How to screen this back porch? Please share any ideas?

last year

Dear Houzzers,

Can you please let us know how to screen this back porch? We're thinking of using a retractable screen or shape so we can have dinner outside with the kids without worrying about insect intrusion. If you have suggestions on specific brands/models, that would be great! Thanks in advance.

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Sigrid

last year

You can always put mosquito netting curtains from a string. They won't be perfect, but they'll be good enough. You will need to weight the bottom of the curtains to keep them from blowing in the wind.

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millworkman
last year
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Frame it with cedar and use screen panels and a swing door.
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HU-840490612
Original Author
last year
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@millworkman Thanks, we try to put a permanent screen there since the porch space is not very large and having a screen there permanently will somewhat block the light

@Sigrid Thanks. Do you have any brands or models to recommend?
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Sigrid
last year
No. When I've done this, I've sewn it myself. Mosquito netting fabric is easy to find (I think JoAnn Fabric has some) and I've always had a sewing machine. I did have to sew a chain on the bottom by hand. I put a fabric header and footer on, the header to have a stronger material to slide open and shut on the string. The footer for weight, but I had to add a chain so a light breeze didn't blow the netting open. You also want the netting to be maybe twice the width of the opening, so you have folds. It just works better.
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HU-840490612
Original Author
last year
@Sigrid Thanks for your suggestions. Can you share a pic of what your porch looks like if you happen to have one?
Sigrid
last year
I did this on a big door in a house I moved out of a number of years ago. It was a rental, so I didn't want to invest in screening. I put two hooks discretely in the door frame, strung a string to hang the netting. It worked quite well.
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jane__ny
last year
Look on Amazon. I bought some a few years ago for a large sliding door. It had velcro stickers you put along the top and attach the screen to it. They give you velcro to attach to the sides to make it tight. You can walk through it and it snaps back after you go through as it has magnets along the edges.

I'm not describing it well but it works. I didn't buy it on Amazon, probably a camping place like LLBean but I don't remember.

We used it for years and I'm guessing Amazon probably sells it.

Jane
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kazzh
last year
Sigrid's idea sounds great. There are outdoor curtains around these days, but not sure about insect screens. It might pay to check out outdoor and camping places or a external blind manufacturer might be able to custom make it from Sigrids description.
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Olychick
last year
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It would be more costly than mosquito netting but I'd probably look into something like these:

https://www.seattleclearview.com/powerscreens/patio-screens-shades/
Anna
3 months ago
Since it is one open side it is inexpensive to frame it and with screened windows and a door. I did mine like that 3 years ago and the contractor used a new kind of black screen that is more durable than the old ones. Will try to show a picture of my screened porch.
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