idea of what your project may run. Best of luck with your endeavor and please provide an update if you move forward.
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Kudos for making one of the most informative, detailed building videos ever! And he did it without annoying music, excessive banter, and goofiness👍🏼
Wow, thanks!
Bro, I love it when he remembers to leave room for expansion.
I watched this video from start to finish. Well done. It got me excited to want to build my own. The detailed information I found to be important. The concrete work was very well done. I’m a 65 year old woman who’s interested in building but not capable of construction and yet it still moved me to want to build a sunroom. Great job.
Thank you for the kind message and it is awesome to hear you found the video inspiring.
That was THE most informative building video I have ever seen. Loved the detailed instructions and the tips and tricks. Great stuff!
Awesome, thank you!
This video is so well done. Not only is everything clearly explained, the editing and commentary is among the best I've ever seen in a DIY video.
Wow, thank you! Your comment is much appreciated.
Thanks for posting. Your information was very thorough. I didn't intend to watch the complete video initially but didn't want to stop until seeing the final procedure. Great sunroom.
I am grateful you watched the whole video and thank you for the comment.
Fantastic stuff! Confidence builder for sure!
Also love that you detailed the window sealing process. Doing that wrong would definitely lead to water intrusion. Good stuff!
Thanks! 👍 The extra living space the new room addition provides makes the project all worthwhile.
Fantastic video man ! I just bought a new home and want to enclose my porch and this video was absolutely perfect! I hope my porch comes out just as beautiful as yours ! Great job man !
Awesome and thanks. Best of luck with your DIY porch conversion project
Bravo! Not only is your work amazing, you have impeccable attention to detail, and explain in a clear, concise manner! This is one if the best, if not the best, DIY video I’ve ever seen (and I watch a ton). Thank you! (Subscribed.)
Thank you very much! This is one of most awesome comments I have received. Much appreciated.
That outside shot of the finished project looked sooooo pretty. Nice job!
Thank you
I have to come watch this again because it is such a great video!
Wow, thank you! Best comment of the month award hands down!
@@MrKistel 😄👍
Great work! No cutting corners
Thanks! 👍
Excellent production, advice and CLARITY!! Thank you sir! Very valuable information and useful due to filming details, explanations and tips. Wish you well!
Much appreciated! Thanks it is nice to know when the production efforts are noted.
Definitely the video I need, want to do something like this for my wife’s nail room.
Thank you and sounds like you have a fun project ahead.
Fantastic video, I really like your attention to detail and excellent explanations you are very clever
Thanks for the kind and supportive comment.
Thanks for making me a step by step video for this project I'm about to start.
Have fun!
If I wanted to build one I would be this guy. Ocd like neat and everything calculated and prepared
Thanks, all the planning and prep really helped smooth out the actual construction process.
Great idea to use the garden rake to bump the drywall up
Yes, thanks! Sometimes you have to make the most of what you have around at the time.
My wife and I are going to take on this project. Found this instructional video inspirational and gave me a bit of confidence. Loved how careful you were to make sure insulation was snug behind the outlets!
Wow thanks for the comment. So awesome to hear you found the video inspirational.
Good job. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
Well explained DIY video step-by-step. I'm currently working on the same project for my house. I hope to get done this spring.
Thank you. Best of luck with your room addition project. Let us know how it goes.
Well done video! Really helpful to see the process - got a finished covered patio with two full sides of the house so only need to build 2 walls. Plus the 8x8 corner posts are already covered with hardy plank trim. I'll just need to side the lower portion under the windows and trim around the windows. This is a big help for designing the framing between the posts - I figure to taper the sill plate on the one sloped side then add a second sill plate so I have enough nail surface on the tapered end. Really only looking at a 3 season type room so considering the easy breeze type windows which will consume the majority of the wall space. Not worried too much about heavily insulating it so 2x4 walls will be enough - winter isn't too bad in NC. This gives me a good idea on how to layout my framing.
Thanks for sharing and the supportive words. Sounds like you have an awesome project in the works. I wish RUclips would allow pics in the comments so you could share your new room build.
Amazing transformation
Thank you! Happy Holidays.
I would hire you to build me a house based on the skills and knowledge you demonstrated in your video.
Just noted that when sheering and drywalling, try not to end your joints at the corners of the openings. By going past the corner it strengthens and reduces the possibility of settlement cracks.
Your video was very well produced and easy to follow.
Great sheathing installation tip. Thank you for sharing and the kind words!
Best video, I have seen! Very simple and explained. Thank you!
Wow, thanks for the kind and flattering comment.
That looks. Great! Good job, and a quality, professional installation! Looks Super!!!
Thank you very much!
Great job on this
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing video!!! You did an excellent job!!!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for such an informative video. We had a lot of dry rot in our patio cover, so I took it down this past weekend. I’m now trying to decide what we want to do, whether we want to simply replace the patio cover or build a sunroom. I’m feeling like a sunroom is the best option!
You can do it!
This is a great video. It definitely showed me how this is out of my scope and budget lol
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice work 👏
Thanks a lot 😊
Awesome video. Your giving me the inspiration to start my patio remodel. Thanks
You can do it!
You did a great job! As much as we would like to do a project like this before we retire (my wife also likes to help), I’m afraid that being 62 yrs old might be too much for our age. Hiring someone might be out of our budget as we have the bathroom renovations all lined up waiting… but thank you for this video, it’s really educational. I wish we saw this 5 years ago….
Thank you for the kind comment. I am hopeful you are able to figure out how to execute the project you have in mind. Best of luck.
great video, gave me a lot of information for my renovation
Great to hear!
Fantastic job
Thank you very much!
dude ill be honest I would have just slapped a cover on that porch, kudos for going through all the work of removing the brick and leveling the patio.
Thanks. It took some effort for sure but glad to have it built as it was demonstrated.
Really informative video! Excellent job, great workmanship on your sunroom. It is a really beautiful room. Love the color.
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much!! Great video and much needed information 😊
You are so welcome!
Great video, I watched the whole and learned alot.
Glad it was helpful!
Very good. Thank you.
Thank you too!
Good work. Looks solid. Interesting you framed with screws. But impressive.
Thanks Tyler
wow, very impressive work sir !
Thank you very much!
Nice build. I would only add the green permeable membrane on the inside as well...
thanks for watching
Excellent. Wondering why you didn’t insulate the ceiling and under the slab. I don’t know what state you are in but maybe could have gotten almost year round enjoyment
Thank you. I actually did insulate the ceiling but may have not shown that detail in this video. This house is in a region with a mild climate year-round so additional insulation in the floor was not necessary.
Excellent video. Thank you.
thank you!
Great Video. I wish you showed a better glance of the final project at the end in depth.
Thanks for the comment. I wish RUclips would allow pictures in the comments so I could share more. Some of the other videos on this channel show more details. I poured a concrete patio and built a retaining wall around the addition and in those videos you can see the new addition space.
Hi! This is exactly what I would like to do with my patio. Do you have a video where you show how you took the original back door wall down? and how to to restructure that? Thank You!
Thanks, in my case I did not have wall to take down to make an opening. I had two openings, one was the old sliding glass door and the other a window next to it. I simply removed the door and window and made those my opening into the new room. I did remove the framing underneath the one window to make a walk through space. The remaining post and headers were left in place to handle the loads above as the always have.
QUESTION-HOW IS THIS ROOM COOLED AND HEATED..??
I LOVE IT 🙂
Thank you. The new room space was small enough to be able to be passively condition from the existing air conditioning system in the larger house. So we did not need to run any new ducts or anything like that. If the existing ac system was not enough, I likely would have installed a mini-split heat pump air conditioning system in the new room addition space.
@@MrKistel ohhh okay thank you for your response..I am getting ready to close in my porch as well and was wondering how to go about heating and cooling the space its about 10x18..
@@goldmouth100 sounds like an exciting project. Let me know how it goes
@@MrKistel ok thank you I will
Really enjoyed this video, great instructions, how to, would love to see the materials specs attached to your website as well for planning purposes & a checklist
Great suggestion! Thanks
Wow man! You did it all by yourself. Very impressive and patiently done
Thank you for the kind and supportive comment.
@@MrKistel are you based out of US or Canada?
Nice job. I would love to do this with my back patio. I need to completely reframe it and get the roof at the right pitch because the previous owners left a gap between the roof and the outside wall. It leaks horribly.
Thanks and hope you are able to move forward with your project
Thank you for sharing!
thanks
Great job. Very informative. And an extremely well done video. One question please…I didn’t notice a vapor barrier on the insulation. Did I miss something? Thanks. Jim
Thanks for watching and the supportive comment. For this project, in this climate region, it was determined an internal vapor layer was not necessary.
@@MrKistel Thanks much. 👍
Amazing Video! Thank you for making it. One question... Why wasn't any rebar installed in the pour-over slab? Is it not needed in pour-overs?
Thanks. Rebar was determined not necessary for this concrete application. The concrete did include fiber additive however which can help hold concrete together if there are mild cracks. The floor was designed to be a light load surface. It would only ever see foot traffic. Concrete can crack under flexing situations and metal reinforcement can minimize flexion. It was determined this surface would have minimal flexion forces in part to the concrete underneath and thus metal reinforcement would not add any benefit.
Very well done!
Thank you very much!
Great video man!!
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching and the comment.
I love these videos. Closing on a hone in 2 weeks and I’m plannig on enclosing the porch. Any recommendations for adding HVAC? I’m debating a ductless unit
To be specific, would you recommend drilling through the house or going w a ductless
Congrats on the home closing. Very exciting time. In our case additional air conditioning was not needed however I do like the idea of the ductless mini-split systems. Let us know what you decide and best of luck with your DIY projects.
hey man, you did that!
Thanks Nick! Building a new room addition from a DIY approach seemed insurmountable at first but ended up being a doable project.
@@MrKistel I wish I could take on a project like this. I have a slab waiting to be poured, all formed up and ready, but I'm too nervous to initiate the pouring of concrete. Seeing you walk through all this makes me think I shouldn't be as afraid of messing up. Thanks for inspiring me to finish that!
Your window tape goes on the sill as you have it.. But then install the window and then the window tape goes on top and then the sides to cover over nail fin
Do you have a final pic with the sliding door and decor? Great video
Thanks. You can see some of that in the video thumbnail. It is set up as a playroom at the moment.
What a Great video! Ours will be a four season room and we're in a cold climate. I'm thinking about installing a raised floor insulated with rock wool. There will also be a pellet stove out there. Do you have other suggestions for it? Thanks
Thank you and sounds like an awesome project. The room in the video was in built in a mild climate region. Sounds like you are on the right path with flooring insulation. If needing more insulation in the walls you could potentially mount the siding on furring strips and use ridged insulation in the space between the wall sheathing and siding created by the furring strips.
Nice content
What’s the reason behind the epoxy in the concrete anchors? As opposed to drilling a hole actual size and banging em in?
When building this new room from the existing porch space I preferred to install the anchors bolts into the new concrete pad using epoxy. Wedge anchors, like you described, may have worked fine however I was concerned there could be an increase chance of the concrete cracking. The anchors were installed close to the edge of the new concrete floor.
super nice!!!!
Thanks!!
Thanks for sharing! Any chance you have written plans for this project? I already have a level slab and permanent roof.
Thanks. Sorry I do not have plans available to share at this point. Maybe I will try to put something together in the future though. Best of luck with your project.
Wow, loved this video. So detailed and informative. did it cost a lot?
Thank you! The material cost were quite minimal. If I put a value on my time I am not sure how much it woudl have cost however. LOL!
very easy to follow
Glad to hear that, Thanks!
Amazing work and thank you for such an informative video. I'm going through my addition and this helped me a lot! you have no idea.....i have a question regarding your post that's on the outside. I didn't see any mention in your videos that you had concrete to cover the base of your posts. if you look at 32:36. the still image of your exterior, the bracket and the post is not shown, it seems like you covered it all up with concrete. Can you give some insight on this? thanks again.
Thank you Raymond, it is so great to hear the video was useful for you. So the spoiler is the exterior post corners are not covered. They are still exposed. It is a tiny aesthetic sacrifice but better to allow any moisture a way out. The image you referenced was graphically altered for a clean look. if you look at some of my concrete patio videos you will see how the corners look. Thanks again and best of luck with your project.
This is giving me ideas on finishing a pergola with 6x6 posts. Question: why did you put the forms around the post before your concrete pad pouring? Is there a reason that you didn't want it to touch the posts?
Just wanted to isolate the original roof bearing post from the new concrete pour. Entrapping the post in the concrete may have trapped moisture in the post base.
Love it
Thanks Shannon, building the new room addition was definitely worth it.
Great job, great vid! My only question is why didn't you use a vapor barrier on that insulation install? I am curious, not nitpicking, I have seen some many different vids and all of them different.
Thank you. The insulation was installed in a manner that was determined appropriate for the climate in this region. I appreciate the comment.
Impressive work! What was the overall cost of this beautiful project?
Thank you for watching and the comment. I do not recall cost but the material cost were not bot bad at the time.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
great video with very details. can you help provide the window sizes and sliding door size as well. Im thinking of similar project.
Thanks, The slider was 8-feet wide and the windows were various sizes that worked for this particular space.
@@MrKistel hi wondering the windows are from home improvement stores or custom ordered ones ?
Excellent videos. Thanks for making these. Instead of pouring new concrete, could you have put wooden framing to raise the floor? I understand you did it to level the floor, but would it be possible to simply level with shims or some other method? Thanks again.
Thank you and great question. I considered that as well. I could have potentially set down some framing and then put plywood on top to serve as the new floor base. I was required to some concrete work anyway (per local building authority) so i went with this concrete floor option.
Thankyou for skills you're Cher with the public
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Beautiful!! Can I ask what size is the large window? Thank you
Thank you for watching and commenting. I believe the window was approximately 5 feet BY 5 feet.
@@MrKistel you are amazing!! Thank you for your response. 🥰🥰🥰
If the porch is tiled should i remove the tile to the concrete level for the floor 2x4s? Or can i do this over the tile
Excellent video. I would love to convert my porch patio into a room. I was wondering do you have to have permits for this. My house is already built with a porch patio.
Thank you. This particular project required some permits from the regional building authority.
I felt like I was watching a HGTV episode series on how to build patio sunroom! Just bought my house and wife wanted a sunroom. Figured it already had an existing quality patio built so why not just build one from that. This is exactly the same idea I need to watch! Thanks friend.
Any idea what it cost you for drawing up the plans and getting approved permits?
Congrats on your new house and your project intentions. Thank you for the supportive and flattering comment. Each region will have their own criteria for what they want to see in plans and so forth for permitting. What I did was visit with the local building authority before starting the project to verify what they expected upfront. I designed my plans based on that insight. It was a bit of a pain, and slowed project start date, but the rest of permitting went relatively smoothly afterwards.
Beautiful job Sir 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have a beautiful screening porch, but I changed my mind and change it to a Sunroom. I would like to do it step by step. Should I put first the windows then insulate it? Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you! Sounds like you have a fun project ahead.
I'm sorry I'm brand new to diy I'm trying to learn every single detail, you didn't show the full process of what you did with the wall where you started removing the bricks, do you have a video for that part by any chance?
Thanks for watching and congrats on your DIY adventure. I am not sure specifically what you are asking. Once the brick was removed from the wall the outer plywood sheathing was exposed. This wall sheathing was later drywalled over (I believe this is shown in the video). I hope this was helpful.
might as well build my room
best of luck with your project
That turned out great! How long was it start to finish?
Thank you! The video suggest it only took about 40 minutes to build the new room. Ha! It actually took several months from start to finish when considering the planning, permitting process, material selection and sourcing, and physical building procedures. I just chipped away at building the sunroom here and there until it was finally constructed..
@@MrKistelI am ready for a 4 season sunroom. Do you know a vendor I can buy a prefabricated diy sunroom kit from? Ty
@@mariahowmuchdoesthisprojec6229 I built this new room addition from scratch and I am not familiar working with any prefabricated sunroom kits. Best of luck with your DIY room build.
Nice job, I was wondering does your area require a vapor barrier between the insulation and drywall?
Awesome!
Glad you think so!
incredibly well done and super informative!
a quick question: we are considering doing this and living in area with cold winter. is it okay for us not to insulate the concrete floor and put vinyl flooring directly onto it? thanks!
In a cold region it might be a good idea to include further insulation under the vinyl flooring. Thanks for the comment and watching the video.
Wonderful job! How long did it take you ?
Thank you. It probably took several weeks on and off.
This is an awesome diy video. I do not know what area of the country/world you are in and if cement pours are the same all over but I am not aware of a cement pour that thick without some metal re-enforcement
Thank you. This project was permitted by the local building authority and the concrete pour method shown was recommended and approved for this particular project. The floor is not anticipated to have heavy loads applied to it and probably won't have significant cracking. The mix used also contained fiber reinforcement and even if the slab were to crack there is a floating floor above it that would not be affected.
Tearing some parts really is needed to get assessment/planning of the project.
yes, in many projects you really have to take some things apart to see what you have to work with.
Love what you’ve done and the process. Curious about what size the room is?
Thank you, the new room addition is approximately 10 feet by 12 feet.
@@MrKistel does this add to “on paper” square footage of the home?
How much did it cost? Wonderful job!
Thank you. I do not recall specifically but when just considering the cost of the materials it was not too bad.
I have a project in mind that would be almost identical to this. Any idea what the final cost was? Did you have to get plans approved? Permits?
Best of luck with your project and thanks for watching. Check with your regional building authority regarding permit/s, etc. Once you have a better idea of what may be required you might be in better position estimate cost.
nice work!!! how did you plan this project , did you start with plans or use sketch up to get a materials list and so on ?
Generally with a project like this I start brainstorming with freehand pencil sketches. Once I get a fairly solid idea I try to build in a CAD program to confirm if it will work out in scale and to confirm materials quantities.
Definitely gained a subscriber! Do you remember what color and brand of paint you used for the outside and inside?
Thank you kindly. I unfortunately do not recall the paint color off the top of my head at this point however I do think I mention it somewhere in the comments before.
Nice job !!! But, how are you going to heat and cool this room addition?
The room was small enough that the existing HVAC system could adequately cool/heat the additional space without any modifications.
Great video… I need help!!!! Can someone tell me if a permit will be required to do this to my sunroom?
Thanks for commenting. Every project is unique and each region has their own stipulations for home construction related activities. It might be worth checking with the building department in your region to confirm.
If you plan to sell your home down the road I would pay little extra for correct permit. You risk city/county come knocking during construction if your neighbors don’t like you 😂.
Hello I like what you did man - I have the same space in my back of house I would like to do the same but I don't know how to start...
Thanks. Ya building a new room addition can seem like an ambitious task. I hope this video showing my DIY approach helps give you some ideas.
Excellent video! I have a question about the flooring. We are having a three season sunroom built and have been getting conflicting information about LVP flooring for the room. Some flooring people said it should be fine, some have said the excessive sun exposure and lack of temperature control will eventually damage the floor (fading, expanding and contracting). Any problems with your flooring so far?
Thank you and it is exciting to hear of your sunroom build project. I hope it all comes out as you intended. The flooring shown in this video has been holding up great and I would use this exact product again without hesitation. I do think it is important to leave some space for expansion and contraction. Let me know what you end up going with.
hey Joe: what did you do about ventilation for air circulation and to prevent hot and cold spots even condensation? Nice job by the way.
Thanks, in this case the room is conditioned passively from the open spaces. No ducts were added. The room is small enough the existing HVAC system works fine to keep the room comfortable. If the house was in area with more extreme climate conditions additional heating and cooling considerations would have been implemented. Something like a separate Mini split system for the new room perhaps.
Great job. What would a project like that would cost? I am considering enclosing my existing porch and have no clue where to begin or who to hire
Cost for a new room addition can vary tremendously. Every home presents its own unique variables and requirements so it is impossible to provide an accurate idea of what your project may run. Best of luck with your endeavor and please provide an update if you move forward.