Enclosed Lanai
 

We are moving and building this summer. We would like to enclose our lanai. Any recommendations? Also approximate costs?
Also any recommendations for carpenter to make a bar?

T&D are great and do most of the work for the builders here. They gave us a fair price and once the permits were approved they descended like locust and finished the job in avfew days and did not ask for a dime until the building inspector gave the OK. Even came back to fix some minor things.

We just today got an estimate from Fairbanks Construction of Ocala (they had a booth in Sam's and also do work for Lowe's) for tempered glass @ $65/SF with one man door and electrical work based on 260 SF. Lifetime warranty to buyer and transferable if home sold for 20 years to new owner.


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We have a small lanai (Holly with 4' expansion) and the quotes for sliding windows ranged from $4,000 (Precision) to $11,500 (T & D).

If you are building why don't you have the lanai built as a FLA room and attach either a birdcage or lanai.....gn

gn - please enlighten me; what's the difference between a Florida Room and a lanai?

(when my grandparents bought in Bradenton in 1960 the house had a screened in attached room called a Florida Room)


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fla room has windows, lanai has screens....gn

We JUST enclosed our lanai & love it. We have ordered Coolaroos to add privacy & cut down the heat in the summer. Or lanai is 29' x 12'. We inclosed it with acrylic . We have created a new living area. We have the door-walls that stacks back. We open the door-walls and leave them open all day. Now! no more little critters can come in
The cost was $5,000.

With so many expenses we still justified this decision and are happy.

Could you tell me who did your work. Thanks!

Enclosed lanai
 

John hill aluminum (753 1701) is doing mine (11 x 12)
$2300.