Pull the screen fabric tight with one hand as you roll the spline to keep the screen in place.
How to screen in a porch without a roof.
Fiberglass screen is pliable so you should be able to wrap it back much like wrapping a package.
Cut off excess with scissors.
The cabin s gable faces east and the screened porch is on the south side.
Keep the screen tight and flat against all sides.
Currently we have an 8 by 12 screened porch with slightly slanted roof it s really almost flat.
Add the screen material.
The walls are constructed from pressure treated 2x4s which we primed and painted ahead of time.
Enclosing an existing covered porch with screen simply requires you to build a stud wall or walls along the open sides to create surfaces for attaching the screen.
Could run as little as 450 dollars including the lumber needed for building screen panels the screen fabric.
It is attached to a 500 sq ft cabin with a 4 in 12 pitch gable roof.
Roll the screen into the groove of the top horizontal base first using a screen spline rolling tool.
Cut off excess screen with a utility knife.
Stretch the screen material across the face of a panel and then down on the sides.
First build out the frame with pressure treated lumber.
Next prime and paint the frame.
Then staple the screen to frame.
Now roll the two sides keeping the screen centered in the opening.