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Old 07-06-2021, 11:56 AM
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I was able to but all of the necessary components from White Aluminum about 3 years ago. I thought the prices were very reasonable. I had the pieces all cut a little longer that what I needed, then I did the final cuts my self. They also had the correct spline for the screening I was using.

Also, you can call home warranty and ask about the material and the vendor that installed this material.
Great tip. I didn't realize White Aluminum would sell the materials to do it yourself. After all the crazy quotes and lead times I got to enclose my lanai, I've been thinking of doing it myself, too.

But what about the permits? For some crazy reason, the county seems very concerned that the double-pane windows I might choose for myself might not be up to the high hurricane standards of the single sheet acrylic "windows" that most people seem to buy. And I was told that I had to have engineered drawings for my specific lanai conversion, to make sure that I'm not using sub-standard screws or something, for this, apparently, highly experimental project of installing actual windows into the lanai of a Villages "Lantana" floorplan.