Engineer to the address
Exposure changes the calculation.
Why the cheap enclosure was cheap
No permit, no engineering, and a specification never approved for your address.
How we work
Wind load is per address
A screen enclosure is a roof and wall structure in a hurricane region, and the load it must resist depends on where it stands — exposure near open water is a different calculation from a sheltered inland lot. A quote built on a generic specification is cheaper because it skipped the part that makes the structure legal.
The consequences arrive later, not at installation. An unpermitted structure surfaces in a title search or an inspection at resale, and insurers take an interest after a storm. The owner inherits both, and the contractor who saved them a few hundred dollars is long gone.
Pool barriers deserve separate mention because the stakes are different. Height, gap dimensions and self-closing, self-latching gates are set by statute to prevent a child drowning, not to satisfy an inspector. A design that looks better and fails those requirements is not worth building.
Our principles
Three beliefs behind the method
Pull the permit
Unpermitted work follows the owner.
Pool barriers to code
Statute, not preference.
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