Two houses on the same street in Grovetown, close to the same floor plan, both with a pergola off the back. One of them has people under it most evenings from April through October. The other one gets used maybe six times a year, and the owner has mentioned more than once that he is […]
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A family in Martinez finished a screened porch in April and spent most of the spring out there. By the middle of June they had an extension cord running across the floor from the kitchen, a floor lamp in the corner because the one overhead bulb was too dim to read by, and a box
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A homeowner in North Augusta called us excited about an outdoor kitchen he’d been planning for months. He had the layout sketched out, a grill picked out, even tile samples for the counter. What he hadn’t thought about yet was where the gas line would run, whether his existing electrical panel had room for another
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There’s a pattern that shows up often with homeowners who put in a patio or pergola or screened porch. They describe using their backyard in a way that sounds almost surprised — like they’re discovering a part of their property they didn’t realize they had. Three or four evenings a week outside instead of zero.
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