Sometimes good plans don’t always work out the way you would like. When I built our house, I wanted a patio under the existing roof. I have seen too many add-ons that just look bad, leak, and were just a waste of money. That was a good plan, the bad; we live about 3 miles from the start of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with pasture land around us and a seasonal creek about ½ mile away. Mosquitoes at first weren’t a huge problem, but over the years with all the cut-backs, the local spraying has stop except for the worst areas. West Nile virus is a big concern so many nights starting in Spring through late Fall mosquitoes made it almost impossible to enjoy the patio. So the patio became well, just a spot for junk, spiders including the black widows, and just an eye sore. Today with many indoor project completed and the greenhouse built I turned to the patio and turned it into a sunroom. Don’t tell my wife sunroom/more room for plants!
- Start of the project
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- Neglect
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- Spider webs and dirt
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- All clean
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- Roof eaves get a cleaning and paint
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- Finish coat
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- I do hate to paint
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- Even non-union workers get a break
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- The start of a new
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- Another view
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- New fan, new lights, new paint
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- Add a new rug
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- Facing the east and the mountains
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Total time was about 5 weeks of work on the weekends. The sunroom is 10' x 22'. 220 sq. ft. of usable space. I say for plants, my wife says "We need some outdoor furniture." Okay both!
