Pool Screen Enclosures in Jacksonville

A mansard roof slopes up from the walls to a flat or low-pitched center section, giving the most usable height in the middle, and is the most common style over a pool and deck. A gable roof runs to a center ridge like a house roof and works well on rectangular footprints or where the cage attaches to the roofline.

A dome roof curves continuously from wall to peak with no flat sections, shedding water and debris well, though it costs more to engineer. The right style depends on your roofline, pool shape, and how tall you want the cage.

Standard 18x14 fiberglass mesh is the baseline screen used on most cages, blocking the insects that matter here and holding up well.

• 18x14 fiberglass, the standard choice for most of the cage
• 20x20 no-see-um mesh, a finer weave for lots near water
• Super screen, a heavier weave that resists tears and UV breakdown
• Pet screen, a coated mesh that resists scratching from dogs
• Clear-view picture window panels, larger spans with fewer verticals for an open view

Northeast Florida builds under the 2023 Florida Building Code, which adopts ASCE 7-22 wind provisions. Ultimate design wind speeds across Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties run roughly 120 to 140 mph depending on distance from the coast, with the Beaches, Ponte Vedra, and Amelia Island at the higher end. A cage is sized to the wind speed and exposure at your specific address, not a generic catalog structure.

That engineering covers beam and column sizing, corner bracing, and anchor spacing into the deck, backed by signed and sealed engineering. Aluminum framing and screen systems carry Florida Product Approval, the statewide system that applies outside the Miami-Dade Hurricane Zone, which does not reach Jacksonville. Removable panels require a decal noting the wind speed above which they must come down.

The frame is anchored into the deck at engineered spacing, using embedded anchors set when the deck is poured or expansion anchors drilled into existing concrete. A retrofit cage on an older deck gets checked for concrete condition first.

For a screen enclosure to serve as the Chapter 515 barrier, every door between the house and pool needs a self-closing, self-latching mechanism, with the release positioned so a small child cannot easily reach it. This is one of several ways to meet the safety act, alongside a fence, an approved cover, exit alarms, or a certified pool alarm.

Yes, a screen enclosure is its own permit separate from the pool permit in every jurisdiction here. Jacksonville Building Inspection Division handles Duval outside the beach cities, which run their own departments. St. Johns County covers Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, and Julington Creek, with St. Augustine permitting separately. Clay County covers Fleming Island and Middleburg, with Orange Park permitting on its own. Nassau County covers unincorporated Amelia Island, with Fernandina Beach permitting inside city limits.

HOA and architectural review committees in Nocatee, Julington Creek Plantation, and gated Ponte Vedra neighborhoods commonly require approval of cage design, height, and frame color before the permit goes in, so we prepare both submittals together where that applies.

These are 2026 estimates for the Jacksonville area, priced by square footage of the footprint.

Engineering and permitting typically run several weeks depending on the jurisdiction and whether HOA review applies. Building the frame and screen on an average residential cage usually takes one to two weeks once permitted, weather permitting. Rescreening or repair after storm damage is faster, often a day or two.