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Building a Lanai

    A Florida room or Lanai is a great place to entertain or just sit and enjoy the weather. I will show the process of building one for you.

    I am starting the build after the concrete pad is poured. This pad was 12' x 24' in size. I subbed the concrete work out. I don't do concrete work.

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The first three are before shots with just the slab in place. The shadow is me.

 


The first thing to do is to install flashing on the soffit.
In this case 4" goes under the existing gutter and 7"
hangs over to be later fastened to the pan roof panels.
Look closely and you will also see the receiver under
the flashing this will accept the pans.


The next step is to build the main wall.
It works like a wood stud wall in that
it was build on the ground and raised
into position. Screwed into the
concrete with Tapcon style screws.


Then the side walls. And doorway.
These are stick build in place due
the the roof pitch. Each piece is measured in place to get the
correct angles.

 


Here some roof pans are in place. These lock together to form a leak proof seal. Three special screws on the ends and two at the receiver. All caulked.


Here you can see how the flashing is
applied to the pans. A block of
Styrofoam is pressed in under the flashing into the pan to stop intruders like snakes, bugs etc.
One screw through the flashing into the pans caulked. This is all done as you go because once its done you can't get there again.

 

 


You can see how the pans fit into the receiver here.


Just another shot to show the progress.

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And now the finished project.

The chair rail and kick plate is in.

All screening is done tight as a drum.

Door and gutters on on and sealed.

Front (actually rear) shot of finished room.

All that is needed is some furniture and the room will be enjoyed for years to come.

A fun project for years of enjoyment.

Call Paul for expert help with your next project

352-200-7190

A shot from inside. 12'x24' extra living space!


 
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 Last updated on Thursday, August 19, 2010