social

Screening in a Front Porch?

We would like to screen in our own front porch. It is an old fashioned front porch with cement and brick railings. If we could screen it in, it would make a great place to sit outside. But I can't find instructions. Have any ideas?

Advertisement



Cindy from Michigan

Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

 

Bronze Feedback Medal for All Time! 214 Feedbacks
April 17, 20050 found this helpful

What about asking at the local lumber yards for ideas, maybe bring pictures? You can get them to cut strips of lumber to use to make a "frame" around the opening, and you can buy screening to go over the area (use a staple gun to staple in place) and then one more layer of a lumber strip. It would be like making a "sandwich".... 2" wide strip of wood, screen that is stapled to the wood and then another strip of wood. You could get the lumber yard to make the wood in a special molding or shape for you since this is hopefully permanent and then paint it to match the house.

Advertisement

This is what we had to do at our place... Just before last winter (fall of 2003) we custom built a large sunroom that had 10 windows all around it, 6' wide by about 6' high each. We had plastic over the openings (where the window would be installed) in the winter for the first year. In the summer we put screening on the openings and reinstalled the plastic once it turned cold again. A few months ago we had the windows installed, no more screen and plastic.

Try this web site...does it help?

diynetwork.com/.../0,2029,DIY_14358_2270668,00.html

 

Silver Post Medal for All Time! 364 Posts
April 18, 20050 found this helpful

I'd add a ceiling fan or two if they can be kept out of the weather. Makes the place more useful for longer periods of time.
Two of my neighbors have done this and say that they are very pleased with the results.

Advertisement


One even has a TV up there, too.

 

Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

 
Categories
Home and Garden Home Improvement RemodelingApril 16, 2005
Pages
More
🌻
Gardening
🐛
Pest Control
👒
Mother's Day Ideas!
Facebook
Pinterest
YouTube
Instagram
Categories
Better LivingBudget & FinanceBusiness and LegalComputersConsumer AdviceCoronavirusCraftsEducationEntertainmentFood and RecipesHealth & BeautyHolidays and PartiesHome and GardenMake Your OwnOrganizingParentingPetsPhotosTravel and RecreationWeddings
Published by ThriftyFun.
Desktop Page | View Mobile
Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
Generated 2024-04-04 20:22:09 in 2 secs. ⛅️️
© 1997-2024 by Cumuli, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/tf630261.tip.html