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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 8:50a, 8/25/21
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Dill-Ag13 said:
Screen porch living. $1,050 shipped for the framing. Bought the screen roll (and screws) from Home Depot for ~$80 though as the screen tight brand was $330 or something asinine. There's a $100 off coupon code floating around too.

They wanted to charge me $440 to ship 10ft pieces on an oversized shipping surcharge. I ended up designing in a few extra cuts and ordering all 8ft pieces.


Excellent info. That shipping is what killed it for me with them so good to know I can use 8' pieces and get that reduced.
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9:00a, 8/25/21
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Glad I'm not the only one. We spent a bunch of money on an addition that included a nice, large screened porch and we didn't use it near as much as we thought we would. And it was a PITA to keep somewhat clean.
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 11:43a, 8/25/21
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Dill-Ag13 said:
Screen porch living. $1,050 shipped for the framing. Bought the screen roll (and screws) from Home Depot for ~$80 though as the screen tight brand was $330 or something asinine. There's a $100 off coupon code floating around too.

They wanted to charge me $440 to ship 10ft pieces on an oversized shipping surcharge. I ended up designing in a few extra cuts and ordering all 8ft pieces.
dug around the usual spots for this and couldn't find anything. You mind sharing?
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In reply to Diggity • 8:45p, 8/25/21
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Diggity said:
Dill-Ag13 said:
Screen porch living. $1,050 shipped for the framing. Bought the screen roll (and screws) from Home Depot for ~$80 though as the screen tight brand was $330 or something asinine. There's a $100 off coupon code floating around too.

They wanted to charge me $440 to ship 10ft pieces on an oversized shipping surcharge. I ended up designing in a few extra cuts and ordering all 8ft pieces.
dug around the usual spots for this and couldn't find anything. You mind sharing?


Copy paste from an email I got:

Build Your Porch Paradise with a Special Discount

Use these codes at checkout to build your porch paradise:

$50 off purchases $500 or more: PORCHLIFE50

$100 off purchases $1,000 or more: PORCHLIFE100
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 9:08p, 8/25/21
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You're a mensch
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6:10p, 8/26/21
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Been debating removing our deck and adding in a large covered porch, a screened porch or going ahead and enclosing it with insulated walls and large windows and adding a mini split to cool.
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 10:18p, 9/11/21
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How did the install go? Just started mine.
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8:25a, 9/19/21
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So my family got Covid so we didn't make any progress for about 2 weeks but I got her finished Friday night. Super easy, screening was tricky at first but got better/faster. All-in was about $1,300 (without the upcoming furniture purchases)!

Framing going up


Framing done


Action shot with my youngest


Screening done on one section (except above the door, saved that for last so I could get the header as flush as possible)


10pm finish on Friday


Morning pic hiding the mess with the lawn mowed!
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8:32a, 9/19/21
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Next up is to panel the ceiling and reroute electrical to have two ceiling fans instead of one. Will look something like this



Currently, single junk $40 ceiling fan and hardie board
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2:23p, 9/19/21
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Looks great and professionally done. Good job.
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 5:53p, 9/19/21
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Looks great!

Any tips for installing the screen mesh? That's my next step and I'm a bit nervous about getting it taut enough.
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In reply to Diggity • 8:50p, 9/19/21
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Screening was EASY. I was nervous about it too but everything worked out perfect with a few very minor mistakes no one else would notice without looking closely.

I did the top first, my wife held up one side while I got it all level/square and got the spline started, then I did one side then the bottom then the other side.

Don't buy the Screen Tight screen, I bought a huge roll at Home Depot for about 1/4 the price.
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 8:56p, 9/19/21
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I did the same with regards to the screening material.

Thanks again for all of your advice.
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In reply to Diggity • 9:09p, 9/19/21
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Welcome! Can't wait to see progress pics!
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9:16p, 9/19/21
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Like I said, much smaller job for me About 15' wide

This was last week.

Installed the door today, but need to paint it.

Waiting on the horizontal pieces to come in. I ended up with too many perimeter pieces and not enough of the horizontals, which was annoying, but I'll get it finished eventually
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In reply to Diggity • 5:53a, 9/20/21
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That's awesome-looking, you'll be done in no time!
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In reply to 10andBOUNCE • 8:34a, 9/20/21
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10andBOUNCE said:
10andBOUNCE said:
Also building now. About to pull the trigger on porch windows that will allow for a more climate controlled area. We had thought about just going with screens but ultimately found a product we liked enough to gamble on. Will have to let the board here know how that part turns out!



Updates from our build with the new porch windows in:




Do those fold down?
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In reply to ChoppinDs40 • 10:47p, 9/20/21
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Yeah, fold up and down.
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6:41p, 10/3/21
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Project complete.

Thanks for the inspiration and advice Dill.

My wife was a bit skeptical but she bought in totally and was an excellent helper.




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In reply to Diggity • 9:51p, 10/3/21
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That makes me so happy. Nice job and great pics!
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7:15a, 10/7/21
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Update.

Got the one center-mounted ceiling fan ripped out and two new spots wired up for better coverage. Had to go into the attic wayyyy back in the house which wasn't fun. Ran a wire down the wall for a switched outlet too.

To do:
-T1 8oc siding stained and trimmed to the roof over the hardie
-Add string lights to ceiling/tray

Some pics, all furniture is IKEA (down to the rugs and the clock). We really like it and it tends to be 5/8ths scale so it fits well



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2:27p, 11/24/21
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Finally finished. When I started in August I told my wife I'd be done by Thanksgiving… barely made it.

By far the biggest pain point was screwing siding into the ceiling. I treated it with polyurethane sealant and then used deck screws to fasten it into the joists. I followed that up with a Brad nailer to tighten up any sagging spots, pleased with how it came out. Followed that up with painting the Hardie trim white and getting rid of the gross "cream of chicken" color that was there before.

I definitely should've done the ceiling first, and would've ripped out all the hardie and started from scratch if I could have.







Ignore the rotten fence that I've got on the books to replace…




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