When it was spring, it had finally warmed up enough that my family was saying it was too warm inside the house. It was too soon to turn on the air conditioner; the temps outside were cooling off in the evening.
When it was the start of autumn, the opposite occurred. The house was too cool in the evening, but comfort returned as long as it was sunny during the day.
All of that changed when we had a screen away storm door installed. Within in few moments, we could make an environmentally friendly adjustment. We could open or close the screen part of the screen away storm door. Ah, welcome warmth of warm air, or welcome cool of cool air, whatever the case may be. It improved the comfort of our home naturally.
The old storm door required unscrewing the screen or window, and installing the opposite at the change of the seasons. Although it helped overall, it wasn't conducive to taking advantage of the change of the daily temperature change during the day or evening.
With our new storm door, that became a thing of the past. No mass changing out the window or screens, just flip the support switch and lower the screen portion, or raise the screen portion to the top position, and flip the support switch in the other direction. Ah, such ease.
We had our first screen away storm door installed in the kitchen. We loved it so much, that we had a second one installed in our living room the following year.
What a welcome relief. I got to open the kitchen and the living room screens on the storm door. Ah yes, the cross breeze blew through and it was pleasantly cooling the rooms off.
The screen away storm door is one of the best purchases that I've made. Larson is the company that made ours.
Update 1: They came in different styles. You can get one with a privacy portion on the bottom. You can view that one on Amazon: Larson Screen Away Storm Door with Privacy Bottom.
We had gotten the full view option. Our cats prefer the full view option.
However, the full view screen away door apparently is no longer an option. They do however show a full window option that you can change out with a full screen. They also offer a pet door option on their website.
Update 2: We purchased a second Larson Screen Away Storm Door for the front of our house. The adjustment mechanisim to lower and raise the screen had changed. The lever on the first door we purchased, Lever 1, worked great; it was easy to operate. The lever on the second door was hard to get back into the lock position to hold the window in the closed (all the way up) position. If you purchase an adjustable screen door from Larson, I recommend asking about the mechanism that raises and lowers the screen and holds the window in place. My preference is the style shown as Lever 1.
Cheryl Paton
