Outdoor screen rooms are ideal when you want to enjoy the outdoors in Florida without pesky nuisances like insects, debris, or excessive sun. These structures allow you to soak up the pleasures of being outside, and they provide enhanced comfort, greater privacy, some protection for children and pets, and a bit of shelter from the elements. What goes into building an outdoor screen room? As your screening expert in the Orlando area and most of central Florida, Dulando Screen & Awning is delighted to guide you through the process.
Components of an Outdoor Screen Room
Types of Screen Room Frames
Like a skeleton, the frame serves as the support structure for your screen room enclosure. Popular options include:
- Traditional frames are meticulously crafted with sturdy aluminum beams. This user-friendly, low-maintenance material is a fantastic fit for Florida. Lightweight but strong, it resists pests and corrosion with ease. You’ll enjoy an attractive frame that’s available in various colors.
- Panoramic frames are the perfect way to highlight a gorgeous view. Ingenious engineering and robust aluminum beams allow supports to be placed farther apart, so there’s less interference with your view. In fact, the distance between supports can be up to 24 feet.
Choosing a Screen Room Roof
What kind of roof will top your screen room? Before you decide, talk with your screen room contractor. There are many possibilities and many factors that can shape your choice. For example, you’ll want to weigh your preferences, your home’s design, the layout of your screen room, and your budget. The kind of screen room you’re building is also a consideration. Patio covers, screened porches, and Florida rooms often have solid roofs. In contrast, pool screen enclosures normally feature screen roofs.
When envisioning your outdoor screen room’s new roof, it may help to think of popular roof styles:
- Gable roofs look like a triangle. Two sloping sides meet at the top to form a ridge.
- Mansard roofs have flat tops with two slanted sides. It’s a strong design that creates lots of space.
- Dome roofs use arches to create an airy but durable structure.
- Single-slope roofs have one slope that’s angled in one direction.
- Custom roofs are designed to meet the unique needs of a specific situation.
Quality Screen Materials
You can’t achieve excellent results without quality materials, so Dulando always uses Phifer screening. These amazing screening materials deliver serious advantages. Attractive and durable, they’re great at keeping insects and debris out. Do you have pets or small children, we recommend Phifer Pet Screen. If you’re looking to reduce the suns UV rays, great options are Phifer SunScreen and Phifer SuperSolar. Talk to your design consultant about your needs and we’ll find the right screen materials for your new outdoor space.
The Extras
The extras are the things that will make your patio screen room the place your family wants to be. They’re the details that transform your screen enclosure into an outdoor living space. It could be electrical outlets, lighting, skylights, or ceiling fans. It could be high-quality hardware that’s placed for maximum function as part of your screen room installation. What features are you seeking? Whatever they are, discuss these extras with your screen room design consultant. Many features need to be built during fabrication of the enclosure instead of during installation.
At Dulando Screen & Awning, we offer free in-home design consultations so you can fully explore the possibilities with an expert. We encourage you to dive deeply. We take pride in providing superior service and excellent screen rooms that bring families years of joy, so we want to get things right. Contact Dulando Screen & Awning today to discuss your outdoor screen room.
