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 Back at the end of October, I installed a pair of 30 mil outdoor plastic curtains on two of the five windows of our screened porch .  These were recommended by a neighbor and I ended up buying versions that came with 'snaps' and 'snap screws' that make the installation like putting a boat cover on the boat.  That is...once you install the snap screws.   At first, I bought the first two and wanted to see them/understand if they were going to work before I made the investment in the rest of the windows.  It didn't take me long to think that all five windows needed curtains.  The last three windows are larger, so I custom-ordered three more.  After waiting weeks for them to be manufactured and shipped.  They arrived and I installed the snap screw studs into the exterior of the screened porch.  Below is a photo showing the three windows covered in 30 mil clear outdoor curtains.  These are sitting outside of the porch which also (alrea...

Our screened porch is where we spend a lot of time watching screens. Football season, evening 'shows', etc.  It is not a four-season porch, though.  Might call it 3.5 seasons.  That's because we added Eze-Breeze four-panel windows to the frames and swapped out the screened door for a storm door with a screen.  Eze-Breeze windows are really great.  They keep the dust out.  They also - according to their product page - block UV rays which protects furniture.   And, in the cold time of the year, they keep out the wind and what I'll call 'extreme' temperatures.  They create an envelope that we can heat and be in the porch when the temps are low.  But, not too low.   I'd say that we typically get to use the porch all the way through Christmas.  Then, when Winter actually arrives in January, we're forced out of there.   That's because the 'envelope' that the Eze-Breeze windows creates is 'leaky'.  The windows ar...