Carl Hutzler’s Blog

Rylan has always wanted a screened in porch. We have terrible tiger mosquitos in the back yard from about June 30th until mid October every year. They are just relentless in attacking you. No work I have done to ensure good drainage on the property has helped that much. So this year we decided to do it.

We are almost finished building a very large 22×18 screened in porch where our old deck used to be. And we added a smaller 20×16 open deck area for grilling, etc. The open part of the deck has an added cool feature in that instead of having four large windows which look out on the yard from the den/TV room, we are going to have one giant 16 foot double sliding door. So we still get the view, but it will open to the non-screened portion of the deck. Should be a fun change.

Denny Contracting is our contracting firm. They designed the deck with Rylan (and even I had some input). The owner, Jason Denny, put a lot of thought into the layout of the structure both in terms of engineering and aesthetics. Jason added in a number of very nice features like skylights, fans, specific door replacement styles, surface material (TimberTek) and so much more - without adding a lot of unnecessary cost. Jason really understands the products available in the market and the benefits and drawbacks to each choice. And he knows how to take fairly inexpensive materials and install them in a way that is really sharp and beautiful (more on that soon). He worked the project like it was his own house (which, by the way, is a beautiful remodel he did in Herndon, VA).

I will have more to say and show when it is complete in the next couple of weeks, but Rylan and I have been extremely pleased with the quality of work, excellent staff, and project timeline thus far.