This project shows how easy it is to replace a damaged or scratched window screen. The same technique can be used for most modern windows with vinyl or aluminum frames including screen doors.
Total Time: Ten Minutes
Supplies:
You can find the screen wire, spline, and spline roller at any hardware store. Usually you will end up with enough for several screen replacements.
Sometimes you can reuse the spline from the existing window and save the expense of buying replacement spline.
I bought "pet proof" screen wire since I didn't want the cats to scratch it again immediately and it seems to work.
Steps:
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
My screens in my windows do not fit properly. Our electric bills are supposed to double by the summer. I wont be able to use my air conditioner so I have to get my windows fixed. So far, I have put weather stripping in the cracks and I have also caulked them. To me, it looks like the screens weren't made for these windows. When I bought the condominium I had the screens re-screened because they had holes in them. Any suggestions of what i can do to make them fit better?
I had this problem, the man who put in the new screens said they were bent so badly (even tho it didn't look like it) that we needed new ones....and the slider screens were just put in upside down! :)