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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m hoping to hop on the screened porch train in the next couple of years! We have a large deck the previous owner put on - it’s only a few feet off the ground and I’m hoping a portion of it can be converted into a screened room though I’m sure they’ll have to improve the footers.

Here’s my question for those of you that have screen porches! Is a typical that the entrance to the screen room is from inside the house or do most of you walk onto a deck or patio area and then go in an outside door to the screen room?  I feel like it would possibly be a lot cheaper to just have the screen structure built with a door we must enter from being outside already.  But is that bad? Do bugs get in more and defeat purpose?
Would love some feedback on the entrance issue![/quote]

You definitely want an entrance inside your home to the porch. I go out there in my pajamas to drink coffee, or am out there while it's raining, or am coming in late at night. In none of those scenarios would I want to walk outside to access the porch. [/quote]

I agree that you want an entrance directly from your house. It nice to leave the door open sometimes (cross breeze, fresh air, get house smells out, etc.). It's also handy to set food out there to cool or, in the winter, stay cold. I routinely put oven roasted brussels sprouts out there. I love them but they do smell awful right out of the oven![/quote]

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