Pros / Cons of a screened in patio?

I'm about to install a screen system on a client's porch, haven't priced it out but it's a medium sized deal and about 170' of framing needed.

Cost is totally worth it in the south (and its not much).

Get so sick of mosquitoes and flies.

Can sit and watch TV, drink, eat, etc comfortably.

Only con is its harder to clean with a leaf blower.

I have been considering it was well. The only downside I can think of for us is having to go on the porch and open that door to let dogs out instead of just the back door. I’m not a big fan of doggie doors, mainly bc my 130 pound bull mastiff is likely too dumb to figure it out!

Have a friend who put in roll/retractable screen doors. Works extremely well. Roll down in the summer and up in cooler months.

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There are no cons. its fantastic

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I put a screen porch area on my house I built in Florida. After 3 years I ripped the screen and frame off. The view is not as good with it, it picks up pine needles and dirt, it does reduce the air flow a bit, and it just felt closed in compared to an open porch. I live in a damn swamp too, but the bugs are just not bad at all. That's because everything is 15 feet up on pilings and it seems that the bugs just don't look for something to bite that high up, at least here. The deer flies can be terrible on the ground and are no problem at all on the porch. At ground level I'd probably still have the screen, but I'm happy to have it gone.

If it's a smallish patio, I'd probably look into other ways of reducing bugs like fans and select plants.

We had an existing patio that was ~8'x 16' and considered screening it but ended up getting pavers installed over it and extending it out instead. It would have been claustrophobic in there with any decent sized outdoor seating and also letting the dogs out of 2 doors would have gotten old quick. We're in central FL and use our unscreened patio year-round and just fight the mosquitoes in other ways.

My house backs up to 100+ acres of pasture, seasonally flooded woods, and occasionally mowed utility servitude. Back porch is 15' x 35'....I lived in the house two weeks before getting the porch screened in. It was impossible to sit & enjoy a sunset without being carried off by horseflies, mosquitoes, gnats, and every other flying insect found in south LA. Cost me about $2,500, worth every penny.

Installer used a thicker, higher grade fiberglass(?) screen designed to resist pet claws. 6 years later, cats have snagged a few minor spots, but those are easily dabbed w/clear silicone to keep from splitting. Two ceiling fans for breeze. I do have to powerwash the screens 2X a year to knock out the dust.

in baton rouge. i have had a 10 x 29 screen front porch for 15 years and i'm finishing up a 16 x 22 back porch now. i love it. no down side.

I'm looking at screening in a back patio as well. I'm looking into putting retractable screening so it's the best of both worlds.

Just started researching the pricing differences and installation costs.

I am a mosquito magnet. I would not live in the south without a screened porch.