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Originally Posted by kp11364
What's the ballpark estimate for sliding windows in a lanai? Is single/double pane important if they slide open vs. being permanently in place?
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You will get lots of opinions on this, everyone has different wants. We chose to have double pane argon filled sliders with sliding screens. This give us the ability to have about 60% of the fresh air capability we had without glass. Having the sliding screen doors also allows for easy cleaning of the outside of the glass and gives several entry/exit points. The double pane of course is the only glass that has an insulating value. As far as bugs go, I spray around our home with Home Defense and it works very well, we do not get bugs in our lanai or inside our home and we live on a pond. If you don't control your bugs you will have lots of other creatures eating them and then snakes eating the creatures. One last point, if you don't enclose your lanai with glass be prepared to do a lot of cleaning of your furniture and floor especially in high pollen season and if a storm is coming and you don't want to get the furniture wet you either have to have covers or bring it all into your home. Double pane with sliders, 450 Sq. Ft., $16/22,000.00 depending on the company you choose to do it, those were actual quotes we received 2 years ago.