anybody have any ideas on screening in a covered deck area as a retro fit? The deck rails/sections are post and beam construction and were not built to accept any sort of window frames. The owners would like to create a bug free environment, and maybe even swap out screens for some sort of plexiglass panel in the winter. Is there some sort of roll screen out there that might work in an application such as this?
Thanks
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My apologies to Tauton, but try this: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/repair/article/0,16417,214988,00.html
The porch on the in-laws cottage in Maine is fully enclosed with screens that are custom made for each opening, the frames are 1x4 half lapped at the joints (with an inset brace at mid-height,) the screens stapled into rabbits along the inside edge and held taut with thin molding strips. The frames are set between posts that have full length stops and are held in place by simple turnbuttons, about 2-3 per long edge. Weatherstripping at the top and bottom keep out the bugs. We didn't want a stop on the floor; it would be a magnet for dirt and moisture.
Hope this helps.
Try this product. I haven't seen it installed, but it looks like agreat idea There was also an article by Sarah Susanka in FHB within the last few years.
http://www.executivescreens.com
Hope this helps
Andy
thanks for the Link,
I have actually used this product in door situations, but did not think of it for larger openings. THe screen doors are a nice product should you ever get the opportunity to use them
I guess it depends on how nice the porch is and how much you want to spend; but, I've worked on one of these that turned out very well - the bays were about 7.5' wide, so they designed removeable wall sections with a knee wall, a fixed side-lite on each side, and french windows in the centre behind a screen. The windows and the wall panels all remove (custom screen were made up to fill every opening). It was made out of mahogany and the joinery is near-cabinet quality.
Before you ask, I designed and made the screens - they're actually aluminum framed screens sandwiched between jam-stops and wooden frames; they just swap them out for aluminum framed "storms" to make side-lites; the panels are raised panels (with no frame of their own and extra-deep sides), they interchange with a screen the same way the windows do.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Just did an enclosed deck and used vinyl double slider replacement type windows made by Global from New Brunswick 66"x 48" unit cost me $250. Both insulated sashes can be removed to leave all screen. These can be made in any size up to 72"x 48"it was the least expensive option I could find for a screened/glazed configuration.Just put on exterior stops and pop them in place.