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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assume no vinyl windows, just heaters.  Then how much can you comfortably use it?[/quote]

In metro DC, our summers generally are too hot & humid for a screened porch, and winters are usually too windy and cold.  I would guess it would be usable April-May and September-October.

If one enclosed the porch (not just screens) but did not add HVAC to the space, then an electric space heater might add the winter months to the above.[/quote]

That  does not match my experience at all.

You are guessing from not even using a porch to see how it feels? [/quote]

We have had a screened-in porch for 25 years and use it from about March or April through June, then September through late October or so.  During Covid we used a propane heater but it's not a great solution, and electric heaters do nothing to heat a porch.

It's definitely too hot in July and August to use the porch, except on the occasional, highly-unusual mild summer day.[/quote]

We have a deck and a screened in porch that are both south facing (they're on the same side/level), with the screened side being east and the open side west.  We use both year round.  The screened porch more often during the "bug" months, obviously.  Even in winter it gets warm enough that the deck can be heated with the fire pit. During COVID we put up a screen and watched movies on NYE.

During the heat of the summer we tend to use it earlier in the day or later in the day, but there is usually some shade somewhere, either on the screened part or the open deck by a tree.

I dislike warm weather, but I dislike sitting indoors even more.[/quote]

Should have mentioned that our screened in porch is all screens from the ceiling all the way to the floor, so basically completely open.  No windows/walls other than what is required to support the ceiling.  We do have a ceiling fan which helps.[/quote]

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