Screening in a porch that already has a roof usually runs $7,500 to $18,000 in New Jersey. Building a new screened porch from footings up — roof, framing, floor and all — runs $20,000 to $45,000. Adding vinyl panel windows to turn it into a three-season room adds roughly $4,000 to $12,000. We build all three, with the roof framed to carry snow and the screen picked for your trees, your kids and your dog.
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Screening in a porch that already has a roof usually runs $7,500 to $18,000 in New Jersey. Typical price: $7.5K – $45K. Licensed & insured, written itemized price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Serving all 21 New Jersey counties from Paramus. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
An open porch has a roof and no walls. A screened porch has screen in the openings: bugs out, weather mostly in. A three-season room swaps that screen for vinyl or acrylic panels that slide up and down, so you can close it against wind and rain and push the season from March to November.
A four-season sunroom is a different animal — insulated, glazed and heated, built like a bedroom. If you want to sit out there in January, that's the page you want. If you want May through October without getting eaten alive, a screened porch does it for a third of the money.
Almost every porch leak we get called to fix is the same spot — the roof-to-wall joint. Someone ran a bead of caulk along the siding instead of cutting in step flashing, or they skipped the kick-out where the roof edge meets the wall and the water runs straight behind your siding.
We flash that joint the way a roofer would: step flashing woven into each shingle course, a kick-out diverter dumping into the gutter, and counter-flashing or housewrap lapped over the top. It costs a few hundred dollars more and it's the reason your porch ceiling stays dry through a nor'easter.
We measure, check what's holding the existing porch or deck up, look at the roof line and the gutters, and write you an itemized price. Rot we find gets its own line.
Building permit from your township, plus electrical if we're adding fans, lights or outlets. We file and we meet the inspectors.
Footings below frost for a new porch, or repairs and reinforcement to an existing deck. Posts, beams and ledger checked and corrected.
Rafters, sheathing, ice-and-water at the eave, shingles, step flashing and kick-out. Then the ceiling — tongue-and-groove, beadboard or drywall.
Screen frames or vinyl panel systems set in the openings, door hung and adjusted, spline rolled tight.
Fan, lights, outlets, switch. Floor, trim and paint. Site swept every night.
You walk it with the foreman item by item before final payment. Roof joint gets hosed while you watch.
Paramus-based, building and screening porches across all 21 New Jersey counties. If you've got an old screened porch with rotted sills and sagging screen, we'll price the repair and the rebuild side by side and let you pick. Text a photo of the porch to (201) 676-3099, or email info@firstcallcontractingnj.com, and we'll tell you what it takes.
typical fixed-price range — your exact number goes in writing after a free visit
How we beat the big chains: Enclosure chains quote a screen kit and leave the roof, the framing and the rot underneath to 'your contractor.' We're the contractor. One crew frames it, roofs it, screens it and wires it. No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“They screened the openings and never touched the rotted sill underneath. A year later the whole bottom rail was mush.”
“The screen door slams, sags and catches on the floor. It's been six months.”
“The porch ceiling stains every hard rain and nobody can find the leak.”
You found a crew that is actually near you. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus, in Bergen County, and our own licensed techs handle screened porches in all 21 New Jersey counties — no call center, no subcontractor sent from two states away. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies go to the nearest crew, 24/7.
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Call (201) 676-3099, text us a photo, or book a free in-home estimate — you get a written price before any work starts.
If the roof and floor are already there and sound, screening in the openings runs about $7,500 to $18,000 depending on the number and size of the openings, the mesh you pick and the door. Building a new screened porch from footings up runs $20,000 to $45,000. Rot repair, if any, is quoted as its own line.
Usually yes, but the deck has to carry a roof. We open up the framing to check the footings, posts, beams and ledger first. Plenty of 1990s New Jersey decks need new footings or a doubled beam before a roof goes on, and we'll price that honestly instead of building on top of a problem.
They're four-track vinyl or acrylic panels that slide up into the head, so the same opening is screen in July and glazed in April. They add roughly $4,000 to $12,000 to a porch. They are not insulated glass — they cut wind and rain, not cold — but they buy you about two extra months on each end of the season.
Yes for anything structural: new footings, a new roof, or converting a deck. Simply re-screening existing openings usually doesn't need one. Adding fans, lights or outlets needs an electrical permit. We check with your township and pull whatever's required.
Pet-resistant vinyl-coated polyester mesh, which is about seven times thicker than standard fiberglass. We usually run it in the lower panels and around the door where the paws and noses are, and standard mesh up high, so you're not paying for the heavy stuff where you don't need it.
Screening an existing porch is usually two to four days on site. A new porch with footings and a roof is two to four weeks, plus township permit turnaround before we start. You get the expected timeline in writing and a photo update text every workday.
If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles screened porches across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.
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