Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Whichever you choose, make sure the lanai faces east. Facing west or southwest and you’ll bake every afternoon.
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Now that I have an enclosed lanai with a mini split, I’d never go back to a screened lanai. If I want the enjoyment of the outside air, all I have to do is open my sliding windows. Also, enclosing your lanai and adding a/c does NOT increase your taxes. People that are saying that in this thread obviously don’t have theirs enclosed and don’t know what they’re talking about.
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Linai
We have a linai and recently enclose with single pain glass bu custom windows. Did not need double pain (twice as much). CW even said 80% at present single pane. The reason for enclosure was we face southwest. During summer excessive. Got an AC unit as well. Best decision we made. Use it every day!!! We also have a birdcage if we want fresh air. As well as two sliders on linai. BIGGER a issue in my opinion I’d WIDTH of linai. 8 ft width is way to confining!!!!
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We’ve had both…glass over acrylic but we love our open lanai we just had a cover installed on the top so you can sit out when it’s raining. Open and cover on lanai roof. The best.
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Screened Lanai
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I prefer enclosed. It's easy enough to go outside if you want to be outside, but an enclosed lanai or Florida room is usually the best place to be on a warm/hot afternoon for me.
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When we bought our house we had just a screened lanai - every time it rained I was cleaning liquid mud from the floor - so we decided to enclose it with hard screen acrylic windows that slide open ...I then also connected it to the main house A/C with a shutoff screen installed. Now we have the best of all worlds ...an A/C extra room if we need it. a non A/C extra room with the acrylics closed and an open lanai with all the acrylics open !!!
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Windows or Screen - That is the Question
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Lanai
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Enclosed with opening sliding windows allows use in cooler days with widows closed open on warm breezy days , best of both worlds glass is better than vinyl sliding windows.
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It seems to me a lot of the responses depended on what type of lanai the owner originally had. What size, orientation, size of house already, does it have a roof or is it a birdcage, etc. So, I guess you'll have to take those factors into account and make the best decision you can. Good luck and welcome! |
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Five years ago, we purchased a Wisteria model with a north-facing 9'x17' screened lanai. The lanai was just a bit too narrow for us which factored heavily into our decision to ultimately bump out the lanai an additional 8'. This made it a very usable 17'x20' room. We enclosed our new Florida room with five double-paned, low-E sliders that added 25' of wrap-around windows. We had our contractor (DnJ Construction) raise the floor to match the house, took out the slider doors and added a 12000 BTU Mitsubishi split AC unit****. Later on, we installed double cell shades (white on the outside to reflect the heat) which gives the room absolute privacy at night and keeps the room much cooler during the day.
For us, the extension added an additional 340 SQFT to the house which upped our taxes $180/year. We spent $32K to add the room, and almost immediately our estimated resale value jumped ~$41K. We spend much of out time in the Florida room, and we could not be happier with our decision. Of course, for you, the decision is personal on your likes and dislikes. For us, it was a no brainer ...... have a screened lanai that we used infrequently or a beautiful room that gets extensive use. *** BTW, the new mini split unit was a god-send when our main AC unit died for 9 days last summer. Besides, the unit was able to keep much of the house cooler and with considerably lower humidity. |
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I understand that if you live in areas of Florida with more potential for hurricanes you won't enclose your lanai. I came from up north and there is nothing I enjoy more than sitting out on my lanai.What I hate most is getting eaten alive by bugs., That's why you put screens in, to keep out the creatures. I love the outdoors and would never think of enclosing my lanai with windows and walls. I want to be outdoors.That's why I moved to Florida . It is just my preference.
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After a couple of years with a screened in lanai, I enclosed mine with glass sliders. Game changer! No more heat, water, dirt, pollen, lizards, etc. to deal with. Now, regardless of the weather, I sit in there in my comfortable chair and read, drink my coffee or cocktail and enjoy. Plus, it cuts down on the noise from nearby neighbors.
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