Hi,
I own a house that has a sunroom that was added on by the previous owner in the 1970s. This room has four large slanted windows that are supported by curved laminated wood beams. The beams have grooves cut into them that parallel the windows and then follow the curve of the beam to eventually become parallel with the slanted ceiling panels above the windows. The previous owner told me that these grooves were for insulating shutters that hide on the ceiling by day, and that can be slid down to cover the windows at night. I am capable of building my own shutters if neccessary, but I would like to find info on the design and possible availability of the original panels. After much searching on the internet I am unable to find any reference to this type of sunroom or the manufacturers of them. It seems that these rooms were a reasonably popular kit, as I have seen several similar sunrooms on other houses here in western Connecticut. Please help me keep my sun room warm at night.
Thanks,
Rob
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Like these ?
http://www.four-seasons-sunrooms.com/products/6curved_MORE.shtml
http://www.four-seasons-sunrooms.com/
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Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Edited 11/9/2002 2:19:15 AM ET by Phill Giles
No, unfortunately not.
I found several links to Four-Seasons sunrooms. The sunroom that I have does not have side windows. It looks more like part of a greenhouse than a typical room. The glass is flat and slanted at about a fifteen degree angle from vertical. The beams are only curved on the inside corners, kind of like arches that would hold up a gable roof in a gothic style church.