Are you going to be able to remove those thin center support poles? Just out of curiosity, why are you removing the screens? A screened porch is a must must have for me - I seem to be nectar for mosquitoes and no see ums.

I have no idea what works for painting outdoor brick floors, but I would suggest that for the stair walls and then a super duper pressure washing/mold remover for the floor.

The screens are old and in bad shape with tears in them. I am wanting an open patio but covered so we will be keeping the roof. Our plan is to get rid of thin center supports but we will have to replace with at least one good support since we live in pa and snow

What will support the roof? You have alot of unscreened space do you need more ?

Do you want it covered because of rain? Otherwise, taking the whole flat (not especially good for snow) roof off and doing a pergola could be fun and really change the look.

We don’t grill under covered patio area. We access this room from mud room and the stairs go to a basement. I like the idea of of having it open because of flow but we would still have it covered in case of rain. The screens are nice but they are in bad shape and I know it would cost way more than what we want or pay to replace them that’s why I think pillars but would more cost efficient

What I wouldn’t do for ad screen porch! Have you priced rescreening them? Our local hardware store does them reasonably.

I would get (or try to get, in the current state of things) an estimate for rescreening and an estimate for new supports/pillars/cleaning the brick. I think you'll find that screening is reasonable.

You do not have mosquitoes or flies?

Yes we do have both. I’m not opposed to having it rescreened but was afraid of cost for that.

My mom's house needed every window re-screened this year and there were almost 20. I called around and people were either too busy or charging $75 or $80 a pop to do it!!! I ended up getting the tools and doing it myself. It was not hard, but took some time and there is a knack to it. And one MUST get the EXACT spline tool as the splines come in a multitude of sizes. At the end of it I thought someone who needs a job could make an easy business of rescreening and make some good moolah -- if they were willing to invest in making some simple jigs and presses so as to do it faster and easier than with the hand-held tools.