Screened in porch—what kind of ceiling? Skylights or no?

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Anonymous wrote:We live on a wooded lot. We have four skylights and cedar tongue in grove ceiling. The skylights were a must since our backyard has NW exposure.

I hadn’t considered cedar TIG… have cedar siding on our current screened porch and love it. Was it a big cost upgrade?

PP- It was more expensive but I am not sure how much more. We built the porch 15 years ago before lumber prices skyrocketed. I love our porch and ceiling and ceiling still looks fantastic.

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Does anyone remember the marginal cost of the skylights, including install? Looks like the window itself runs about $250. We're trying to figure out how many to put in.

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We have two skylights and I think the biggest benefit is jot to the porch itself but to the rooms bordering the porch. We bought the house with them so cannot tell you cost.

Good luck OP, and based on our experience you will love the porch - with or without skylights.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the marginal cost of the skylights, including install? Looks like the window itself runs about $250. We're trying to figure out how many to put in.

$1100 total per skylight.

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The white beadboard is less expensive, but we went with the stained tongue and groove and love it. No skylights- too hard to keep clean - we've got screens on 3 sides, don't need more light!

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How much will your screen porch cost?

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no skylights on our 20x20 porch, but we went with the highest roof possible and have loads of light there and into the house on that side.

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Anonymous wrote:no skylights on our 20x20 porch, but we went with the highest roof possible and have loads of light there and into the house on that side.

How high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the marginal cost of the skylights, including install? Looks like the window itself runs about $250. We're trying to figure out how many to put in.

$1100 total per skylight.

Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:no skylights on our 20x20 porch, but we went with the highest roof possible and have loads of light there and into the house on that side.

How high?

your windows on your second story will determine how high your gable can be. We didn't have any to worry about due to our long sloped roof, but our screens are about 9 feet tall, a header on top of that, then I would estimate the peak of the gabled roof is between 14-15 feet at the tallest measurement (porch is 20x20). never measured!

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Anonymous wrote:The white beadboard is less expensive, but we went with the stained tongue and groove and love it. No skylights- too hard to keep clean - we've got screens on 3 sides, don't need more light!

What was the price difference between the beadboard and T&G?

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Get thermally modified wood in a T&G profile that fits your style and have it stained or painted to your liking.

We had great results with our material from Westwood Millworks. We got our material in less than week from when we ordered. They have a rep in this area.

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Skylights are a must especially if the screen porch is off a living space

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We did skylights in our high ceiling porch as it’s north facing and abuts our kitchen.

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TIG rather than beadboard was $1800 more 2.5 years ago. Worth every penny, we love the ceiling in the porch. No sky lights, I didn't want to deal with cleaning them, and didn't think I'd be able to stand them being dirty all the time