How To Replace Screening In A Window

Position the new screen.

How to replace screening in a window.

Lay the screen down on a flat surface so you can work on it preferably a work table that you can screw stabilizers into. Replace a window screen. If there is any dirt or debris in the channel clear it out before continuing. It should come out easily.

Once you ve removed the screen frame from the window lay the frame on a flat surface and roll out enough replacement screen that it covers the entire frame. Insert the new spline. The screen is held in place with a plastic cord spline that runs in a channel around the perimeter of the metal. Remove the old screen too remove the old screen use a putty knife or a flat screwdriver to remove the old screen spline from the frame.

Make a cut across the roll with sufficient excess to clamp around the edges of the frame while you work. If the screen is torn or starting to warp installing a new window screen. Remove the old screen. Pop the screen frame out of your window.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to replace a window screen. Measure the existing screen or location where the screen will be placed. Size the new material. Cut a new piece of screen an inch or so larger than the frame on all sides.

Cut the replacement material to size. For example for a frame that s 24 inches wide by 36 inches long cut the lineals to 22 1 2 inches and 34 1 2 inches. Begin replacing a torn window screen by removing the rubber spline that holds the screen in the frame with a pair of pliers. If it doesn t use a screwdriver or the back of a hammer to help pry it out.

Pry up the screen spline. Beginning in a corner press the screen into the frame channel by pushing the spline down into it. Using slot or philips head screwdriver pry the spline from the from the grooves around the edge of the frame. Whether you have a wood windows or an aluminum window frame the steps to learn how to replace window screen mesh are the same.