LANAI REMODELING

This summer was very hot and our lanai seemed extra hot. When we bought this house we had insulation put on the roof over the lanai and also have a 12,000 BTU air conditioner but its is not keeping the lanai comfortable enough. The other problem we have noticed is the noise from rainfall on the roof. It is quite difficult to listen to the TV when it is raining hard.
So we contracted to have a false ceiling installed on the inside of the roof, plus insulation.  We may even get a new air conditioning unit of a much larger size.
Of course the first part of the renovation was the removal of most of our "stuff" from the lanai.

You will notice that we removed the vinyl siding from the walls. Since we are having the ceiling dry-walled we wanted to have the walls done also. This will make the room look more like the other parts of the house. The contractor taped paper on the beams to protect them during his work.

Here you can see the ceiling 2 x 4's installed in one area and the others awaiting installation. Insulation follows the grid work. As the insulation was being completed, it began raining hard and it was amazing how much the sound of the rain was reduced.

We moved the TV from one wall to the other and had it hung on the wall. Also got a credenza cabinet to store th electronic stuff, cd's, dvd's and other things.  After the painting was done we had split air conditioner installed that is 24,000 BTU's. I wanted to be sure we had enough cooling power. The unit is aso a heat pump so we will have heating in cool weather.