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Originally Posted by roggie49
Are there any businesses that don't automatically assume that everyone who lives in The Villages is independently WEALTHY!!?? We are NOT millionaires...but live comfortably.
We have often been DIYers in our lives, but as we get older some things are just too hard. We considered doing a lanai enclosure but found all of the "obstacles" that are required due to new codes to be overwhelming! We do not want to pour 4" of concrete to raise it to the level of the house floor and add living space. We only want to glass it in.
We have been getting estimates for the lanai enclosure and for gutters and landscapers. The quotes we are getting are RIDICULOUS!! We do NOT have unlimited funds and when an estimate varies by thousands of dollars we get really distrusting. ALSO...the estimates never break things down....they just pull a price out of their hat which is all inclusive....no breakdown. Grrr.....
Thanks for listening to my rant and we will welcome any suggestions for reputable, decently priced businesses...
Thanks
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We got a reasonable quote for lanai enclosure from a company in Leesburg and I can't find the name right now. However, I can tell you what they said is behind the increased-price type of windows etc. would be required
if you raise up the concrete to the level of the (glass patio?) doors out of your living room:
Assumed increase in energy consumption and loss out the lesser grade glass in the lanai. "They" (environmental legislators) assume that if you raise up the floor to living room height, you will remove permanently the doors there now, and this will lead to cooled or heated air going out there and being lost out thru the enclosure windows, frames etc." Thus, the more expensive (Level 5?) glass is supposedly required if you raise the floor to living room height.
But that's NOT what we had planned to do. So we ditched the idea with them but might do it at some point.