Description: Expand your living space by enclosing an existing porch, patio, deck or gazebo with this new edition from Sunset’s outdoor building experts. It has everything you need to transform open outdoor areas into functional, inviting rooms for year-round use. Includes detailed step-by-step photography and building instructions for commonly used enclosure materials such as screened frames, the ScreenTight system, screened panels, and screen enclosure kits.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: I want to learn how to make my own Screened Room
Date: 2008-09-03
Details: I purchased this book to see if I could learn how to put my own screened room. Tons of ideas.
Review Summary: No Plans or Specs!!
Date: 2006-12-08
Details: I bought this book specifically because it said it would show you how to build a screened room. From the book's front cover, "A complete how-to guide." I had been turned off by other books which simply said if you want a Gazebo, buy a kit and here's how to put it together. I don't have the budget to build from a kit. I need to put in the sweat equity. I bought Building Screened Rooms because I saw that it did have directions and a material list. I took it to the lumber yard to buy the materials. They explained that there was not enough detailed instructions or material specs to be able to build this. He said, "If you have a really knowledgeable builder, he may be able to figure this out for you." Not everyone is rich enough to just drop a wad of money on some architect, landscaper, builder, gardner and step back and watch them do the work. There are real live people out here who need directions because we are willing to work to attain what we want and can't just buy everything. I am so completely and hopelessly disappointed!!!
Review Summary: Helpful, usable book for screened room design/building
Date: 2006-08-26
Details: This book has good information, nice pictures and usable designs for building screened rooms. Excellent "how to" methodology along with lumber specifications, loads and design detail. Best book I've found for screened room subject matter.
Review Summary: Screen Porches
Date: 2005-10-17
Details: A great book, Many picture, giving great ideas and also many helpful notations for builind one.
Review Summary: A good manual for the intermediate DIY-er
Date: 2005-08-12
Details: This book helped me to understand that there is much more involved with building a screened porch than I could handle myself. The directions were clear enough that I think any do-it-yourself-er with some experience under her belt could do a fine job. Not as many examples as I would have liked to have seen.
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