How To Replace A Screen On A Window Frame

The window frame is laid flat on the work surface next to the cleat and the screen fabric is loosely laid over the opening and stapled down at one end to the bottom of the window opening and at the other end to the cleat.

How to replace a screen on a window frame. Cut the replacement material to size. Start in one corner and press the spline into the channel on top of the screen with the spline roller. Reinsert the screen tabs in the bottom of the screen before you press the spline over. Measure the existing screen or location where the screen will be placed.

Then use a screwdriver to pry up and pull out the spline and the old screen. Trim the screen material make sure the screen material is at least 2 inches wider than the frame. Subtract 1 1 2 inches from the height and width to allow for screen corners. After that lay a roll of screen over the frame and cut out a new section leaving 2 inches on each side.

Then wedges are driven into the gap between the window frame and the cleat. Stretch the screen across the frame. Then follow the channel around the frame rolling the spline in place. How to replace a window screen.

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. To replace a window screen start by popping the screen frame from the window. Set the cut screen over the aluminum window frame. Pry up the screen spline.

This will prevent the screen. Whether you have a wood windows or an aluminum window frame the steps to learn how to replace window screen mesh are the same. Cut each corner of the screen at a 45 degree angle just above the corner of the spline groove in the window frame. Using slot or philips head screwdriver pry the spline from the from the grooves around the edge of the frame.