Sleeping porch

Sleeping porch in the main house of the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows,^[1] and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher storey 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 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 .^[2]

See also

• Arizona room
• Screened porch

References

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