Do I Need A Bug Screen On The Second Floor

The second screen occupies the bottom half of the back door and is almost completely gone and would need to be replaced.

Do i need a bug screen on the second floor.

I decided to have the contractor screen it in to keep out the mosquitos. Our contractor added a screened porch to our house 2nd floor but used azec decking for the floor that has space between the boards. I m a rookie with this. Hello i will be having a deck built on the ground level on the back of my house beneath my second story deck.

Obviously you need tight joints elsewhere. One screen has been damaged by a dog a break about 6 inches wide exists along bottom l 4 of screen. Smaller screen panels make better sense than floor to ceiling screen panels. Such as the need to build a roof over an open deck or patio.

3 build screened frames to screw up under floor system my favorite but by far the most labor intensive. So we need something under that decking floor to keep bugs out of the screen porch. In mn the mosquitos are so big they canâ t get between the balusters thatâ s why we went to 4 spacing. 2 staple screen on top of joists and then apply decking my least favorite but common in new construction.

But i see plenty of flies. I never see a mosquito not ever though we are close to a few water sources and there are tons of the miserable things on lower floors. Screen on or under the joists works pretty well except for catching falling crud and potential need for replacement over time. There are 3 or 4 solutions some already mentioned.

A screened in porch can serve as a second family room. I picked up a few hundred feet of 4 bug screen and i will first apply a layer top and bottom then my strapping and then staple the bug screen on top of the strapping making the air gap hopefully bug free. First time building a rainscreen. Bed bugs travel only by hitchhiking on clothes or other fabric.

1 staple screen up under joists. I see the odd bee and some wasp. I ve got my wbb on the house and would like to apply my 3 8 strapping to create and airgap. Removing the screen open the glass window completely from the inside.

Howevever it just crossed my mind that can t the bugs simply fly up between the floorboards. That means you might not need to toss it and spend money on a new one if you have a bed bug infestation. Replacing a window screen from the inside is a common and straightforward process especially for windows on a second story level. May we get an estimate and can you do the work on site.