Sunroom & Screened Porch Builders in Leander, TX

Screening a new home's covered patio

Builder covered patios in Crystal Falls, Travisso, Bryson, and Mason Hills are usually framed to hold up a roof, not a roof plus screen walls and a door. Some have posts resting on the slab. We check the posts, beam, and footings, and add support where needed. Screening a 12x16 typically runs $8,000 to $14,000.

If the builder cover is small, we can extend it into a full 14x16 screened porch with its own roof, typically $22,000 to $35,000.

Check your builder warranty before any work that ties into the house. Some builders spell out how attachments must be made. We read those terms with you and build to them.

Wind and screen tension

Leander's higher ground catches stronger breezes. A large screen panel without a midrail billows in a gust and pulls at its edges. We divide walls into panels sized for the wind, use splined frames, and add a midrail at chair height, which also doubles as a kick guard.

Screen doors on windy lots get a closer and a sweep so they shut every time. That keeps the room tight when the wind picks up in the evening.

Screen now or build a sunroom

Most Leander families start with screens. If a home office or playroom is the goal, a four-season room with insulated walls, dual-pane low-E glass, and a mini-split is the choice; a 14x16 runs $55,000 to $90,000. In between, a three-season room with vinyl windows over knee walls, $120 to $220 per square foot installed, is comfortable most of the year.

If you are undecided, we frame a screened porch so windows can go in later.

That means placing posts where window units will fit, framing for knee walls, and running an outlet for a future mini-split. Doing this up front costs little. Doing it after the screens are in means reframing walls you just paid for.

HOAs and the ETJ

Leander's newer communities review enclosed additions, and spring is their busiest season. Inside the city, permits go through the Development Hub under the 2021 IRC. In the ETJ, the city generally only permits signs and water or wastewater work, but HOA review still applies.

Lots closer to Lake Travis see more humidity and mosquitoes than those farther east. We use stainless or coated fasteners on screen frames there and seal every gap at the base and roofline.