By Corey Philip // Aug 15, 2023

Sometimes building a screen enclosure where it needs to built isn’t the easiest thing.  Here in Southwest Florida we commonly run into canals, and narrow lot lines which make getting large aluminum members for a screen enclosure in place a bit tricky.  We often get questions that start off with something to the effect “I’d like to get a screen enclosure, but I have no clue how you would get one in here, others have even said it could not be built”.  We’ve handled so many projects in tight places, that we’re experts at it.

Check out the screen enclosure to the right.  On one side is heavy foliage, on the other is adjoining house (basically making this a HUGE duplex), and behind it is a canal.  There’s not much room to work here.  Many would say it couldn’t be built.   So how would we do it?

Very very carefully, with the help of some big equipment.  Each of the pieces would be prefabricated at our shop, and brought out on a large flat bed trailer.  The age old adage ‘measure twice, cut once’, couldn’t be any more important.  Everything needs to be cut precisely before leaving our shop.  From there we would use a crane to hoist every piece up and over the house and set it into place.

Update: At the request of reader inquiries regarding cost, projects requiring this type of crane would start at $30,000.

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Corey Philip

About the author

Corey began working on screen enclosures as a teenager in 2004 after hurricane Charley devastated his home town of Punta Gorda. 7 years later, after holding positions from foreman, to sales, to project manager, while attending college at Florida Gulf Coast University, Corey and childhood friend Thomas Davis founded Gulf Coast Aluminum in 2011. With a focus on delivering an unparrelled level of service, the company has grown by leaps and bounds under their leadership. Today you’ll find Corey answering the phones In his free time Corey likes training for triathlons, running the trails at Ding Darling park on Sanibel Island, and of course, working on growing Gulf Coast Aluminum.