Many of the new homes in built in Naples Florida, by general contractors such as Lennar, Centex, Stock Development, GL Homes and Mcgarvey Custom Homes, don’t come with a screen enclosure. With a nice pool, and paver deck, but no pool enclosure this home was no different. Our client found the pool unusable due to the natural south Florida bugs, and the constant need to clean out leaves and pine needle, so they gave us a call to get an enclosure.
During the estimate process we found out that the deck lacked a concrete footer that would make a suitable foundation. A concrete footer is simply a thick edge of concrete designed to support weight and anchor. You can learn more about concrete footers for screen enclosures here. Many pool decks have a perimeter footer which can suitably host an enclosure, however with pavers, the footing can be made tightly around the pool to save on concrete cost for the pool builder. In this case there was no footing in place, so we needed to add one. While possible it is a tedious process and can make the price of the enclosure go up. Essentially the builders save a penny, so you can spend a dollar later.
The home owner chose us to take on the project, based on our reputation and professionalism and we got under way. First thing first, we needed to pull up the existing pavers and put in a footing. In the picture below, you will see we have pull up the pavers and formed a perimeter footing. The formed footing area will be filled with concrete and then the pavers will be put back in place. NOTE: The very thing we did was get engineering and permits which can take a couple months. Permits and behind the scenes activities are covered by Anthony in this post.
Once the footer is poured, and the pavers are back in place, it is time for the enclosure. The customer opted to go with a ‘clearview’ or ‘picture window’ arrangement for their new pool enclosure as they had an awesome lake view. We primarily fabricated the enclosure at our shop, and brought the enclosure out for final construction. The end result was an enclosure precisely cut, that keep out the bugs and keeps the view in check. Another successful project was added done, and another happy customer added to our list.
