Heartlands Building Company

At Heartlands, our favorite decking is GeoDeck. It's tongue and groove design makes it ideal for installing in screen rooms and has performed very well. Check out the attached link to see an article from About.com showing GeoDeck voted as the best decking material from 2012. About.com 2012 Best Decking Winner Geodeck

Heartlands is building a beautiful outdoor room for a customer in Town and Country. When one of our employees lifted the post cap off an old masonry post and looked down into the cavity, he saw something move. Look what the guys pulled out!

Keep tracks free of dirt and debris by performing a monthly cleaning (or as needed). Use a clean cloth and mild (non-abrasive) detergent to wipe down entire tracks, both top and bottom. After cleaning the tracks, apply a thin even coat of dry silicone spray (greaseless) to both the top and bottom tracks. Wipe off any over spray. Dry silicone spray is available from Heartlands or from most hardware stores. The main housing unit can be wiped down with a clean cloth and mild, non-abrasive detergent. To protect the screen material, always keep the screen rolled up into the housing when not needed for ventilation. You may clean the screen by wiping it down using a “moist towel” or by vacuuming it with an upholstery brush. Carefully vacuum the outside, then the inside taking care not to snag the screen. Keep pets from clawing or scratching at the screen mesh. Do not push on the screen to make the unit open. This will cause damage over time and is not recommended.

We don’t estimate jobs based on a price per square foot. Honestly, there are too many variables. Besides site conditions and requirements to successfully connect it to your home, the features and the level of finish are what really make a difference on the cost of a construction project. Of course, the fluctuating costs of materials such as decking and aluminum can also affect the final price of your project. A good way to get a ballpark number is to first decide what you would like the general size of the room to be. Is there something already in that area that would need to be removed? Demolition needs to be included in the final cost unless you will be doing that yourself. Are there piers for an existing deck that can be re-used? Is there already a frost wall in place around an existing patio? If you are considering a roofed structure, have you considered where it would tie into the existing roof? The design of the project will directly affect its cost. First, it takes