Safety Tips for DIY Screen Repair/Replacement
If you want to repair or replace patio screens yourself there are some safety tips you should consider. Window screens are different so most of these things do not apply to repairing them.
If you need to use a ladder, make sure it is a good, safe ladder. Place the ladder firmly on the ground and make sure it is level (not in a hole or slanting to one side). Place the ladder on the outside of the enclosure/patio. On most enclosures you have to repair it from the outside. Look to see if the spline track is on the outside or the inside. That is the side that you will repair it from.
Spline is the ribbon like cord that keeps the screen in place. Is is usually black, but may be gray. The spline track is the small track that the spline goes in when the screen is put in. The rails are alumiun and have a track for the spline to go into. To screen is made of a fiberglass type of material. It is blackish or gray in color.
Metal screen does not go into a spline track, it can be stappled onto a wood serface and covered with trim.
Make sure someone else is home when you are working on a tall ladder on the screen or on the roof. It can be rather unstable.
Check the security of the enclosure , especially where it is attached to the house. Some of the bolts that attach the enclosure to the house could be missing or loose. The wood could be rotted away and you could crash through the enclosure
John’s Screen Repair Service Wellington Florida, 33414.
Phone 561-798-3132