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What screening system for screen porch?

pinktoes
16 years ago

New construction and I need to decide on how to screen the porch. I know the Screen Tight systems are the easiest and popular with builders, but here in all this humidity everything with rubber/plastic splines stays covered with mold. (I'm allergic to five diff. groups of mold so no point attracting it.)

That leaves permanently attaching it to the support rails and then, what? Covering that with strips of wood?

And then if you have tons of money I think you can have screen panels made. Any wood movement and they're not gonna fit tight. Here the humidity causes plenty of wood movement and the mosquitos are killers!

Any experience with what's the best system? Trying to balance all the considerations with the need to eventually rescreen--esp. since we have cats. And a raccoon occasionally tears big holes in the screening.

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