Screened in Porch / 3 Season Porch / Sun Room Master Thread

[Boom Roasted]

Who has a screened in Porch?  Did it come with your house or did you add it on?

Currently I have a back patio with a roof over the top that at one point in time was probably an old school screened in porch.  Directly next to this patio is a deck that is on the same level as the porch and has a large tree that it is built around.  These last couple weeks with the really nice weather and no bugs, we have been sitting out back and watching games on the basement TV through the back door opening(swing arm mount).  Decided over some chilly brews and a BatCat baseball game, I am looking to create my own back yard 3 season porch so that I can get use out of it more than 25 nights a year. 

Step 1 is planning phase.  Lets get some sweet ideas going.  Will provide some "before"(now) pics and measurements when I get home.

[Dugout DickStone]

You are going to want to build it out of stone to closely resemble a cave.

[Benja]

I like to sit in my screened-in porch and sip sweet tea while working on a crossword puzzle and talking about how the lawn needs mowed.

[Tobias]

location, location, location

[mocat]

screenless porches are better than screened in porches

[Boom Roasted]

Ok. The slab is 14 x 14 so the interior will be roughly 13.5 x 13.5. The ceiling is just under 8 foot tall. Thinking 32 by 60 inch windows about every 16 inches. Leave room for a cool crown molding with lights on the top and some built in benches under a couple windows.

[waks]

You'll use it for a year and never use it again. 

[Emo EMAW]

I like the idea of them but man won't you miss the sun?  Nevermind, re read your post.  Sounds like a great oppy for screened in porch.  Post pics!

[CNS]

Screening in porches make them feel very small all of a sudden.

If you have a roof on it, just get a good space heater.  Either that, or build a fireplace on one side and get some awesome partitions that GTFO of the way fully when it is nice out. 

Otherwise, I agree with the ppl saying you won't use it again.  I mean, you have plenty of rooms in your house you can open all the windows in, right?

[The Big Train]

You'll use it for a year and never use it again. 

I use mine quite frequently.

[Panjandrum]

Screening in porches make them feel very small all of a sudden.

If you have a roof on it, just get a good space heater.  Either that, or build a fireplace on one side and get some awesome partitions that GTFO of the way fully when it is nice out. 

Otherwise, I agree with the ppl saying you won't use it again.  I mean, you have plenty of rooms in your house you can open all the windows in, right?

I went through a house a couple of times during our home search with one they built on after the fact.  It was nice, but it's kind of weird to see painted siding and then a completely different material for the screened in portion.

I think there's better ways to make it look uniform, but they didn't put much effort into it (or any other job they did in that home). 

I think they're pretty great if you find one that's put together well.  But, to be honest, I'd rather have a nice stone patio that has a fire pit.  If you had money for one or the other, I'd pick stone patio/fire pit every time.

[star seed 7]

Bugs? Do you live in a marsh?

[Dr Rick Daris]

my deck is horrible. faces southwest w/ no shade. just unusable 99% of the year. i've thought about throwing a roof and screening that bad boy in. i mean just currently unusable you guys. 

[Skipper44]

my deck is horrible. faces southwest w/ no shade. just unusable 99% of the year. i've thought about throwing a roof and screening that bad boy in. i mean just currently unusable you guys. 

just do the roof and a couple of ceiling fans unless you want the ability to keep the door to the house open.

[Dr Rick Daris]

my deck is horrible. faces southwest w/ no shade. just unusable 99% of the year. i've thought about throwing a roof and screening that bad boy in. i mean just currently unusable you guys. 

just do the roof and a couple of ceiling fans unless you want the ability to keep the door to the house open.

seems like a reasonable approach

[Boom Roasted]

[Boom Roasted]

Forgive the crappy lawn furniture and it being all messy. All winter all I need is access to the grill so it just sits unused. Right now it gets lots of use but I have to put the cushions under the cover when it rains etc. once summer hits a Mosquitos come, it's back to sitting unused other than grill.

[Boom Roasted]

Already have the separate deck and fire pit. Just put in the dog run and mylch

[Boom Roasted]

She's comin along

[Asteriskhead]

My former roommate has a screened in back porch. It's the only place we spend time when I visit him. I love them.

[mocat]

that's a pretty intense screen you have there

[Dugout DickStone]

She's comin along

That's just a new room bro.

[mocat]

you should have made the roof flat and made yourself a 2nd story porch

[Emo EMAW]

you should have made the roof flat and made yourself a 2nd story porch

How would that pitch drain?

[mocat]

you should have made the roof flat and made yourself a 2nd story porch

How would that pitch drain?

"Flat" means 1/8" per foot