Screen enclosures
A screen enclosure is only as good as what it stands on. We look at the slab and footings first, then the engineered aluminum drawings, so the enclosure and the concrete under it are designed for each other.
Occupied or vacant homes This is exterior work, so it is fine while you live in the home.
What's included
- Checking or building the slab and footings
- Drawings stamped by an engineer (we arrange them)
- Permit and inspections
- Installation and cleanup
Licensed trade partners. Pool enclosures can be part of the job, but pool work itself (the pool, its equipment and barrier rules for a new pool) is handled by licensed pool contractors.
The permit, in general
Permit: Yes
- Zoning
- Setbacks
- Usually needed
- Engineered aluminum drawings (often non-site-specific, F.S. 489.113(9)(b)2.) · Slab/footing details · Site plan
- Inspections
- Footings · Final
General Florida Building Code practice, not your building department's answer: the building department decides. Your city or the county may publish a different list. Check your address for its published checklist and sources.
Questions people ask
Can it go on my existing slab?
Sometimes. Many existing patios were never poured with a footing for an enclosure. We check before we design, and if the edge needs a new footing we say so up front.
Screen only, or a roof too?
Both are common. A solid roof over an enclosure is a bigger structure with more wind load, so it changes the drawings and the footing.
What helps us price it
None of it is required to start. Anything you can send saves a round of questions.
- Photos of the area and the existing slab edge
- Rough size
- Screen roof or solid roof
- Your survey, if you have it