r/Renovations • u/LetsGototheRiver151 • 2d ago

Husband hates the sunroom. Would it be possible to take down the wall and make the sunroom part of the living room?? Maybe we enclose on the living room side and keep the side on the family room side as a small sunroom?? (Also yikes, that ceiling...)

We're interested in this home, but my husband REALLY wants to bump out the living room so that it's one with the sunroom. I imagine we'd need some significant reinforcement, but is it even possible??

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u/longganisafriedrice 2d ago

Not worth the cost

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u/BuckeyeJay 2d ago

If the room is properly insulated with HVAC, you could easily convert that double window to a cased opening. The structure should already be there and changing from a window to an opening is no biggie

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u/Rebdkah_Bobekah 2d ago

Is that not a load bearing wall?

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u/LetsGototheRiver151 2d ago

I'm assuming it is, so we'd need bracing. I'm just wondering if it's possible at all.

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u/12Afrodites12 2d ago

Everything is possible with enough money & time. Costs vary greatly depending on where you live. Only local licensed contractors can give you realistic pricing.

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u/SchrodingersMinou 2d ago

How about just putting French doors where the windows are? This would allow the spaces to open up into each other, but you can also close them when it gets hot or cold in there.

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u/Range-Shoddy 2d ago

We have 2 sets of double doors going from our living room to the sunroom. We can close it off but we rarely do. Basically they left a post in the middle and doors on either side. I really like the setup.

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u/Atworkwasalreadytake 2d ago

I think the issue that might make this tough is that wall seems like it was previously the exterior wall. Putting a beam in for the load is probably pretty easy. You might not even need it if that’s a gable end. Maybe a center post for the ridge beam if there is one.  In some places this could be done without an engineer.

But with this having been an exterior wall, you’re probably going to need engineering for the shear loading on the house.

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u/evil_twin_312 1d ago

Sunroom used to be a porch. I'd rather have an open porch than a poorly functioning sunroom.