Screen Porches Built for Alpharetta Homes
Screen America builds custom screen porches across Alpharetta and North Fulton County. Screens are the whole business here — not a sideline for a deck builder or a remodeler — and have been since 1997. It is the only thing we do, which is why we are usually quoting a porch rather than fitting one around three other trades.
What We Usually Find on Alpharetta Houses
Most of the work in this part of North Fulton falls into three shapes. There is the deck off the back of a nineties or early-2000s subdivision house, often raised a full storey over a walk-out basement, which needs framing and screening designed for the height rather than a kit dropped on top. There is the covered patio on a newer build, already roofed, where the job is closing in what is there. And there is the second-storey porch on a sloped lot, where the structure carries more load than people expect and the screen has to reach further than a standard panel run.
Every one of those is measured and built for the opening it goes into. There are no kit sizes and no standard panels, because houses do not come in standard sizes.
HOA and Architectural Review
Most Alpharetta and Milton subdivisions have an active architectural review committee, and a screen porch is nearly always a submission. This is the thing that catches people out: the work gets scheduled, the materials arrive, and then approval turns into a six-week wait.
Start that submission early. Tell us at the assessment that your neighborhood has architectural review and we will get you what committees usually want to see — dimensions, materials, finish colors, and where the structure sits relative to the house and the property line. We cannot approve it for you and we cannot promise a timeline on their end, but you should not be discovering the requirement halfway through.
Choosing the Screen
Mesh matters more than people expect, and it is the cheapest decision to get right at the start. Standard fiberglass is the default and it disappears from inside. Charcoal reads darker from the outside and gives you more privacy without losing the view out. A tighter solar mesh cuts heat and glare noticeably on a west-facing porch, which in a North Georgia summer is the difference between a room you sit in during August and one you do not.
Pollen season is the other honest reason people here screen a porch. Screen will not stop pollen — nothing will — but it keeps the furniture and the floor clean enough to use in April instead of hosing everything down first.
Frames come in white, beige, silver, almond, sandstone, black and bronze, so the frame matches the house rather than announcing itself.
How the Project Runs
The assessment is free and there is no obligation at the end of it. We measure, tell you what we think and leave you a number. If you would rather not book a visit yet, send a couple of photos from the yard looking back at the house and we can often tell you what it would take without coming out at all.
From there, most projects run two to three weeks end to end, but far less of that is spent at your house than the number suggests. A panel porch is assembled at the shop over about six or seven days after we measure, then installed in anywhere from a couple of hours to a full day.
We walk the finished job with you before we leave and anything that is not right gets fixed on the spot. If something moves later — a post settles, a door starts to sag — call us and we come back. We stand behind the labor.
Screen Repair in Alpharetta Too
We repair porches we did not build, and a good deal of the week goes on exactly that: torn panels, punctured screen, bent frames and doors that no longer close. Send a close-up of the damage and we can usually price it from the photo.
Materials, frame colors and glazing options are set out in full on the installation page.