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loyo65
Citizen
Username: Loyo65
Post Number: 18
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 1:25 pm: |     |
Can anyone recommend a person to replace the screens on my old fashioned screened porch? (The last time I had this done the screens were really loose. It's not that I'm that fussy but I think screens are supposed to be taut.) Any leads would be appreciated. |
emmie
Citizen
Username: Emmie
Post Number: 267
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 7:06 pm: | |
I think Home Depot does this through outside contractors. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4986
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 5:07 am: | |
This isn't hard to do and is a classic do it yourself project. Otherwise a handyman can do the work for you. |
Lydia
Citizen
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 232
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 8:13 am: | |
Not so easy to do it with the metal screens, I've replaced a few screens myself with the vinyl screening and it always looks "do-it-yourself-ey".
My handyman took my old screens from my storm door to someplace in West Orange where they replaced the gunky old metal screens with clean taut new ones. I don't know where he went, but if you ask at Schneiders Hardware on Main Street I'll bet they can point you in the right direction.
Good Luck! |
loyo65
Citizen
Username: Loyo65
Post Number: 19
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 7:04 pm: | |
It really isn't easy to do since it's important that the screening be really taut. Also, it's not like a window screen with an aluminium frame. This has to be done on site with wood trim, so I really need someone who is experienced in this type of screening. Any names and phone numbers would be appreciated. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 5000
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 4:38 am: | |
In order to get the screening taut you have to bow the frame while installing the screen mesh.
On wood porch screens simply place the screen on two saw horses, attach the screening to the top with staples and bow the screen frame with a weight before attaching the screening to the bottom. The result is a screen so taut you can bounce coins off it.
Lydia, different strokes for different folks. We don't like the look of the metal screening. To us it looks "industrial".  |
Ina Sheppard
Citizen
Username: Twinsmom
Post Number: 14
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 9:34 am: | |
There's a place called Lifetime, I believe that's the name, in a small house behind the Capitol Lighting store on Route 10 in East Hanover. You take that street between the store and the gas station to get to it. The owner mostly works with aluminum framed screens, but he has done some work for me on an old wooden screen door. He did a nice job too. |
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