Screen Repair and Pool Cages in Lakeland, FL

True Aluminum is a full-service aluminum contractor, which means one licensed team handles your entire project instead of juggling several subcontractors. Whatever outdoor structure your Lakeland property needs, we design it, engineer it for Florida code, and install it. Here is the full range of aluminum services we offer across Lakeland and Central Florida:

A pool cage is close to essential for a Lakeland pool. Without one, you spend every weekend skimming leaves and dead insects out of the water, and you swim in full sun with no relief from mosquitoes. A properly built aluminum pool enclosure fixes all of that: it keeps out debris and no-see-ums, cuts down on chemical use and evaporation, adds shade, and provides a real safety barrier around the water.

The most common question we hear is what a pool cage costs. Pricing depends on the footprint, the height, the mansard or dome style, and the screen you choose, but the value is easy to see when a single Florida storm season would otherwise fill your pool with debris. We build every enclosure to the wind-load rating required by Florida code, using structural aluminum that holds up to hurricane-force gusts, and we can add no-see-um screen, pet-resistant panels, or privacy screening depending on your yard.

Prefer covered outdoor living without a pool? Screen rooms and lanais give you the same protection over a patio or porch, so you can eat dinner outside in July without swatting mosquitoes. Every enclosure ties into your existing structure cleanly and is designed to match your home rather than look bolted on.

At a glance, a screened pool enclosure in Lakeland gives you:

Florida sun and storms are hard on screen. Over time, panels sag, tear, or get punched out by a falling branch, and pets are experts at opening a new door wherever they please. You do not need to replace the whole structure to fix that. Our rescreen and patio screen repair service swaps damaged panels or completely re-screens an existing pool cage, lanai, or porch, often in a single visit.

We match the screen to the job, whether that is standard fiberglass, tougher pet-grade mesh, or fine no-see-um screen for properties near the lakes. If your enclosure frame is still sound, a rescreen is by far the most cost-effective way to make it look and function like new again.

Screens fail gradually, which is why most people call after a panel blows out rather than before. If you would rather catch it early, ask about the True Home Membership when we are out: an annual look at the frame, the fasteners and the spline is how a small repair stays a small repair.

A sunroom is the upgrade Lakeland homeowners reach for when they want more than a screened porch. Unlike a screen enclosure, a sunroom has windows, doors, and full weather protection, so it becomes a true, usable room: a home office, a plant room, a morning-coffee spot with a view of the yard, or extra living space that adds square footage to the home.

How much a sunroom costs depends on size, glass, and whether you want it built ready for insulation and a permanent cooling source, but it is one of the few outdoor projects that can add livable area to a property rather than just protecting what is already there. We also install Renaissance patio products, a line of high-quality patio covers and screened patio systems, and we can build patio and deck screen enclosures tailored to your exact layout.

Aluminum construction goes well beyond the pool deck. An aluminum carport protects a car, truck, boat, or RV from Lakeland sun and hail without the cost of a full garage, and we size and anchor each one to code.

Our seamless gutters are custom-cut on site with our own machine, so they run in continuous lengths with far fewer joints to clog or leak, and we offer a range of colors to match your trim. Good gutters matter here: our heavy summer downpours need somewhere to go, and proper drainage protects your foundation and landscaping. We also install aluminum fencing and railings that never need painting and will not rust in our humidity, plus paver patios, walkways, and pool decks that tie the whole outdoor space together.

Everything we build in Lakeland is engineered for Florida weather, not just installed and hoped for. Central Florida sees severe summer thunderstorms with hail and straight-line winds, and hurricane season runs from June through November every year. Our enclosures and structures are built to the wind-load ratings Florida code requires for Polk County.

For the openings on your home itself, we install aluminum storm shutters that shield windows and doors when a storm is tracking toward the Gulf. Combined with a wind-rated pool cage and properly anchored structures, that is a real layer of protection for your property and a point insurers take seriously.

True Aluminum is part of the True family of Central Florida companies, and aluminum construction is all we do. We are a licensed aluminum specialty structure contractor, license number SCC131151391, and our team has built outdoor structures across Polk and Hillsborough counties since the True family founding in 2009.

Our reputation is built on the details that actually matter to a homeowner: showing up on time, keeping the office in touch at every step, protecting your property during the work, and cleaning up completely when the job is done. That consistency is why we hold a 5.0-star rating across hundreds of verified Google reviews from Central Florida customers.

We work throughout Lakeland and the wider Central Florida region, from Grasslands, Christina, and South Lakeland to Cleveland Heights, Lakeland Highlands, and the communities around Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Morton, and Lake Parker. Whether you are near downtown or out toward the county line, our Lakeland-based crews cover it.

Beyond Lakeland, we serve neighboring Central Florida cities including Winter Haven, Plant City, Bartow, Auburndale, and Mulberry. If you are not sure whether we reach your address, just ask when you call for an estimate.

Florida contractors quote new pool cage construction at roughly $12 to $25 per square foot, and a complete enclosure commonly lands between $12,000 and $30,000. Screening an existing covered patio is the cheaper path, about $10 to $24 per square foot in Florida, because the roof and slab already exist. Rescreening a frame that is still sound runs about $1,200 to $4,500 for a full pool cage, or roughly $25 to $65 per panel, with roof panels at the top of that range because of the access involved.

Those are general market ranges for Central Florida, pulled from public cost data and other contractors' published pricing. They are not True Aluminum prices and they are not a quote. Call us at (863) 804-6021 and we will measure the space and put a real number in writing, and if the timing is the issue, financing through Wisetack lets you prequalify without touching your credit score.

Five things move that number more than anything else, and you can usually predict where your job will land once you know them:

Plan on a permit. A screen enclosure or pool cage is a structural aluminum assembly, and Florida's 2026 exemption for small single-family projects under $7,500 specifically excludes structural work, so the dollar value of your job does not get you out of it. The City of Lakeland also lists screening of any space that needs structural or infill framing as permit-required work, and Polk County says the same for unincorporated addresses.

Which office handles your job depends on your address. Inside city limits it is the City of Lakeland Building Inspection division, which takes applications through its online iMS system with sealed drawings uploaded to ePlan. Outside city limits it is the Polk County Building Division, reachable at (863) 534-6080. We pull the permit, schedule the inspections, and close it out, so the paperwork is not your problem.

Two figures are worth knowing before you budget. Lakeland publishes its fee schedule, and running the June 2026 table gives roughly $106 in permit, plan review and state surcharge on an $8,000 screen room, or about $155 on a $20,000 pool cage. Separately, Florida requires you to record a Notice of Commencement and file a copy with the permit office before the first inspection when the contract is over $5,000. Polk County does not publish a flat dollar amount for unincorporated addresses, so call the Building Division for yours.

This one started as a bare concrete slab off the back of a Lakeland house. The homeowners wanted the patio usable in the evening without mosquitoes running them back inside. We framed a screen room over the existing slab, tied the roof into the house line so it reads as part of the original build rather than an add-on, and screened it out with a full-view panel layout that keeps the yard visible from inside.

The photos below are that job, start to finish. It is a useful reference for what a screen room actually looks like on a typical Lakeland lot, and the crew that built it is the same crew that would build yours, so meet the team before you decide.

Screen choice matters more near the water than anywhere else in Polk County. Standard 18x14 fiberglass mesh is the default and it is fine for most inland yards: it is the cheapest to install, the cheapest to replace, and it lets the most air through. Near Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Morton, Lake Parker or out at Lake Ashton, the insect load is different, and standard mesh lets no-see-ums straight through.

That is what 20x20 no-see-um mesh is for. The tighter weave stops the small biting insects, and the honest tradeoff is that it also cuts airflow and makes the view slightly hazier. Pet-grade mesh is a third option, several times tougher than standard screen at the bottom panels where a dog leans or a cat climbs, and it is common to mix it: pet mesh on the lower course, no-see-um everywhere else. We will walk the yard with you and tell you which panels actually need the upgrade instead of pricing the whole cage at the top spec.

We fabricate seamless gutters on site with our own machine, so each run comes off the truck in one continuous length cut to your roof line. Fewer joints means fewer places to clog, separate, or leak, which matters here because a Central Florida summer storm can drop more water in twenty minutes than a northern roof sheds in a week.

Sizing decides whether the gutter works. A 5-inch K-style gutter handles a normal roof, but a wide roof plane, a steep pitch, or a valley that dumps into one corner often needs 6-inch gutter and an extra downspout to keep water off the fascia and away from the foundation. We match the color to your trim, and if the roof line is already causing washout at the drip edge we will say so rather than hanging new gutter over an existing problem. On the pool deck, a paver pool deck built after the gutters go in gives the water somewhere to run instead of pooling at the slab.

If you are ready to protect your pool, add a sunroom, replace torn screens, or finish your outdoor space, our Lakeland team is ready to help. Call True Aluminum at (863) 804-6021 to talk through your project and schedule a free, no-pressure estimate. We serve residential and commercial properties throughout Lakeland and Central Florida.