For anyone who hasn’t experienced a screen room park model add-on, you’re missing out on one of the best and easiest upgrades that you can give your trailer. A screen room is a simple extension to your home that doesn’t require any additional building work if you already have a deck or a patio to act as the base. While it’s a permanent addition to your park model, it’s incredibly easy to construct as it’s a post and beam structure with a solid roof. The windows are made from mesh or screens (hence the name!) and they can either stretch from the floor to the ceiling, or you can opt to have some solid wall and the rest mesh depending on your preference and budget.
The Benefits Of A Park Model Screen Room
As you can imagine, a screen room is a great addition to your trailer during the hot Calgary summer months as the mesh windows offer a very different experience to traditional glass. They are also inexpensive compared to a full room extension or even a sunroom add on as the lack of solid walls helps to keep the price low. You’ll find you’ll save energy as well as you’ll spend more time outside and less time trying to run your air conditioning all summer long.
In addition to the cost effectiveness and extra space, some of the most noticeable benefits of a park model screen room include:
- Summer breezes – while Calgary is known as the windy city, there’s something very peaceful about the way that mesh screens take the sting out of the strongest summer winds and leave you with a cooling breeze in your screen room. If you’re worried about rain coming in, you can install solid plexiglass screens that can be removed to give you extra protection during the usual Calgary summer storms. These can also be simple rolled sheets of plastic that you pull down like shades when the bad weather rolls in.
- Protection from the bugs – as every Calgary resident knows, the main drawback of summer in the city is the bugs that seem to multiply every day and evenings can be impossible due to the incessant biting. This is where a park model screen room gives you the ultimate summer sanctuary. You get all the benefits of being outside into the evenings with the warm winds and the sunset views while the mesh screens do their job of keeping the pesky bugs out of your trailer.
- A quiet space – not only does a screen room give you a sizeable percentage increase on your property’s footprint, but you also gain a whole new room in your home to make into a quiet summer oasis. Your park model screen room will attach to either your front or back door, meaning that you always have a means to close the door on your noisy family and enjoy some peace and quiet.
