When you first bought your home, you fell in love with the porch. You envisioned nights in the spring sitting out back on your comfy porch furniture drinking a glass of wine while watching the kids play in the yard. The original home owner sold that vision, talking about the many nights she and her family spent on the porch enjoying the view. Then you had your first spring, summer, and fall in your new home. The first time you sat on the porch you spent the majority of your time trying to find the best way to keep the flies, bees, mosquitoes, and gnats out of your face. Then, it rained for a week straight. The cycle continued, leaving you unable to realize your original dream for your porch in your house. You are determined that the following year will be different, so what do you do?
Bug Repellant
You begin with the idea of putting up some tiki torches and some candles that are known to repel mosquitos and other bugs. While it starts off as a good idea, there are several problems. First, depending on the types of insects with which you are dealing, the citronella candles and tiki torches may not work at all. Sometimes the scents and chemicals are just not strong enough. Second, you must replace these items regularly, which will end up costing you a lot of money throughout the seasons each year. Third, these items may be fire hazards. With kids running around, accidents are more likely to happen. They may get burned or even knock them over, burning someone or something else. Finally, this only helps with one problem, the bugs. It does not keep the rain away.
Custom Screens
Another option that may cost a little more upfront but save you money in the long run and even increase your property value would be to install custom screens for your porch. Depending on your needs, there are a plethora of options from which to choose that will help you enjoy your porch without bugs or rain, and may even make it enjoyable through the winter months. You may choose bug resistant screens or even fiberglass to enclose your porch, and the benefits are amazing. First, you no longer have to swat away those annoying and sometimes dangerous bugs as you enjoy your friends and family. Second, you can still enjoy the fresh air through the screens. Finally, custom screens can help protect your porch and its furniture from the elements like rain, sleet, snow, or even extreme sunlight without covering everything in plastic or sheets. If and when the time comes for you to sell your house, you will not be selling an idea, you will be selling the real experience of an ideal outdoor dream.
Screen Mobile are experts at building and installing custom screens. Contact them at 763-473-0180 and one of their expert technicians can help you develop the perfect plan to increase your use of your patio for the season and potentially the year.
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