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Buzz: that\u2019s the sound of a million (sometimes it sounds more like a trillion) cicadas dive-bombing your patio on what should be a warm, relaxing summer day. Is there no alternative? Is there no solution to the ever-reoccurring problem of the pesky biblical swarm of cicadas?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As it turns out, there is one solution for really ingenuitive backyard builders- but it requires a little bit of work and a lot of can-do attitude. If you\u2019re really dedicated to the idea of a peaceful patio- free from intrusions by meddling cicadas- then you\u2019re going to want a covered porch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The key to the covered porch is a mesh screen. Without the mesh screen, you\u2019re just building another room, a greenhouse, or a little breeding area for adventurous cicadas. For a good covered porch, you\u2019ll want to buy rolls upon rolls of mesh screen and get that staple gun good and ready.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We recommend you not start building a covered porch during a year when cicadas are active. The constant bombardment from pesky cicadas will get in the way of the building process and possibly even cause accidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When you\u2019ve picked a good time to start your project, you\u2019ll be at an advantage to buy lots of mesh screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You see, when building a covered porch, homeowners face a dilemma- if they use plastic or another see-through material, they\u2019ll likely create a greenhouse effect that will make their porch unbearable at best during warm summer months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When you consider opaque materials- like particleboard or plywood- what you get is a porch that completely defeats the purpose of having a porch in the first place. It\u2019s hot, you can\u2019t see your yard, and you\u2019ll be lounging in damp darkness all day.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mesh screens combine the best of both worlds- letting light in while giving you ventilation and protection from intruders- like cicadas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n While a mesh screen and a frame porch wall isn\u2019t likely to keep out people or larger animals, it will likely be able to keep out small pests like stray dogs and cats, raccoons, and squirrels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, feel free to store your bird seed, cooling apple pies, and other edible materials on your porch. With a covered porch, you\u2019ll be protected from pests both large and small- from cicadas to dogs to raccoons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the summer, you\u2019ll likely find that mosquitos can become an almost intractable problem. Unlike cicadas, you probably won\u2019t see a mosquito until it\u2019s right up in your face. Unseen mosquitos can cause bug bites, rashes, and even diseases in tropical climates.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A mesh-covered porch can fix this- preventing mosquitos from entering your porch and giving you a great place to relax in peace, without any insect intruders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, what are you waiting for? If you want a way to escape from the buzzing hordes of cicadas and mosquitos while shutting out larger pests, try building a beautiful, homey covered porch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buzz: that\u2019s the sound of a million (sometimes it sounds more like a trillion) cicadas dive-bombing your patio on what should be a warm, relaxing summer day. Is there no alternative? Is there no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoveredpatio.com\/alabama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Does a Covered Porch Stop Cicadas?<\/span><\/h1>\n
Other Advantages to a Covered Porch<\/span><\/h1>\n