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Old 05-16-2017, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson View Post
Some good advice, Tinker.



I believe a couple of the changes are that the floor must be raised to be level with the living area.

Also, I don't think they permit the Mitsubishi A/C units in the wall any longer.



We enclosed our lanai as a real room, not a glass enclosed one. When I say a "real" room, I mean roof, exterior stucco, regular windows, doors, etc., and we took out the original sliding doors so there would be a flow from the living area. We are extremely happy we did it that way. Many of the glass enclosed rooms are very hot, even with the window treatments closed. Then, of course, the room is dark, as is the living area off that room. We also did not want vertical blinds and there are not many choices for an all glass room.



There are many things to consider regarding enclosing a lanai.



Regardless of what bwahrend does, my suggestion would be to use only glass, not plexiglass.


I had a mini-split Mitsubishi unit installed 2 weeks ago. A permit was required, and the county (Sumter) inspected the installation.


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