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Old 07-01-2014, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by PR1234 View Post
This is an older home that had an addition put onto the lanai. It is an estate and 'no one' seems to know the clue to this mystery.... as why one side would be 2" lower than the other side????
The floor is not level so the rainwater that comes through the screens can drain off the lanai floor. My new house had a 2 1/2 inch difference from the side next to the house to the outside edge of the lanai. That is a 2 1/2 inch difference in ten feet. (The lanai is 10' by 30'.) I wasn't aware of this when I was getting estimates to enclose my lanai with glass doors until one of the companies showed me how these lanai floors pitch. He recommended I level the floor with cement when I installed the glass doors. I went with his company. Other glass enclosure companies didn't include floor evening in their quotes as they don't do that kind of work. A level floor is nice as you walk out from your house into the lanai without a step down and the floor is level and your chairs and sofa are no longer on a pitch.