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Screened Porch Collection Guide
Bug-free outdoor living for Tidewater summers — porches, conversions & EZE-Breeze.
Bug-free outdoor living for Tidewater summers
The Most Wanted Outdoor Room on the Coast
In Hampton Roads, a screened porch isn’t a luxury — it’s how you actually use your backyard from spring through fall. Between the humidity, the mosquitoes that show up after every coastal rain, and the no-see-ums near the water, an open deck or patio sits empty half the summer. Screen it in and you get the breeze without the bites.
B&B Decks builds custom screened porches engineered for Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads humidity, wind, and coastal conditions — on new or existing decks, tied into your home’s roofline, handling the full process from design and permits to framing, screening, and finish, to Virginia code.
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Porch Options for Coastal Homeowners
• Custom screened porches. Full-screen enclosures that keep mosquitoes, gnats, and pollen out while letting the breeze through.
• Covered porches & roofs. Roofed outdoor rooms for shade and shelter year-round.
• Three-season rooms. Enclosed porches with window systems for spring, summer, and fall.
• Porch-on-deck combos. Pair a low-maintenance composite deck with a screened section.
• Enclosed-deck conversions. Convert an existing deck into a screened porch — often the best value.
Bug-Free Outdoor Living, Built for Salt Air
Virginia Beach summers mean mosquitoes, no-see-ums, and humidity that chases you indoors by dusk. We frame for full airflow, use fine coastal-grade screen mesh that keeps out even tiny no-see-ums, and design rooflines and ceiling fans that move air through the space on still, muggy Tidewater evenings. Porches are built on corrosion-resistant, coastal-rated framing and hardware, paired with low-maintenance composite
A covered, screen-ready porch with ceiling fans — a B&B Decks build in coastal Virginia.
decking and aluminum or composite railing so the whole structure resists rot, rust, and warping.
2 What a Screened Porch Costs
The single biggest factor is whether you’re building new from the ground up or screening in something that already exists — very different projects with very different prices.
SCREEN IN EXISTING
$5,000–$18,000
When the foundation, framing & roof already exist.
BUILD NEW
$25,000–$60,000+
Footings, framing, roof, screened walls & flooring.
Most mid-size new builds land in the $30,000–$45,000 range. Screening in an existing concrete-slab patio under an existing roof can be the most affordable option of all. What drives the number up or down:
• Size. A cozy 10×12 costs far less than a 16×20 outdoor room, and larger spans need beefier framing.
• The roof. A simple shed roof costs less than a gable or hip roof tied into your home’s roofline.
• The screen system. Spline-and-frame is lowest cost; spline-free systems like Screeneze last longer; motorized retractable screens are premium.
• Flooring. Staining a slab vs. composite decking (Trex / TimberTech) vs. porcelain tile.
• Electrical & extras. Ceiling fans (a near-must here), recessed lighting, outlets, and TV wiring.
3 3-Season vs. 4-Season & EZE-Breeze
A standard screened porch is a 3-season space — fully open to the air, screened against bugs, perfect for spring, summer, and fall, and the most cost-effective choice. A 4-season room adds insulated walls, glass, and usually HVAC for year-round use at significantly higher cost. For shoulder-season comfort without the full 4-season price, EZE-Breeze is the popular middle ground.
What
is EZE-Breeze?
EZE-Breeze is a vinyl-glazed porch window system that encloses a screened or open porch. The flexible vinyl panels slide vertically — open fully for a screened-porch feel, or close against wind, rain, pollen, and cooler temperatures — without the cost, weight, or maintenance of traditional glass. It’s the most popular way to convert a screened porch into a comfortable three- to four-season room, and it installs onto most existing porches.
EZE-Breeze: more usable days, open or closed.
Block coastal wind, rain, and pollen to enjoy your porch spring through fall and beyond. Panels slide for full airflow or close up tight. Fits most existing screened or covered porches — no full rebuild. Lightweight vinyl wipes clean and handles coastal humidity and salt air.
4 Conversions, Permits & Why It Pays Off
Already have a deck? Many homeowners get the most value by converting an existing deck into a screened porch rather than building from scratch. We inspect the current framing and footings, reinforce or rebuild as needed, and add the posts, roof, and screen system.
Because a screened porch adds a roof and enclosed structure, it almost always requires a building permit and inspections — covering footings, framing, attachment to the house, and the roof. B&B Decks handles the full permitting process and builds to Virginia code, which matters on coastal lots with sandy or soft clay soils that need properly sized footings.
Why screened porches add value
Coastal Virginia is humid, buggy, and sunny — three things that make an open deck hard to enjoy at the worst times. A screened porch solves all three at once, extends your usable season by months, and adds genuine resale value, since buyers here recognize it as one of the most desirable outdoor features a home can have.
Design your screened porch. Tell us how you want to use your backyard and we’ll design a porch built for the coast and give you an honest, free estimate. Call (757) 676-0863 · bnbdecks.com