Screened in Porch - Update with price

Yeah we live in ranch house built in 50s. What kind of cost to build your back porch?

my only advice is if you have young kids or pets to keep the lower railing gaps tight like the picture you posted

otherwise prepare to constantly fix the screen as they will push it out

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my only advice is if you have young kids or pets to keep the lower railing gaps tight like the picture you posted

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This is great advice. I repair screens annually.

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We also have been wanting a screened in porch with fireplace and kitchen area. Finally got it started.

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What kind of Price range there in Tenn??

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When we screened our porches we took it one step further. We anchored u channel on the outside of the screen on the top and bottom of the openings. In winter (and spring pollen season) we slide polycarbonate clear roofing panels vertically into the channels. This gives us an extended season usage of our porches. It blocks wind and rain, keeps your house warmer in colder months, and keeps the pollen from covering everything on your porch. It's like a temporary greenhouse.
When the pollen is finished and the weather warms up, just slide out the panels and store them till the next season. Just a thought.

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Now that's an idea I will definitely implement!

This is pretty long but I have a ton of in progress pics. Our contractor did something similar at my sisters house and does great work. He gave me very detailed quotes on every little piece. I could add/subtract from there. So much for demo, so much for framing, roof, paint, electrical, etc. I ended up letting his crew do the drywall for me. Could have saved a bit doing some finishing work like that myself, and I did in a few spots, but certain things I definitely let the pros do. Whole project ended up around $25k start to finish. Size is 34’x12’ with the deck being 20 feet and the office is 14 feet.

This is the back of the house after Demo. You can see the old ledger board still attached and the old deck came off of there.



New framing going up. He used 8x8 posts since it is supporting the deck and the roof.





Wall to the office space. The window and doors were removed and covered up.







More progress from inside the office.



Looking out to the ceiling work.



Stairs going in.



Pretty much finished and waiting on stain.





Furniture



Inside the office after first coat of paint.



Everything painted and stained with fans and curtain in the background.



Couple of things were going to change. We initially got a pair of ceiling fans that oscillate. You can also lock them. Our furniture set up changed and we have a dining table out there now. So we’re going to replace both fans. One light over the table and a non oscillating fan on the other side. It moved a bunch of air but the blades were too small and I’m just going to put a 60 inch normal fan there.

We added a gas patio heater recently. It has wheels so we can store it out of the way and move it into place when we need it. I’ll take it to the basement when spring time hits.

I think you mentioned a kitchen, but my contractor suggested a large wide landing at my stairs for a grill and putting a light there above the door. I’m going with a Blackstone griddle instead but it’s about 5 feet wide and around 8 feet long. We ran it to where the office starts instead of just a small landing. Also poured a large concrete pad at the bottom of the stairs. I plan on using some old brick pavers, the 16 inch ones, to make a patio space by those.

We went with the aluminum balusters and had them spaced pretty tight. Screen sits outside of them. I liked that they were thin and black and don’t obstruct the view out as much as wood does.

Shoot me any questions.

Looks really good!

We used this product to make our back screened in porch into a sunroom. Turned out better than we ever expected and we now spend more time out there than in our den. Here’s a video which gives a pretty good description of how it works.

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We have decided to do something like this instead of the screened in porch. We have a big back yard and don't want to block off the view of it. Will have plans and price back later this week and will post what they said.

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Looks nice. My parents had something similar to that at an old house they sold about 10 years ago. They built new in 2000-01 timeframe, and had a large covered porch like that, with a small step down to a large concrete pad that had a good bit of patio furniture and other stuff out there. We had 3 different doors going out to it. One from the living room, one from the kitchen, and the last from a hallway where the kids bedrooms were. Back in the day, so no flatscreen, but Dad had a big cabinet out there to hold a TV, a dining table, and he had his grill off to the side on the patio part. They also had large canvas curtains between the poles that supported the roof. They used to entertain a good bit, and it was great for those indoor/outdoor parties.