You can’t keep pine pollen completely out of a screened porch in Covington, because insect screen is built to stop bugs and let air through, not to filter fine dust. What you can do is cut how much gets in, plan the porch so the worst of it lands somewhere easy to clean, and keep a short cleaning routine for the weeks when the yellow film shows up on everything.
Covington lots sit under tall pines, and that canopy is half the reason people live here. It also means every spring, porch furniture, screens, and floors take on a coat of yellow. We build screen rooms across Covington and the surrounding St. Tammany countryside, so here’s what we’ve learned about living with the pollen instead of fighting it all season.
Key takeaways
- In an April 2025 LSU Health Shreveport Q&A, the school’s allergy chief put tree pollen season at February through April.
- Standard insect screen isn’t sold as a pollen filter, so expect some dust to pass through any mesh.
- Tighter weaves such as 20×20 no-see-um screen and solid lower panels cut how much blows in.
- Rinsing screens gently and wiping surfaces often during the season works better than one big cleanup in May.