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   Guest_ | May 21, 2000 10:34pm | #1

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   Framing carpenter for 6 years, right!

   Gabe

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 02:35am | #2

   *snicker, snicker, cough...

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 04:55am | #3

   *I am going to install a screen porch on a new house, but with a twist. I am going to have our local tent rental place make me screens that are essentially tent sides. The PVC coated nylon is incredibly durable, the screen they use is different from the mesh and is quite strong. They would attach with velcro or snaps all the way around. In this way my client can easily put them up or down by herself. She is nearly retired and wants a sleeping porch. She can open and close on a daily basis if she chooses.-Rob

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 05:11am | #4

   *Rob, that's a good thought. Would they be completely removable or would they roll up like those old plastic or reed sunshades. Having an older person on a ladder trying to snap or even velcro a screen panel across the top might be a tad unsafe. Snapping the sides and bottom while standing on the floor might be better. (You probably already got that covered).

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 05:18am | #5

   *draw up a plan using 2x4 frame.. then go to the big box and buy Screen-Tite... they have some nice instruction sheets too...we've done about 5 screen enclosures with their system..and the nice thing is you can rescreen easily after the cats do their thing...

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 01:33pm | #6

   *What's screen tite?

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 02:40pm | #7

   *Screen-Tite is a vinyl track system..comes in 1.5 inch and 3.5 inch styles so you can use it for either 2x or 4x framing..it is available in white, grey and brownyou install the base...install the fiberglass screen with a vinyl spline ..and then you snap the covering cap on.very nice product..unless your customer doesn't like vinyl ...

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 03:17pm | #8

   *Ralph - I was actually trying to figure out a way to get a good seal and slide them like a curtain.Otherwise - roll up and tie them. I could probably come up with a draw strign setup. Even if they were installed seasonally by a younger nimbler handyman or realtive I still see the fabric as being much easier to handle and less obstructive to the views.-Rob

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   jason_mis | May 25, 2000 04:38am | #9

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   Dear Gab
   Thank you for kindly helping me out with my question on screening in a porch, for your information , I started framing in 94 and vie been doing it ever since, the crew I work on has built plenty of high end houses through out southern connecticut . In a business where speed is of the essence, I take pride in my workmanship ,which I feel is second only to my boss on the crew, every day I try to do the best job passable , so you will have to excuse me if I feel a little angry because of your comment. Instead of wasting your time and mine by making meaningless,ignorant comments,maybe you should have just kept your mouth shut and skipped to another post that you would have deemed important enough to answer, thank you for your time
   sincerely yours , Jason
   Sorry but I have to add this "Know your role,SHUT your mouth

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   G_Gordon_Liddy | May 25, 2000 04:51am | #10

   *Watch out for them Connecticut boys, they know how to spell!b What's up with that Canadian rant guy?b G

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   jason_mis | May 25, 2000 02:36pm | #11

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   My girlfriend lives on the second floor of an old victorian and she wants to screen in her porch so that her cats can go outside without leaving the house,so she wants me to do it . Ive been a framing carpenter for six years , but ive never done anything like this before, so my choices are 1)Do it myself with any help that you guys can give me or 2) Have a professional come in and build cusom screen inserts. So please, any advice would be appreciated. spaces between collumns are 4x5

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   Guest_ | May 25, 2000 02:36pm | #12

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   Dear Jason,

   First of all, you're not a carpenter.
   Second of all, your skin is too thin to be one.
   Third of all, it took you more than 150 words to counter 6 of mine.
   And last of all, don't bother to email me again to brag about your post to me.

   Gabe Martel GSC
   Project Manager
   Master Carpenter