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They Came Back for a Second Set

The Bee & The Biscuit — Virginia Beach, VA. Manual roll-up clear vinyl, rope-and-pulley rigged, zipper doors. Built for this porch and no other.

The finished porch at The Bee & The Biscuit, lit at night

24 seconds — rain rolls in, brunch rolls on.

Why they came back

The Bee & The Biscuit is the kind of farmhouse restaurant people drive across Virginia Beach for — and its wraparound porch is half the charm. Years ago, Joe and Karen bought their first set of enclosures from us. It served them season after season.

When it was time for a new set, they didn't shop around. They called us back — and this time they had our team handle everything: a senior designer on-site to confirm every dimension, and our crew on the install.

What "custom" actually means

Walk the porch and you'll see it: the solid grey bottom panels run exactly to drink-rail height, and the clear vinyl window starts just above the wooden railing — so the clear never rubs the rail. A stock panel would chafe against that beautiful wood every time the wind moved. Ours never touches it.

That detail wasn't in a catalog. It came from measuring this porch, noticing this railing, and building panels with a long life in mind. No cookie-cutter orders — every panel 100% built for this patio.

Custom clear vinyl enclosure panel with solid grey base at drink-rail height, The Bee & The Biscuit, Virginia Beach

Deposit to done in under six weeks

Jul 9

Deposit received. Both motorized and manual quoted — manual rope-and-pulley was the right fit for this porch.

Jul 21

Senior designer on-site in Virginia Beach: every opening measured, the railing detail worked out.

Jul 23

Into manufacturing — grey-trimmed panels with zipper doors, built to the site measurements.

Aug 17

Installed and signed off, ahead of schedule.

“We are so happy with our new enclosure. It was perfect! And the installation team couldn't have been more professional and skilled at their job. We searched so hard to find someone to do this for us in Virginia without success. SPE comes from Texas and just hit a home run for us with their quality, speed, skill and simplicity. Great company and staff is very easy to deal with.”
Enclosed porch interior with heater and string lights Rope and pulley manual enclosure panel detail Grey trimmed clear vinyl panels along the porch

Completion photos by our install crew, August 2026.

See It Working: The Bee & The Biscuit

A Virginia Beach farmhouse restaurant, back for their second set of custom enclosures — deposit to installed in under six weeks.

Custom enclosure panel at The Bee & The Biscuit
“It was perfect! And the installation team couldn't have been more professional and skilled at their job.”
— Joe and Karen Johnson, owners

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Before & After

The before photos are from our own design confirmation visit on July 14, showing their first set at the end of its life. The after photos are install night, August 16.

Before: the aging first-generation enclosure, rolled and sagging at the header
Before — the original set, after years of service
After: new custom enclosure glowing at night, grey trim and clear panels
After — the new system, measured and installed by our crew
Before: worn roll and exposed cords at the porch corner
Before — worn rolls and exposed cords at the corner
After: clean rope-and-pulley panel with solid grey bottom and clear window above the rail
After — solid bottoms to the rail, clear above, nothing rubbing wood

Ready to turn your patio into year-round revenue?

Tell us about your space and we'll come back with a design and a number. Commercial projects only — $10,000 minimum, installed.

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