March 2025 - Another project completed! Once again another great, even better experience! This was a much larger project that my wife and I had been considering for several years. I recently retired after years of working in telecommunications and broadcast radio as a senior engineering technician, radio engineer, technical writer, and construction manager. So I drew up a 2-point perspective sketch for a 19’x10’ elevated screened and roofed deck above an existing concrete ground level patio of similar length and about 8ft wide. I sent the sketch of what we wanted it to look like to Jonathan at Roofing Dudes for a quote, which came in very close to our budget. After discussing details and making a few design changes to improve long range usefulness by putting in 12-inch floor joists on 1ft centers to make the floor rigid enough so it can easily be converted to a sun room for winter use in our later years by installing a ceramic tile floor and thermopane windows and adding some insulation, we decided to move forward with the project using Jonathan’s suggestion of installing exposed 2”x6” tongue and groove knotty pine decking above the rafters. Jonathan’s builder, Brandon, also suggested a simple way to screen the underside of the deck by sandwiching screening between the joists and the deck boards during construction as well as blocking the ends of the deck boards by picture framing them to prevent flying insects from entering between the gaps in the decking.
One week later, despite a very stormy weekend and a lot of rain and wind, the end result was a stunningly beautiful rustic post and beam lean-to wood deck, with 6x6 inch 16ft tall pressure treated columns in front, close to nature, with an inside similar to a cabin in a state park, and an elegant exterior, where we can have family get-togethers and picnics without being bothered by mosquitoes, flies, no-see-ems, or other uninvited critters! We also have a great view of the sunrise and sunset, and a place where we can sit and watch wild geese flying over and listen to owls in the woods at night.
Also, by roofing the deck, we simultaneously roofed the ground level back patio underneath and will be able to make much better use of it for projects outside on rainy days as well as being sheltered from the hot summer sun.
Will we ever want to convert this beautiful design that Brandon and his crew built for us into a sun room? Probably not. But if we do, it’s going to be much easier and the structure we would need for it is already there.
We have another idea or 2 we are hoping to build in the future. When the time comes, you can bet we will be using Roofing Dudes again! What a great company to help with realizing dreams!
November 2024 - The Roofing Dudes provided excellent service. I have nothing but good things to say about this company! I highly recommend them and will definitely use them again. Aaron was very personable and provided a fair price and a quote that addressed every detail. Their roofing and soffit teams were very professional, friendly, and thorough.