Here's a few photos of the part of the patio we cover. We have a deck upstairs too, or I'd have it all the way across the back of the house. We only have a few cold days, but they are freezing. Where the grill is, there's a door I can go in and out of. On the far side behind that screen is a raintank I can us to water. I go in and out from the gameroom usually.