There are five things that do not recommend installing a glass roof on a sunroom roof

Sunrooms, with their excellent light and open views, are favored by more people than ever before. However, there are many different practices for sunrooms. Take the roof of a sunroom as an example, there are the more common glass roof panels, and there is also the color steel insulation board roof and some other composite panel roof panels. But we will find such a phenomenon, is to do the roof of the sunroom, many friends do not recommend the installation of the glass top. So why is this the case? Which kind of sunroom roof panel is better?

Why is it not recommended to install a glass roof for a sunroom?

Why is it not recommended to install a glass roof on a sunroom? What this question says is that the materials used around the sunroom we install are all glass, which ensures that the sunlight can shine in as much as possible, but the top plate installed is glass. This is because the sunlight exposure is also higher if the glass roof is installed. But some friends do not recommend the installation of a glass top. Qi Jia interior sister summed up is also not recommended to install the glass top. The specific reasons are as follows.

① One of the biggest problems with glass-topped sunrooms is the potential for water leakage. Although we install the glass through effective sealing can be achieved without seepage or leakage, after all, the glass and glass are used between the sealant for sealing. If the quality of the sealant itself is not very reliable, such as poor weather resistance, or if there are defects in the construction of the sealant, for example, the surrounding areas are glued, and if the installation of the sunroom does not meet the requirements leading to the stress on the glass adhesive, then all these situations combined will lead to water seepage and leakage in the roof of the sunroom. This is one of the biggest hidden dangers of sunrooms as roof panels. This is because the top panel of a sunroom is assembled from a single piece of glass rather than a whole piece of glass.

② There is a risk of the glass in the top panel of the sunroom blowing out. I believe that we have all seen this before. The top panel of our sunroom is generally made of safety glass; on a flat surface, safety glass is highly resistant to impact. However, if it is stressed at the corners, it may lead to changes in its internal stresses, and the result is that the whole piece of glass will blow up. In particular, when the roof of a sunroom is installed, no effective treatment is taken between each piece of glass, resulting in the corners of the glass being impacted by external forces and eventually bursting. So this situation is also very dangerous and can cause a lot of trouble.

③ There is another biggest problem with using glass as the top panel of a sunroom, and that is the problem of pollution. Because many of our friends imagine the use of glass as the roof of the sunroom, and then the whole roof is very clean, and transparent so that the whole sunroom light rate is better. However, you will find that the glass roof of the sunroom has a layer of mud on the surface after a few years, and this layer of mud slowly adheres to the surface of the glass, and it is very difficult to clean it later. This is due to the accumulation of dust on the glass surface of the sunroom roof, which turns into mud after encountering rainwater and finally sticks to the surface of our glass, causing the glass roof to become more and more unsightly. And in the end, it is not permeable and does not transmit light anymore.

④ Another problem with the use of glass on the roof of a sunroom is that it gives people a feeling of insecurity. For example, if we stay in a sunroom and the roof is made of glass, many friends will find that they feel exposed and unsafe. This shows that when building a house, the choice of materials for each part is also very crucial. As far as possible, we should consider the force of the material, as well as the corresponding thermal insulation, and also meet the requirements of the human environment.

The use of glass as a roof panel has an impact on the layout of the entire sunroom. For example, the simplest point is that if we want to install light fixtures on the top panel of the sunroom, this is not a particularly good arrangement. The only way to do this is to arrange them along the structure of the sunroom, which in the end leads to the arrangement of our lights not being particularly symmetrical. The reason it gives the impression of being very messy is that the glass causes the whole arrangement of the top panel to be restricted.

What are the best options for the roof of a sunroom?

For the roof panel of the sunroom, some of the problems that exist when using glass as a roof were introduced to you above, which led to many friends not recommending the use of glass as a roof. So when we want to install a sunroom, which materials are more appropriate to use for the roof? This is where we generally have to consider the characteristics of the material. For example, the thermal insulation properties of the material, the sound insulation properties of the material, and the stability of the material itself. Therefore, in this respect, Qi Jia Interior Sister recommends the following options for sunroom roofing materials.

① Use double-layered aluminum panels as the roof panel of the sunroom. Because we are now using steel structures as the main frame of the sunroom, such as the side of the sunroom, which is used to weld the keel frame made of steel sections, and then the glass is installed around it. The same applies to the roof, which is also a keel structure made from steel sections. So, when we install the roof, we can use the keel to do the installation. A double layer of aluminum roofing can be achieved by attaching a layer of insulation board to the underside of the aluminum sheet and on the underside of the insulation board, we install another layer of aluminum sheet. This type of roofing is very durable. The only drawback is that it is relatively expensive.

②Sunroom roofing with color steel insulation panels. It is very common to use colored steel insulation panels to make the roof of a sunroom. And this material is very cheap and easy to install. But the advice here is that if we want to use a color steel insulation board to install the roof of the sunroom, then we must pay attention to the choice of material. If you choose to use rock wool insulation boards, the thickness of the board should be 20cm, because if it is too thin, the heat and sound insulation are not very good. Then we choose this kind of board for the roof of the sunroom for installation can be, and the effect is also very good.

③ Installing finished resin tiles. The use of finished resin tiles is still very high. The finished resin tile itself has very good heat insulation, but the disadvantage is that the sound insulation effect is not particularly good. But for sunrooms, many friends may not have particularly high requirements for sound insulation, so we can choose this kind of finished resin tiles. The installation of finished resin tiles requires a change in the structure of the house based on the keel. This means that the keel is added again according to the requirements of the resin tile, and then the resin tile is installed on top of the keel we have added. Finally, the installation of the sunroof can also be completed, and the effect is also good.

If we are preparing or installing a sunroom at home, then the choice of roofing material should be careful. The first tip here is that the roof of the sunroom should not be made into a flat roof as far as possible, but into a more traditional pitched roof. This is because pitched roofs are very favorable from the point of view of rain protection. The choice of roofing materials should be based on the actual effect of the sunroom. For example, we can choose some heat and sound insulation materials for the installation of the roof. However, if you plan to choose glass, you must be careful, because there are many problems with glass roofs. A brief introduction has been given above, so we can all learn about them in advance.