Screened in Porch 2021

On August 19, 2022
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In the Fall of 2021 we decided to screen in our porch. We watched a lot of YouTube videos and decided to tackle it ourselves.

Here is a before of the porch.

Another before of ‘inside’.

And one more before picture.

We got all the 2×4’s and 4×4’s needed to frame it up and we reused the same spindles. The painting process began. Paint, flip, paint, flip, paint, flip…

Railing and spindles are gone. We took out the current posts and replaced them with 4×4’s for support. We needed them to be smooth, even though we liked the decorative ones better. Those just wouldn’t have worked.

Getting everything measured, spaced and framed was a little tricky in some areas but not too bad.

We shortened the spindles. After looking at a gazillion photos of other porches with railings, we decided we liked this style and height best.

Chika was supervising from inside.

The black you see is the channeling I believe it was called. In which the screen will be attached to. We were not liking the black look at all but just had to be patient.

The new screen door is now partially installed being held for extra support with a pumpkin.

The little spindles are done. The black channeling is done. Door is done.

Just had to touch up the spindles with white paint before installing the screen.

Here goes the screen. Even though you can’t tell from the picture, it was SO COLD outside. We had a firepit in the driveway to warm our hands up.

And finally, the white cap on top. Much better than the black.

Working our way around getting it nice and tight.

From the inside. The screen is in but we went with a medium gray so it’s hard to see.

Screen is all done and really taking shape.

Finishing up the white caps.

Ta-Da !!!! The final screened in porch ! The only thing not done is the small section right above the door. We had to get a certain piece of wood for up there and paint it and it was the only thing not done.