Starting from late March 2010 to New Years day 2011, it’s been a challenging and fun project. Here are a few shots of the inside with pine tongue and groove walls and red cedar tongue & groove ceiling. The ceilings are bare cedar (cedar is naturally water repellent so don’t treat it with anything). The pine has one coat of sanding sealer (wax free shellac) and one coat of oil based outdoor urethane. There is still a small amount of exterior siding and trim work to be completed….next spring. Enjoy the pics. An official three season room construction plan document will be available soon at how2plans.com
- Three season room north side view
- Interior view west
- interior view east
- interior hot tub view
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After many months and many delays mostly due to extreme weather, we are expecting delivery of the main Eze Breeze patio windows and doors tomorrow. Our local dealer, Nevilles Inc. of Green Bay has been very helpful so far, visiting our work site to take measurements for the custom made windows. The first order includes a 6 foot glass patio door with bronze finish, a 36″ wide Cabana door with the four pane Eze Breeze sliders and a total of eleven Eze Breeze window panels, two 60″ x 36″, one 60″ x 38″ and eight 72″ x 34″ panels. The only remaining work will be the triangular transom windows above the main windows. The transom windows will also be made with the flexible Eze Breeze window glazing.
Why did we choose to go with Eze Breeze Windows? The biggest reason is cost, but we also needed performance to fit with a three season room. Our entire order for windows and doors (less the transoms) was just under $4000. The transoms will add about $300 to the job. We really don’t need high performance insulation, just a way to block the wind and rain and to keep out the bugs. The added upside with these windows is the flexible glazing material that is virtually unbreakable and easy to replace if needed. The other big advantage is the ability to open each window to 75%, giving us more air flow when needed. This is not possible with any of the glass window system we considered.
eze breeze flexible window glazing
We also have a lot of birds in our backyard and over the past few years many have crashed & burned into our glass pation doors. The Eze _breeze window glazing is bird friendly providing a measure of “give” to absorb shock. We also won’t have to worry about fisbees, golf balls or baseballs crashing through our windows.
Stay tuned and we’ll post more photos as the windows are installed.
Project started March 2oth 2010 – number of workers – one (excluding roofing shingle installation which was performed by a local roofing contractor).
Seventy days after receiving the building materials our duplex three season room project now sheds water. Add to that the roughly 30 days for the foundation piers and the total project time so far has been about 100 days. Keep in mind that I only worked on it about half that time due to rain, snow and other delays and this was entirely a one man project (and one wife to hand me tools and do cleanup).
Before
The top photo is a shot of the duplex before the materials arrived, with the foundation piers in place. Notice the roof algae on the 19 year old back shingles and the big ugly and inoperative roof vent blowers. The back of the house had that typical “plain Jane” duplex appearance. Little did we know at the time that the base of both chimney chases were rotted and leaking water behind the chimneys. The OSB roof deck was observed to be black and completely crumbled when I removed the soffit panels in those areas, so the roof would have required repair no matter what.
After
The bottom photo shows the newly constructed three season room built on eleven 12″ foundation piers sunk 50″ into the clay.
The roof blowers have been removed and patched and the chimney chases removed and rebuilt. Now I can slow down, relax and begin dressing out the front and interior space of the three season room. All in all, it’s a nice change to an otherwise boring looking structure. The addition completely removes the duplex appearance and since we use this as a single family home / office, it works out great for our needs. If we ever sell, it would be a very unique find for someone who works at home. Of course the new room will include another home bar installation using a portable plan that is currently in the works.
The excellent roofing work was done in two days by Powell Roofing Services Inc. of Kaukauna, Wisconsin – see their website at: www.powellroofing.com
The PGT Eze-Breeze windows and doors will be ordered in the next week or two and will take 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Stay tuned for more updates in the coming months – but for now I’m going to try to enjoy the rest of the summer.
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After many months and many delays mostly due to extreme weather, we are expecting delivery of the main Eze Breeze patio windows and doors tomorrow. Our local dealer, Nevilles Inc. of Green Bay has been very helpful so far, visiting our work site to take measurements for the custom made windows. The first order includes a 6 foot glass patio door with bronze finish, a 36″ wide Cabana door with the four pane Eze Breeze sliders and a total of eleven Eze Breeze window panels, two 60″ x 36″, one 60″ x 38″ and eight 72″ x 34″ panels. The only remaining work will be the triangular transom windows above the main windows. The transom windows will also be made with the flexible Eze Breeze window glazing.
Why did we choose to go with Eze Breeze Windows? The biggest reason is cost, but we also needed performance to fit with a three season room. Our entire order for windows and doors (less the transoms) was just under $4000. The transoms will add about $300 to the job. We really don’t need high performance insulation, just a way to block the wind and rain and to keep out the bugs. The added upside with these windows is the flexible glazing material that is virtually unbreakable and easy to replace if needed. The other big advantage is the ability to open each window to 75%, giving us more air flow when needed. This is not possible with any of the glass window system we considered.
