How to Add Privacy to Your Backyard with a Screen Room
Your backyard should always be a safe haven, no matter what the time of year. In spring, you should be able to get out and start prepping the garden for growing. Summer is time for barbecues and parties, while fall offers a time for quiet contemplation and shutting everything down for the snow. This safe haven can be hard to come by, especially if you live close to your neighbours. Finding a way to get some privacy in your backyard is hard, but this is where installing a Desert Sun Patios Screen Room comes into play.
How a screen room works
A screen room is a simple structure that offers a good halfway house between an empty deck or patio and a full blown sunroom. Screen rooms can be built on top of a deck or patio, as well as directly onto the ground, and they tend to follow a basic post and beam structure that helps to keep the costs down. It provides a roof over your head and big mesh windows effectively creating an additional room in your house that allows for shade, protection against the bugs and the wind and, best of all, a sense of privacy.
Ways to boost your screen room privacy
Screen rooms help to give you privacy in your backyard because the mesh screens appear dark from the outside while still allowing you to see out. You won’t have quite the same effect as if you build a sunroom with solid walls, as your neighbours will be able to make out shapes and movements if they’re looking hard enough, but it’s a big step up from just being out in the garden. However, there are some easy ways to add privacy to your backyard with a screen room:
- Choose solar mesh – solar mesh is designed to give better protection against the sun’s rays. This extra protection comes from slightly smaller gaps in the mesh and a darker material that blocks more of the UV rays. Both of these factors make it harder to see in from the outside.
- Build taller panels – most screen rooms have wooden panels at the bottom of the external walls. These make the structure more sturdy and avoid the problem of people putting feet or furniture through the mesh. By raising the height of these panels, you can block more of the outside views.
- Consider their view of the screen room – you may be pinned in place if you’re building your screen room on top of a deck or patio, but if you have the choice, you should consider changing the placement of your screen room to present the shortest side possible to your neighbours.
None of these privacy boosting ideas are difficult or costly to implement, but all of them require planning ahead of your installation date. Sharing your privacy concerns with your building contractor will be the best way to make sure that you get some privacy in your backyard with your screen room.
