Adding a sunroom, or, if you already have one, making it into a year round place of enjoyment by installing air-conditioning is a great way to make it into a more enjoyable living space. You must not underestimate the rise of temperature in your sunroom during summer months.

If you live in a part of the country where summer temperature rises above 20C it is essential to consider making arrangements to keep your sunroom temperature at a comfortable level. There are several approaches to keeping your sunroom cool and comfortable though some may be more expensive than others.

Air-conditioning will allow you to enjoy your sunroom during all seasons of the year under any weather condition.
 
Among several options available for cooling your sunroom, one is the central air-conditioning system. These systems are manufactured to locate the condensing coils along with the compressor and fan outside the house for transferring indoor heat to the outside air. The cooling part of the equipment which consists of the evaporating coils that absorb the heat from the indoor air for cooling it are usually placed inside the house furnace. The furnace blows indoor air over the coils, which is cooled as it passes over the coils, and is then routed throughout the house via interconnected ducts to cool the entire house.

When your sunroom is attached to your home that has a central air-conditioning system it is easy for you to tap directly into the system for extending your home's air-conditioning to your sunroom also. You can do this by extending the house ducting into the sunroom to allow the sunroom attain the same temperature as other parts of the house. For maintaining a temperature at a different rate from the house in your sunroom you can have a separate thermostat and valve combination installed in the central air-conditioning system.

In order to use your home's central air-conditioning system you will need to make sure that the system is powerful enough to sustain the additional load that cooling the sunroom will create. You will also need to install more duct fans that can help blow the cool air into the sunroom.

air conditioner unit isolated

If you wish have better direct control over the cooling in your sunroom you can opt for installing independent air-conditioning units that will cater exclusively to sunroom cooling. A window mounted electrical air-conditioner will work very well. Being a portable unit you can install it in any convenient window location of the sunroom. The other alternative is to go for a ductless mini split air-conditioning unit.

Remote control command for an air conditioner

Similar to central air-conditioning systems the mini-split units have two main components. One is the outdoor condenser/compressor and the other is the indoor evaporator or cooling unit. Both the indoor and outdoor units are connected through a conduit, which houses the refrigerant tubing, suction tubing, a condensate drain and the power cable.

These units are a good choice when a sunroom is added to the house at a later date. It simplifies the work by eliminating the construction of additional ducting required to connect the sunroom to the central system if there is one. More over, it occupies little space in the sunroom as the small indoor unit can be installed anywhere on the sunroom walls. As the compressor and fan assembly are installed outdoors it provides noiseless cooling.