
A sleeping porch is a
deck or
balcony
A balcony (from , "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. They are commonly found on multi-level houses, apartme ...
, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows,
''Create a Restful Refuge with a Traditional Sleeping Porch''
Bob villa (2017); By Donna Boyle Schwartz.- Retrieved 2017-08-27 and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher storey
A storey (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the wor ...
and on any side of a home. A sleeping porch allows residents to sleep on a screened-in porch, avoiding warm convection currents from air and wall materials beneath or beside. Before affordable electric fans and/or air conditioning
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature, and in some cases, also controlling the humidity of internal air. Air c ...
were installed, families often created such rooms, well-aired, where children would sleep during summer. The idea gained popularity in the early 1900s and became common in much of the United States
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''Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: Illustrated Architecture Dictionary'' (2005). Retrieved 2011-01-31.
See also
* Arizona room
* Screened porch
References
Rooms
Porch
A porch (; , ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance to a building. A porch is placed in front of the façade of a building it commands, and forms a low front. Alternatively, it may be a vestibule (architecture), vestibule (a s ...
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