Screen Room

In the fall of 2008, we decided to screen in part of our back deck, turning it into a screen room.

The Contractor

Our contractor is Mark Hesprich. Mark’s done a few smaller projects for us before, including:

• Crown Molding in our office
• Crown molding in our guest room
• Installing french doors in our master bedroom

This was a larger job, but we have the utmost faith in Mark and his guys. He didn’t disappoint. We love our new screen room!

Before

Here’s how it looked before we started:

Footings

First up was digging up the existing small footings, and replacing them with larger ones that would support the weight of the screen room

Framing

Roof

Tying into the existing roof

Tarpaper

Ceiling

 

Speaker wires

Ceiling

At some point, we really need to cut that limb…

Siding

 

The siding is now painted (but the tree limb remains):

 

Wiring is for lighting (ceiling and exterior), as well as speaker wires (for the volume controller)

Ready for screens:

The screens are going in:

Shingles:

Almost there:

Speaker template:

Cutting out the holes for the speakers. Its a great relief to cut the hole and find your speaker wire exactly where you expect it!

 

Speaker in place:

 

Volume controller and light switches installed:

 

 

Ceiling fan installed:

Dog door #1

From the screen room to the back porch:

Dog door #2

From the screen room into the house.

This door is from Hale Pet Doors. Its pretty bad ass. It has double flaps, 5 magnets per flap, weather stripping, locking Lexan security door, and a carpeted tunnel.

The security door is side load. A top load wouldn’t work because of the interior window molding.

with the security panel in place:

Complete!

We’re thrilled with our new screen room. Mark and his guys did a great job.