Insulating Three Season Porch Floor

If it is above grade winter drafts will make the room too cold to use no matter how well the walls and ceiling are insulated.

Insulating three season porch floor. Our contractor originally said he d add some lattice work between the bottom of the house and the ground but later said there was not enough space to work it in. The job of insulating the floor is easier if there is room to crawl underneath but if there isn t it can still be done. We just had a 3 season room built in place of our deck. If your walls need insulation it may involve a bigger project of adding new sheetrock over insulation or having it blown into the walls.

You may even be able to warm it up enough to make it a room for all seasons. If you have a three season room adding an extra layer of insulation to accessible areas can make a big difference. I looked under there today to see if i could come up with an idea for closing the gap to animals and debris. Step 2 caulk around window and doorframes as well as any point where wires or pipes penetrate the wall roof or floor of the porch.

The windows take up most of the wall space on most three season porches but insulating as much of the walls as you can will go a long way toward providing comfortable temperatures. A contractor i hired to insulate under my 3 season porch floor has used regular pink insulation r 27 but it has fallen out four times so far now half of it is on the ground.