AS WITH most home-improvement projects, the decision to build or screen in a porch or patio is just the beginning of the decisions you have to make. They can be as basic as what kind of screening to ...

Stifling summer heat and pesky bugs persuaded Kim Hitchcock to rework her Decatur, Ga., deck into a covered screen porch. Her deck was only a few years old, so she made plans to bolster the foundation ...

A screened porch is a huge asset: It provides you with a comfortable indoor-outdoor space to take in some fresh air while giving you shelter from above — and it filters out unpleasant outdoor factors ...