What is the best way to heat an enclosed porch?

Feb 02, 2014 2 Replies

We bought a home which has an inclosed porch. The door side also has windows, meaning just two storms and a screen for each one (not regular windows). One side wall is against a regular room in the house, but has a regular window. The other side wall is all storm-screen windows. The fourth side going into the house is another door, and a regular window looking into the living room. The owners had put a thin layer of insulating styrofoam, before covering all non-window surfaces with vinyl siding. This room (porch), despite having plastic on all windows, is still freezing. What would be the best way to heat it? Can more insulation be put in the siding? Is it a must to spend thousands for regular windows?


I hate to be the barrier of bad news but it would be very expensive to heat the area without completely redoing the walls and windows, not to mention the uninsulated cement floor.

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