SCREEN PORCH

One of the things we learned while living in Wisconsin is that in order to be outside at night it is best to wear bug repellant. People had decks that they didn’t really use once the sun set. In order to remedy that we bought an inexpensive screen porch kit from Menards. After putting it up we found we really   enjoyed spending time in the cool of the evening outside.

We then moved to the desert of New Mexico for 9 years where it was so dry we encountered only a handful of mosquitoes the whole time we were there.

Now that we are back in the north country the mosquitoes are out in full force and so it was time to get another screen porch.

Cindy & I finally agreed upon a kit from Sears. Honestly this particular one was a lot cheaper than the one we had originally planned to get.

Well since daughter Laura and our 2 grandchildren live 6.5 hours away in Denver and since we miss spending time with them and since Laura was lonely and since I really enjoy working with her since she will tackle just about anything and since she was willing to make the drive we made plans to have it started and for her to drive up and help me finish it.

So up they came.

Let me show you some pictures. The end supports were such that I had to build a bump-out from the house to give the supports some where to attach. It went pretty well.

Our plan to work together turned out to be harder than we thought. The grandkids didn’t want mom out of their sight. Laura and Cindy helped me when I really needed it, when it was a 2 person job. Cindy  had planned to be grandma and watch the kids.

I just enjoyed having us all together.

I made the porch useable and then finished it up over time. It feels wonderful to be outside at night now in the cool of the evening. An electrician put it some outlets so we have a light out there and sit and read.

Will this screen porch handle the winter okay? Time will tell.