A new screen room with an insulated roof in West Monroe, LA typically costs $10,000 to $35,000 installed, or about $50 to $175 per square foot per the 2026 HomeGuide screened porch guide, while screening in an existing patio cover runs $2,000 to $5,000. Mosquitoes, gnats and the sun are what keep people off a West Monroe, LA patio, and a screen room with a Structall insulated roof fixes all three. Donnie Grubbs builds them with aluminum framing and our own crews, and has since 1976.
Pricing screen rooms work in West Monroe, LA starts with three things: the scope you want, the materials you pick, and the shape of what is there today. Here is what local homeowners typically pay, what pushes a price up or down, and how the job runs from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
West Monroe sits on the west bank of the Ouachita River in Ouachita Parish, directly across the water from Monroe, and it is where our showroom at 402 Cypress Street has been since the company started here in 1976. The town was laid out in 1837 as Byron, replatted as Cotton Port in 1854, and grew into a river port and rail depot once the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific line bridged the Ouachita. The Cottonport Historic District and Antique Alley along Trenton Street still carry that older downtown, while Kiroli Park and the Ike Hamilton Expo Center anchor the north side of town. The 2020 census counted 13,103 residents in about 6,240 housing units, with a median year built of 1976 and only 44 percent of occupied homes owner occupied according to Census ACS estimates, so a large share of the calls we get here are for 1960s and 1970s brick ranches and for rental duplexes where a landlord rather than a tenant is making the decision. Those brick homes are the reason replacement windows in West Monroe almost always go in as insert units that leave the brick untouched, and the reason most patio covers tie into a low fascia over a slab that was poured with the house. Being a few minutes from the job also changes how we work: a second look at a roofline before the panels are ordered, or a permit question at the city building office, happens the same day instead of on the next trip through. The permit for a cover or an enclosure here comes from Building and Development inside City Hall at 2305 North 7th Street, reachable at 318 396 2600, and we file it as part of the job. Every covered structure needs one, and the drawings have to show how the roof resists wind uplift, with a continuous path from the panels through the beams and posts into the slab. That is the part a boxed kit from a home center cannot document, and it is the usual reason a homeowner built cover gets flagged at inspection. On the houses themselves, a mid 1970s brick ranch here usually has a low fascia over a patio slab poured with the house, which is close to the ideal case for an attached insulated cover: the tie in is straightforward, the slab is already level, and the posts land on concrete rather than needing new footings.
The typical West Monroe home dates to around 1976 per Census data, roughly 50 years of Louisiana weather and daily use. There are roughly 6,240 housing units here with a median value near $174,400. Most of West Monroe went up in the postwar decades. The structure on these homes is usually sound, but venting, flashing, and insulation details are dated enough to be worth revisiting while the screen rooms work is already open and the access is already paid for. A large share of occupied homes here are rented, so scheduling and approvals often run through an owner or a property manager rather than the person who answers the door. We are used to that, and we keep both parties on the same email so nothing stalls. Values in West Monroe sit toward the lower end of the markets we serve, so the question is usually which option returns the most service life per dollar, and we will show you the point where spending more stops paying for itself. That local mix shapes how we scope and schedule screen rooms work here. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey estimates.
Typical installed ranges from the 2026 HomeGuide and Angi cost guides, sized for common West Monroe, LA patios. Your price depends on the footprint, whether the roof is new or existing, the screen type, and electrical, and comes from a free in home estimate.
| Screen room project | Typical installed range |
|---|---|
| Screen in an existing patio cover (panels, kickplate, door) | $2,000 to $5,000 |
| New screen room, 12 by 16 (192 sq ft) | $10,000 to $24,000 |
| New screen room, 14 by 20 (280 sq ft) | $14,000 to $35,000 |
| Rescreen an existing room (new mesh only) | $800 to $5,200 |
Figures are typical ranges and vary by project. Your free estimate is exact.
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Ask anyone in West Monroe, LA what keeps them off the patio from May through September and the answer is mosquitoes, gnats and the sun. Louisiana's warm wet climate gives mosquitoes most of the year to breed, NOAA normals put summer highs in the low to mid 90s with about 91 days at or above 90 degrees, and an open porch is unusable at exactly the hours you want to be out there. A screen room with a Structall insulated roof solves all three at once: tight mesh keeps the bugs out, the foam core roof keeps the heat off, and a ceiling fan keeps the air moving. Donnie Grubbs has built screen rooms in this climate since 1976, and the rooms get used from spring through football season.
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Yes, mainly because of the insulated roof. The Structall panels block the sun and the foam core stops heat from radiating down, which is the whole difference between a room you use in July and one you avoid until October. Add a ceiling fan and the room is comfortable on most West Monroe, LA summer evenings, even with NOAA's normals showing about 91 days a year at or above 90 degrees.
Most screen rooms are complete within a few days once materials arrive. The insulated roof goes up first, then the aluminum framing, the screen panels, the door, and finally the electrical for fans and lights. Screening in an existing cover is usually a one day job. Materials are cut to your dimensions after the estimate, so plan on a few weeks of lead time.
Yes. Louisiana enforces the 2021 International Residential Code with state amendments, and a screen room falls under Appendix AH, which treats enclosure walls of insect screening as a patio cover as long as the room stays one story, under 12 feet, and is used for outdoor living rather than as a habitable room. Permits are issued locally by the city or parish, and Donnie Grubbs handles the paperwork as part of the job.
Yes, and it is a common second step. If the framing is sound, sliding glass panels with screens behind them can replace the mesh in the existing openings. Tell Donnie Grubbs at the estimate if glass is the long term plan so the posts and beams are sized for it from the start.
Fiberglass mesh typically gives many years of service before sun and weather make it brittle, and rescreening a room costs $800 to $5,200 per Angi's 2026 data, with most people near $2,900. The aluminum frame, the insulated roof and the door outlast the mesh many times over, so a rescreen refreshes the room without rebuilding it.
Yes. Donnie Grubbs is a local, licensed and insured home improvement contractor, family owned in West Monroe since 1976, and BBB accredited with an A+ rating. Our own crews measure, build and finish every screen room.
Yes. Donnie Grubbs offers military and senior discounts on every project, and we accept cash, check, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. Ask at the estimate and we apply it to the written price.
Call Donnie Grubbs or send the estimate form and we schedule a free in home visit in West Monroe, LA. We check the slab and any existing cover, measure the openings, and hand you a clear written price for the complete room with no obligation.
A new screen room with an insulated roof in West Monroe, LA typically runs $10,000 to $35,000 installed, about $50 to $175 per square foot per HomeGuide's 2026 screened porch guide, so a 12 by 16 room lands near $10,000 to $24,000 and a 14 by 20 room near $14,000 to $35,000. Screening in an existing patio cover is far less, typically $2,000 to $5,000. Donnie Grubbs measures on site and gives you a free written price for the whole job.
Screening in an existing porch or patio cover typically costs $2,000 to $5,000, or $10 to $25 per square foot, according to HomeGuide's 2026 data. That covers aluminum screen panels, a kickplate, and a self closing door set into the existing openings. If the existing cover is not structurally sound, Donnie Grubbs will tell you at the estimate and price a proper insulated roof instead.
They are mostly the same thing described three ways. A screened in porch usually means mesh added to a porch the house already has. A screen room is a purpose built room with its own aluminum framing and an insulated roof set on the slab. A patio enclosure is the broad term for either, and it also covers glass rooms where sliding glass panels replace the mesh. Donnie Grubbs builds all three in West Monroe, LA.
Often, yes. If the existing cover is structurally sound, we add aluminum screen panels, a kickplate, and a door to the openings without touching the roof. If the posts or beams were never sized to carry panels, or the roof is a thin metal sheet that traps heat, we will tell you and price a proper Structall roof. Either way the estimate is free.
The median West Monroe home was built around 1976 per Census American Community Survey data, so a large share of the housing stock is 50 or more years old. That is the age where screen rooms and the other big updates come due, and it is the work Donnie Grubbs does every week.
West Monroe sits on the west bank of the Ouachita River in Ouachita Parish, directly across the water from Monroe, and it is where our showroom at 402 Cypress Street has been since the company started here in 1976. Donnie Grubbs plans around those specifics from the first visit.
Screen room installation in West Monroe, LA starts with a free in home estimate from Donnie Grubbs, whose showroom sits at 402 Cypress Street a few minutes from most jobs. The crew checks the slab and any existing cover, measures the openings, and prices the whole room in writing. Materials are cut to those dimensions, which takes a few weeks, then the Structall insulated roof goes up first, followed by the extruded aluminum framing, screen panels, kickplate, self closing door and electrical for a fan and lights. Most rooms are complete within a few days of materials arriving, and screening in a sound existing cover is usually a one day job. Typical installed ranges from HomeGuide's 2026 screened porch guide: $2,000 to $5,000 to screen an existing cover, $10,000 to $35,000 for a new room. The permit is pulled by the company under Appendix AH of Louisiana's 2021 residential code, and the crew hauls off the debris before the walkthrough.
A Donnie Grubbs screen room in West Monroe, LA comes standard with a Structall insulated roof panel system (a foam core between two aluminum skins, in 3, 4 or 6 inch thicknesses), extruded aluminum posts and beams in white or bronze, your choice of standard fiberglass mesh, fine no see um mesh or pet resistant screen, a solid kickplate along the bottom, a self closing screen door, and wiring for a ceiling fan, lights and outlets. Nothing is wood, so nothing rots, needs paint or feeds termites through a wet Louisiana spring. The typical installed range per HomeGuide's 2026 guide is $10,000 to $35,000 for a new room, with a 12 by 16 room near $10,000 to $24,000, and $2,000 to $5,000 to screen in an existing cover. West Monroe's median home was built in 1976 per Census ACS estimates and 44 percent of occupied homes are owner occupied, so quotes for landlords are as routine as quotes for homeowners. Estimates are free and military and senior discounts apply.
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