How to Winterize a Screened-In Porch
When you have a screened-in porch you will need to winterize it for the colder months. When you winterize the porch you will be able to make use of it even during the winter months with out it freezing. You can easily winterize your screened-in porch within a few hours.
Things you will need:
- Plastic for windows
- Insulation strips for windows
- Door insulation strips
- Insulation caulking
- Scissors
- Caulking gun
- Measuring tape
- Tacks
- Use your measuring tape and measure the windows length and width. Measure the width at the bottom of the door. Make sure you write both measurements down.
- Cut the insulation strips to the width that you measured the window. Place the insulation at the bottom of the window where cold air would come in. Cut the insulation strip for the bottom of the door to the width that you measured. Place the insulation on the bottom of the door so air cannot get into your porch.
- Obtain your plastic and lay it out. You will want to cut the plastic with your scissors according to the measurements that you taken for the window. Make sure that you cut the plastic at least one inch more for each measurement recorded so it will keep the cold air out from the window.
- Place the plastic at the top of the window and begin to tack it into place. Make sure the plastic is tacked all along the windows edge so no air can creep into the porch.
- Put your insulation caulk in the caulking gun and put it in any cracks or gaps along the wall base. This will ensure you that no cold air will enter into your porch and keep in warm during the winter months.