So, you finally have decided to get that home improvement you’ve been wishing for – a screened porch. Now the question is where to find the right builder?
Archadeck screened porches comes in all shapes and sizes, depending on your plat allowances, HOA mandates and your lifestyle preferences.
Screened porches at the front of your home will increase your residence’s curb appeal and visible connection to the folks in your Birmingham area neighborhood. Our screened porches are intentionally designed to complement your home’s exterior façade textures and details while allowing for columns and rooflines to be integrated thoughtfully.
Screened porches in backyards are more functional and welcomed by families who desire easier access from the rear areas of the home and want the privacy and protection a rear screened porch brings.
Based On The Lifestyles Associated With Birmingham Neighborhoods, Where Are Screened Porches Typically Located?
Screened porches in the more walkable older neighborhoods are frequently found throughout Homewood and Mountain Brook, beautifully adding a distinctive charm and ambience.
In Birmingham’s more suburban areas like Liberty Park, Vestavia Hills and Hoover, screened porches find their perfect place at the rear or side of the homes due primarily to privacy preference and variances in lot sizes.
As for your home improvement cost in adding screened porches, those desired for the front of the home can cost a little more per square foot because of architectural detailing and HOA Homeowners Association rules, regulations and preferences.
Why Choose A Screened Porch Over An Open Porch Or Patio?
One of the largest benefits of screened porches in Birmingham is protection from airborne pests and flying, biting insects. Our warm weather patterns, with variations in humidity, often serve as an open invitation for those varmints, especially during our weeks of spring and summer, and at dusk when insects are at their highest nuisance level.
Here in the Birmingham area, West Nile Virus, caused by bites from infected Culex mosquitoes, have been reported. As for potential troublesome complications as a result of West Nile Virus, 20% of the infected population will experience an illness similar to the flu. As for serious health complications, neurological illnesses like Meningitis and Encephalitis impact less than 1% of the population. Two years ago Alabama reported 29 West Nile Virus cases in people during the dreaded mosquito season. The lesson? If you love outdoor living, go with screened porches, especially if you tend to spend greater amounts outdoors enjoying warmer weather seasons.
As for ticks, who may find an entry point in outdoor porches, the baseboards of screened porches will serve as a deterrent from those little monsters who migrate easily on the coats of animals found in your backyard, wooded areas and lawns. If you’re looking for that extra layer of outdoor protection from tick diseases like Lyme Disease and Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, screened porches are extremely smart investments.
What Kinds Of Family Activities Are Well Suited To Screened Porches?
Accented with the benefits of fresh air and protection from blowing debris, a practical and enjoyable way to enjoy time well spent in screened porches includes outdoor dining with friends and family, outdoor conversations long into the evening and morning coffee as a great way to start the day.
As for entertainment possibilities, playing cards and board games are always favorite activities, as well as putting puzzle pieces together and watching your favorite sports teams, especially during weekends. When it comes to relaxing and practicing the essences of wellness and well-being, screened porches are an ideal place close to home to enjoy morning stretching, light exercises and yoga positions – a wonderful way to start the day.
Even better, on dreary rainy days, you can still enjoy the sounds of nature in your rainy day screened porch outdoor retreat, despite what’s happening outside of your mesh screened walls.
What Kinds Of Building Materials Are Best For Screened Porches?
With Archadeck, your local Archadeck owners and masterful design consultants, Derek Crews and Carissa Crews, offer both natural woods and low maintenance composite materials to create a wealth of screened porches.
If you favor the look, feel, texture and aromatics of real wood, you can choose from cedar or pressure treated pine. It’s resistance to decay, rot and insect intrusion make it an excellent choice for framing, joists and screened porch flooring.
Alternative building materials for screened porches that virtually take care of themselves when it comes to upkeep are low maintenance materials such as AZEK and TimberTech.
PVC materials for screened porches are made from PVC or polyvinylchloride components with no wood content at all. They never need to be stained, sanded or sealed and their resistance to rain and moisture is legendary.
For those with more of an environmental consciousness, TimberTech composite screened porches are fashioned with an innovative blend of recycled plastic polymers and wood fibers with a protective cap that doesn’t allow moisture to enter.
With either AZEK or TimberTech, you’ll enjoy the look and textures of real wood without any need of maintaining their good looks.
Does Archadeck Add Screened Porches From Scratch?
Yes we do, all of the time. While one may think it’s the only way to build them, that’s not always the case.
Often we work with Birmingham homeowners who want to convert their decks to screened porches, so we add posts and a roof and connect the roof to the floor with screens to keep exterior elements from violating the protected outdoor living space.
Some folks may call that a screened in deck, but once you put a roof over it, it’s a porch.
Before we can convert decks to screened porches, our professional teams will examine the substructure supporting the deck to make sure it can take the added weight of a roof, an integral part of our screened porches.
Speaking of roofs, at Archadeck of Birmingham, we take great pride in making sure your new outdoor structure ties into the house in a way that looks like it’s always been there. We use matching or complementary materials so your new addition never looks like it was added on. Beautifully functional and seamless in design continuity is what we strive for.
Can You Install Screened Porches With An Adjacent Deck?
Of course. On certain days when robust winds are not an issue, you can easily step from our screened porches on to wonderful deck designs.
When you ask us to combine the open deck or patio with a screened porch or patio, it becomes a deluxe combination outdoor living space.
If you are looking for a builder of screened porches near me, look at Archadeck Outdoor Living.
We Are Easy To Find And Even Easier To Talk You
You can reach The Crews Archadeck team that specializes in the design and construction of Birmingham area screened porches by calling 205-576-5780.
In fact, as long as you’re connected to our website right now, just click right here and let’s set a date for your complimentary design consultation.
It would be a pleasure to add a new element of outdoor enjoyment to your lifestyle.
Derek & Carissa Crews, owners Archadeck of Birmingham
