When Mama ain't happy....shots fired

[Hawkeye7br]

My wife and I have been planning for a year to have a screened in back porch added to enjoy our retirement years. Diana is normally meek, mild-mannered, and a chronic victim of CLS (Chicken Little Syndrome).

This past 10 days, contractor has been busy making that goal a reality. Our house had a 16x20 patio, we added a gable roof and a low wall (2' high) and the rest is screens. 52 linear feet of screens, 5 feet high and 4-5 feet wide between posts. It looks like multiple big screens as we look out.

Carpenters are nearly done. A few hours to go, only a couple screen windows need to be completed. We are excited each day as we see the progress and look forward to morning coffee and a nightly cold one.

At 10:30 last night, Diana heads toward the bedroom. She peers out the back window at our new addition, then closes the blind and returns up the hall to the living room. At the edge of the room, she points her finger at me and puts me in charge of enforcing her mandate:

"Any squirrel that climbs on the new screens, GETS SHOT."

I was so startled, all I could get out was "yes, dear".

 

[churchmouse]

 

[Wolfhound]

Congrats on the screen room. I have gotten good at replacing screens in our sunroom over years. Lots of different culprits tearing them up. Mostly cats, birds and grandkids.

 

[Woobie]

I have a customer who is a retired executive of a Fortune 500 company. He and his wife live on a beautiful expanse near Brookville Lake. They are some of the nicest, most down to earth and gentle people you'd ever want to meet. She has a horse that is worth all my worldly possessions several times over, and the barn full of trophies to go with him.

She has her own .22 rifle, and the possums and coons don't stand a chance. It's the funniest thing.



Maybe you could get your wife a present, OP

Regardless, congrats on the porch. Sounds like your own slice of paradise

 

[churchmouse]

Congrats on the screen room. I have gotten good at replacing screens in our sunroom over years. Lots of different culprits tearing them up. Mostly cats, birds and grandkids.

And this is why our covered porch/deck is open air. I helped my dad fix screens until I was a pro at it. They are nice. But they are also a pain.

 

[Cameramonkey]

And this is why our covered porch/deck is open air. I helped my dad fix screens until I was a pro at it. They are nice. But they are also a pain.

Pet proof screens are worth their weight in gold. Seriously. I wont install anything BUT them now.

 

[bwframe]

My brother has had success with this electronic pest repellent.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8CG3Q...colid=U0KH2I0Z0P6X&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[WanderingSol07]

You may want to get the two sided decorative magnetic stickons for your screens to stop birds from trying to fly through.

 

[WanderingSol07]

If you can also make drop in single pane windows to go in you will have a 3.5 season room.

 

[Leadeye]

We are looking at doing this, what are "pet proof screens"?

 

[Crittersdad]

 

[db1959]

We are looking at doing this, what are "pet proof screens"?

Vinyl coated polyester screen. The landlord looked into getting them but for whatever reason he scrapped the idea.

 

[Leadeye]

I thought maybe it was something like what we used to call "hardware cloth" a heavy gauge screen.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

My wife and I have been planning for a year to have a screened in back porch added to enjoy our retirement years. Diana is normally meek, mild-mannered, and a chronic victim of CLS (Chicken Little Syndrome).

This past 10 days, contractor has been busy making that goal a reality. Our house had a 16x20 patio, we added a gable roof and a low wall (2' high) and the rest is screens. 52 linear feet of screens, 5 feet high and 4-5 feet wide between posts. It looks like multiple big screens as we look out.

Carpenters are nearly done. A few hours to go, only a couple screen windows need to be completed. We are excited each day as we see the progress and look forward to morning coffee and a nightly cold one.

At 10:30 last night, Diana heads toward the bedroom. She peers out the back window at our new addition, then closes the blind and returns up the hall to the living room. At the edge of the room, she points her finger at me and puts me in charge of enforcing her mandate:

"Any squirrel that climbs on the new screens, GETS SHOT."

I was so startled, all I could get out was "yes, dear".

Sounds like instruction to go buy a new gun to me.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Son, son. You'd better listen up! Time to saddle up old Dobbin, and go into town and buy a new squirrel slayer!