How To Install Window Screen Tension Springs

To install simply make a notch in the screen using our notching tool and insert the spring.

How to install window screen tension springs.

The window screens i currently use a plastic butterfly clip as pictured in the picture. This side should have two springy pieces of metal protruding where the screen fits into the track. They are pressed into the top and bottom channels. Lift the screen upward with the lift tabs to compress the tension springs.

Release the pegs or tabs. Pull the pegs or tabs simultaneously as you press the remaining side of the screen into place. Grasp the lift tabs. Installing the screen slide the new or repaired screen up into the top of the window frame while grasping the screen s base.

Wire tension springs provide necessary tension to keep screens held in metal window frames. Install a screen with plastic loop style pulls along one side by pressing the opposite end of the screen into place first. Hold your screen frame in the window frame with retention hardware such as top tension springs nylon turn buttons screen frame hangers or wire loop and latch. If in doubt purchase top tension springs which are the easiest to install and don t require drilling into your window frame.

Place your finger into the top plastic loop at the opposite side to guide the top of the screen into place. How to replace a window screen plunger latch in this video i ll show you how to replace window screen plunger latches aka window screen pins window scree.