Talk:Screened porch

Question
- have you come across any reliable sources about converting a porch into a screened porch, or a screened porch into an actual weather-tight room? I'm curious because I know those things happen, and they might be a good addition to the article if there is good sourcing out there. (A casual look mostly shows forums, but that doesn't always mean much). Otherwise, I'm concur on the 'how the heck wasn't this an article before?' Chris857 (talk) 12:54, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I have nothing more for you, as I used all the sources I could find. It's such a basic topic that there aren't many sources; we all know what they are, so nobody writes about them, except for the construction-type professionals (who of course care more about new construction) and the landscape architects writing in JSTOR journals, who only care about their "effects".  But the whole situation is weird; I wrote it after observing that the screened porch link at East Second Street Historic District (Xenia, Ohio) was still red, nine months after I wrote that article.  Perhaps the hardest part of my research was looking for alternate names for an already-existing article on this subject :-)  Nyttend backup (talk) 13:12, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

"on or near"
If the porch is near but not on a house, how is it still a porch? Just verbiage?--Wetman (talk) 19:34, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

20:41, 13 October 2013 (UTC)20:41, 13 October 2013 (UTC)69.73.110.152 (talk)

Definition of a porch: L. Porticus - a covered gallery. - a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers.

Yeah, mostly semantics.

Informal merge discussion

 * Anyone interested please see:


 * Talk:Porch concerning merging articles such as this article, Sleeping porch, Veranda, and possibly Porch sitting, into a single better class article. As mentioned above these are just alternate names for an already-existing article on this subject. Otr500 (talk) 12:41, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Porch or pavilion

 * The link Carter, Tim. "It's a Breeze to Put Together Screened Porch is a Question and answer section of Ask the Contractor in the Chicago Tribune. While it is used to reference this article it is misleading. The question involves a "wood deck", that may or may not have been attached to any structure. The reply included an example of a job the contractor had done for a customer, that entailed building a structure around a patio, that was surrounded by a garden. The contractor stated "The solution that I devised was a screened-in porch structure that had easily removable screens.". The contractor then added "My customer was able to transform the screened-in porch to an open-air pavilion within a matter of minutes.". This is one reason I am looking at merging some articles. An open-air pavilion, with drop down screens, is still a pavilion. Otr500 (talk) 16:22, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The reference, "A Home of Substantial and Artistic Features, actually found here (March 1918) is interesting. A drawing of a dwelling shows an open patio in the middle with the house wrapped around it (Spanish style), a porch, also referred to as a portico, on the front, that has enclosed wings on both sides with windows and doors leading to the porch like sun parlors, an actual sun parlor behind the porch, and on the side a screen porch leading to a patio. Otr500 (talk) 00:34, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

"Some homeowners fill their porches with furniture and amenities typically found indoors, such as tables, chairs, and couches, ceiling fans, imitation hardwood floors, electrical outlets, painted elements,[2] and even built-in furniture and plumbing.[3]" Y'all must be pretty dang city-fied. I've had most of those on UNSCREENED porches, let alone screened ones. A d "imitation hardwood floors" seems really weird to me, as most porches I've known were hardwood.--Khajidha (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2021 (UTC)