Rain coming into Lanai
 

We do not want to enclose the lanai nor spend a lot of money...do you think it would help to get some pieces of sheet metal and cover the bottom of the screens?

I wouldn't. Buy a cheap awning at Lowes.

Inexpensive thin plexiglass works very well. You can make it as high as you want, and can’t see it from the outside.

Does the rain not come through the top of the screens also?

Not sure; there is some rain on top of our high table.

This got to be a joke! :shocked:

It may have splashed from one of the edgings...please be nice.

Pictures would help to add in this conversation

Screened lanai not designed or intended to keep out rain.
Yes, must be a joke…………

If it's water splashing off the ground, look into getting gutters...

I'm sure the neighbors would love it.

I do not know what your ground cover is, but pine straw seems to keep water from splashing back up.

Who'll stop the rain ?
 

and I wonder hasn't this condition been present from day 1 ?

This is a good joke.

No such thing as inexpensive Plexiglas in the lengths needed to prevent rain from coming in a lanai. Plus it will yellow and crack in Florida elements.

Gutters along the length of the lanai helped my rain problem. But....if the wind blows into it, the lanai will get wet.

If rain is coming in the bottom what is preventing it from coming in the top. Unless you enclose it you will have water

We ended up putting gutters around ours. That did help a little. Some people put down rock bed to reduce the splashing back into the lanai. Also, screen drains are inexpensive - to allow the water to drain from the lanai.

Funny post right here!

Have you been to one of the Big Box hardware stores to ask for a Patio Rain Lock?

Just wondering here. Is the issue that rain is coming into your lanai and not properly draining out? If so, there's a solution for that. Screen Room Drains - Screen Room Drains

A screened lanai will always let water in. There is going to be wind with storms and the rain will be horizontal from the bottom of the screen all the way to the top, gutters won’t help. You will have to make it water tight between each aluminum post or it will leak.
The cheapest thing you can do is put weeping holes in the corners so any rain you get in your lanai will drain out or you will get a lot of standing water

Florida Glass
 

Remove the screen on the lower section replace it with Florida Glass, a translucent vinyl. It is installed easily by using the same spline that holds the screening in. It is sold in 36" rolls, cuts with a scissors and prevents dirt, rain grass clippings etc from entering the lanai.

Do you have gutters in place

Rain coming into lanai
 

I had screening that is called Florida glass installed along the bottom of my bird cage. This looks like screening but is backed with plastic. Rain still coms in from the top sometimes but the dirt that was splashed in from the rain on the bottom is no longer a problem. Any screen installer can help you.

Reconsider
 

I would enclose the Lanai with sliding patio doors from a licensed vendor. It’s pricey, but you will have years of hassle free comfort and increase the value of your home.

Lived in TV 15 plus years and living in Florida with wind/rain the only way to REALLY keep the rain out is to enclose it! It’s a screened porch. Otherwise, let er’ rain!

You got rain? Quit yer bragging and just move the furniture!

Is the rain blowing in at a angle, or is it running in under the screen frame, We put a bead of chalking around the bottom of the frame & it stopped most of the water, but we actually had some rain when it rained hard blow in at different heights. It’s hard to tell whether to cover it at just the bottom or just a foot up from bottom, half way up or cover the whole thing. Probably the best thing to do is get a roll up that they sell that you can cover the Lanai just when it rains. Otherwise it’s just guessing what to do. Sorry I wasn’t much help but didn’t want to guess!

Slit up some plastic Compost bags, and tack them round lanai.
Break up a couple of pallets, and secure the plastic by nailing them to the uprights every foot all way round.
Works a treat, and very cheap.:shrug:

Nothing will help other than windows when the the wind is blowing the rain around

Get gutters. It makes a big difference.

Lanai rain at bottom
 

We live in a patio villa and had the same problem. Grass trimming constantly chewed up the screen, as well.
Go to White Aluminum on 441 in Leesburg, on right, just after the 27/441 split, and get rolled white 20 inch rolled sheet aluminum (measure what you need, plus 6 or 8 inches for good measure). It comes in pebbled finish or smooth (we like the pebbled). Get the edging channel to hold the aluminum by picture framing the sheet aluminum and plenty of self-tapping screws. Fairly easy, as long as you have some tin-snips, ruler, pencil and a helper.
White Aluminum is an installer of lanai and porch enclosures and additions. They can do it, if needed or any competent handyman. Just takes about 2 -3 hours or so.

Lord Arc has decreed
 

finish thy pint and get thee to the stocks

. I had "screen drains" installed and (for me) a total waste of money. The fact they aren't completely flush to the cement "floor" makes them useless for other than A NOAH like flood! I got them mainly for when I power washed the floor so the water would flow out ..... NOPE, it just sits under the slight height above the concrete ground those drains sit and I still have to sweep out the water into the screen drain instead out of the screen DOOR. Even if they sat directly on the floor there would still be a lip to stop it from draining fully or close to fully. Fortunately, they weren't too expensive. That was my experience, YMMV.

Lanai
 

First get gutters to redirect roof distribution of rainwater, then invest in motorized screens to protect your furniture in the lanai, rain will blow in the lanai from every direction. Why fool around, just do it right the first time, then enjoy Florida living!!

The resale we purchased had thin plexiglass on the bottom of the screen to the chair rail. It’s about 14”.

Had clips to remove to clean screens. Kept the rain splashing on the rock bed into the lanai. Don’t know how long it was there when we bought the house in “2014” but it’s still there today, can’t see it from the back, still very clear with few scratches, with no yellowing, lanai faces south.
So have first hand experience, I am guessing you personally tried plexiglass and yours yellowed? How long did it take to yellow?

Up north our pool “fence” was thick plexiglass, so had a great view all around the deck. Through spring, summer, fall, and yes winter, it still looked great when we sold.

Really! IF you don't want rain in the lanai, enclose it. best solution! no reason to look like you came from the backwoods of ? well wherever. I've enclosed 2 lanais as my second house on Southern Oaks had lots of blowing rain... This is a personal decision, no one here can make that decision for you.
:pray:

That sounds attractive...not! Just wait until the trolls see that.

We added a garden bed with small shrubs and mulch directly behind our lanai. 20" deep. It effectively cut down on most of the splashback through the screen.