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Old 09-22-2018, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ukbill70 View Post
As dotti105 said " Welcome to Florida Summers". Some years will be better than others but your lanai will always be subject to getting wet. The solution is to have it enclosed at which time, according to the Sumter County building inspector, you will then have a Florida Sunroom and NOT a Lanai.
If you leave the sliding glass door from the house to the lanai when you enclose it there will be no change in your tax bill. When we did it we raised the floor to the level of the house. We also used dual pane glass and the houses air conditioner keeps the area at the same temperature as the rest of the house when leaving the sliders open.