How To Replace Screening In A Window

Subtract 1 1 2 inches from the height and width to allow for screen corners.

How to replace screening in a window. If there is any dirt or debris in the channel clear it out before continuing. 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. Pry up the screen spline. Replace a window screen.

A spline roller will be really helpful for this. Position the new screen. Make a cut across the roll with sufficient excess to clamp around the edges of the frame while you work. If it doesn t use a screwdriver or the back of a hammer to help pry it out.

How to replace a window screen. Size the new material. 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.

Begin replacing a torn window screen by removing the rubber spline that holds the screen in the frame with a pair of pliers. Pop the screen frame out of your window. The screen is held in place with a plastic cord spline that runs in a channel around the perimeter of the metal. If the screen is torn or starting to warp installing a new window screen.

Insert the new spline. 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. Whether you have a wood windows or an aluminum window frame the steps to learn how to replace window screen mesh are the same. In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to replace a window screen.

Cut a new piece of screen an inch or so larger than the frame on all sides. Using slot or philips head screwdriver pry the spline from the from the grooves around the edge of the frame. Lay the screen down on a flat surface so you can work on it preferably a work table that you can screw stabilizers into. Beginning in a corner press the screen into the frame channel by pushing the spline down into it.