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Moldy Patio Cover

6 years ago

Hello fellow houzzers,

My husband is traveling for work this week so "Operation Moldy Make-Over" is about to commence. He works so hard and the last year has been so busy (rewarding, challenging!) for us with the arrival of our twin boys. To say that things have been neglected around the house would be an under statement. Let me get to it.

We inherited this monstrosity (the patio cover) and with the recent weather, it's gotten worse. The mold is growing where it had been poorly patched.

We think most of the wood is reusable - minus the roof - but we will know more as we start taking it apart.

Ideally, I'd like to reroof it. While the roof is off, assess and clean up the structure.

Any thoughts? Ideas to make it attractive? Should I leave it open? Paint ideas!?

I look forward to your thoughts!

Sincerely,

Celeste

Featured Answer

sigoo

6 years ago

First thing to do, you should add a slope to your structure to make sure the water drain away.

You can cover it with translucent panels to bring more lights to your patio.

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Celestine M
Original Author
6 years ago
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sacapuntaslapioz
6 years ago
the slope of the roof goes towards that house. you need a good builder or an engineer or an arquitect to look at the structure and give you some solutions. that is truly dangerous.
Celestine M
Original Author
6 years ago
I'm not sure what you mean about it being dangerous?
sacapuntaslapioz
6 years ago
the water is flowing toward your house. Eventually it will start rotting your house roof and walls. water must flow away from the house. that mold will be spreading all over your house. you have babies. You must be careful of mold. if you live in a snow area the snow will pile in there, the ice will form, ice damming is very damaging and mold remediation inside is awfully expensive.
Celestine M
Original Author
6 years ago
The water isn't going towards the house. It's just bad pictures ;)
Barbara Almandarz
6 years ago
How much shade do you need on your patio? And what is your budget?
Celestine M
Original Author
6 years ago
Hi Barbra, Id be okay with no cover actually! Or maybe a screen / canvas retractable top. I live in San Diego so the weather is great a majority of the time. Budget would be a couple of thousand.

Whatcha thinking?!
sacapuntaslapioz
6 years ago
where are the moly parts?
Barbara Almandarz
6 years ago
I saw the palm trees so thought that might be the case. The problem with those retractable shades, you get all sorts of spiders and dust in them. And they are a pain to hose off. Consider something along these lines, slatted patio cover that allows for a ceiling fan/light or louvered. Both would require a professional to install.
Barbara Almandarz
6 years ago
The louvered patio cover allows you to tilt the slats to adjust the amount of sun/rain that is let through.
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Ameriside
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Hi Celestine,

I live in San Diego too, so I'm pretty sure you don't have to worry about ice and snow, unless your up above Julian or somthing. You might consider replacing it with a duralum product, that looks like wood, but doesn't rot, or get infested with termites. You could also go to the home depot and get a product to remove the mold or repaint the cover. Louvered covers are nice, but we don't get much rain, drought and all. If your thinking of replacing it we give free esitmates.

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