Repairing a screen door is a common repair and easy to do if you follow some simple tips. Screen doors take a beating as they open and close. Add children or pets to the mix, and you end up with a sure-fire recipe for screen damage. An over-exuberant dog, like the pup shown above, can result in a screen tear that will need to be fixed. Fortunately, repairing a screen door and getting professional-looking results are easy if you follow the steps laid out for you in this tutorial. Some aluminum frame storm doors have interchangeable inserts—glass inserts for winter and... With an aluminum screen door, remove the screws that hold the screen door hinge side to the aluminum door frame and remove the screen door. Removing the screen door so you can work on it can be confusing. There can be many screws on an aluminum door frame, and taking the door off is not necessarily intuitive. Disconnect any door closers or safety chains on the door.Remove the screws that hold the door jamb on the hinge side of the door to the aluminum frame.
You will probably need a Phillips-head screwdriver. There are usually three hinges on the door so expect to find at least six screws.Once the screws are removed the door should Find a clean stable work surface to work on, such as a plywood top or a flush door between saw horses. When repairing a screen door you need a large flat surface on which to work. In this example, we used an old flush door placed on top of a pair of sawhorses, but you can also use a sheet of smooth plywood on saw horses. It is important the work surface is at a convenient working height and is flat and large enough to cover the screen door. To repair your screen door you will need these main items: fiberglass screen, a screen installation tool, a pair of scissors and a razor blade. Using a small screwdriver (or a nail), pry up and remove the old spline from the frame. If it is in good shape (not brittle, dried out or broken) and comes out intact, it may be carefully reused. Usually, though, you'll replace it.
If the spline needs replacement, use new vinyl spline material that is the proper width and color for use with the frame.Once the spline is removed, simply remove the old screen fabric from the frame. TIP: The spline installation tool will have two rollers, one on...one is concave and the other convex. Metal screen installation will use both ends—the convex roller end to press the metal screen into the frame groove and the concave roller end to press the plastic spline into the groove. But with fiberglass screens, as we will use here, you use only the concave roller end to press the spline into the groove. Trim excess screen material with a pair of scissors leaving about 2" extra on each side. Next, roll out the replacement screen down the length of the screen door frame and cut it to about the length of the door. Then trim the screen so it extends about 2" further on all sides past the spline groove in the frame. The screen will be further trimmed once the retainer spline is installed.
The screen spline is what is used to hold the screen material taut and in place. Installing the screen in the frame takes a little patience and care, but is really pretty easy. With the screen position loosely over the frame and overlapping the spline groove all around, begin at a top corner and press the retainer spline down over the screen fabric and into the spline groove on the frame. (There should be 1"-2" of excess screen fabric extending past the groove.) Use the spline installation tool to partially set the spline into the groove, but do not fully embed it Trim the excess screen spline at the final corner with a razor blade. You will have some extra spline at the final corner as you wrapped your way around the screen door frame. Trim this extra away with a razor blade. Trim the excess screen material with a razor blade tight to the spline for a clean and professional looking installation. Trim the extra screen material right at the edge of the retaining spline with a razor blade, creating a neat appearance.
The screen installed in the screen door frame. Once the screen is properly installed it will look smooth and fairly taut, without puckers or sags.A screen door that is better than new with a nice taut and pucker-free screen installation. Once the screen is repaired, simply reinstall the door reversing the process of Step 2. Your job is done and the screen door looks great. Ready for another assault by kids and dogs!French Corner 34.5 x 34.5" D Sliding Shower Enclosure Sliding Door Steam Shower Enclosure Unit Quatra Lux Frameless 46.3" x 32.24" x 72" Rectangle Hinged Shower Enclosure Nevis 46.6" x 79" Shower Door Monteray 32 x 48-in. Frameless Shower Enclosure with .375-in. Neoscape Completely Frameless Neo-Angle Hinged Shower Enclosure Vanora Completely Frameless Dual-Door Square HInged Shower Enclosure Winslow 36 x 48-in. Frameless Sliding Shower Enclosure with .375-in. Clear Glass and Chrome Hardware 42" x 42" x 83" Corner Shower Enclosure
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