How to do Basic Home Repairs : How to Replace a Window Screen for Home Improvement

[uogandalf]

this video helped me out plain and simple! I had no idea how to even start on fixing a screen and this was a quick video to teach me, and after a quick trip to menards I was fixing something I knew nothing about an hour prior. Thank you very much!



[combaticus666]

thanks! it helped a lot! the hard part was getting the big screen out of that damn window.

[DarKSideRioTzHD]

I watched this because I wanted to get out of my house.

[WIHomeRepairs]

Thanks for the tips. Very soon here I'll be putting up home repair videos at least once a week.

[Raquelitaleyva]

Thanks

[vientomarsol]

Two things:

1) There is now a better tool for screen installation than the 'pizza cutter' used in this video. New tool is called ScreenMouse. You can get it at Home Depot.

2) There are many different diameters of spline (the rubber string that holds the screen in the frame). If you are not re-using your old spline, take it to the store with you for matching of size. Wrong size spline is a real challange.

[mike484775]

u have know clue on how to fix a screen am profesinal screen repair men thats not how u do it

[LeetMetalhead]

@mike484775 And only if your grammar wasn't half as bad...

[jwheat65]

I've done a lot of screens and I've found the main problem is getting an even tension. I'm still trying to figure out a good way to tension the screen and I'm a bit dissapointed this video doesn't show a technique for that.

[mochica00]

Thanks for the video. I learned enough to make my 1st window screen without any trouble and 4 more in one hour. People complain about an incomplete video, but the guy provided enough tips to do it. The tension comes with the spline being push in. This DIY task have to practice once and repeated many times. There's no way to do it well just watching the video.

[springerrr]

Dude, you forgot the most important part!!!!!! How do we properly tension the screen. I just put one in and it was too tight, causing the frame to slightly warp!

[Haoleplumber94]

Yeah wen he did the corner he shut off the camera and then fumbled for 10 minutes turned the camera back on and was rolling never really showed us how to do the corner

If ur gonna make a how to video great thanks for sharing but share the whole thing cause the parts where u cut off cam and fumble around that's usually the part the homeowner like me needs to see I'm a pipe fitter / plumber / welder and it's the fumbling that Ppl need to see not the ur ego saying see I did it in 1 minute & 30 se

[pjfitzinc]

Thank you very much for sharing this informative video.

[infest36]

Another video on this topic said: do one side with the spline, then the OPPOSITE side, and then another side and it's opposite side. SO you cut the spline at each corner. NOT like he's doing.

Might help?

[clfuzzell]

Informative except that you didn't show the last edge. My problem, and thus why I am watching these videos, is that when I get to the last side the screen bunches up and doesn't stay taught... How do you keep it taught?

[ajlanda83]

this guy is funny. that screen looks bowed.

[Shabbir1592]

Thank You, for providing excellent guidance for repairing insect screen. For long time I was thinking how to replace it but after watching this video I am confident that

"I can do it, You have help me"

Many thanks for your video.

[electrode49]

Thanks for the video. You made it look really easy, explained everything well, and did close-up shots where they were needed. I'm going to fix all my screens at my house. Keep up the good work and keep putting up the videos.

[ducks1928]

are there any window screens available that slide... left and right? if so where can i purchase them

[WHATAP67]

Yes, ducks1928, you may find window screens as big as 48" wide by 84"long (122cm x 213 cm) at Walmart. The brand I was able to find was fiberglass (charcoal, fiberglass screening) made by New York Wire company. It was very flexible and cool to use, and the instructions are right on the packaging. It took me a good 1/2 hour though. Maybe it's because I'm a woman.....ha ha! Anyway, hope this helps!

[ducks1928]

thanks.. so this screen window slides left and right correct? how much do they typically cost

[Glaucon4]

But, but, but.......you cut the video after fixing just one side. I had hoped to see the technique for keeping the screen tight as you worked around-----or how to keep it from being TOO tight as I was also warned about. I can follow directions but I need to SEE to get the technique. Monkey see, monkey do. Monkey try to work from other people's vague instructions, monkey get crap results. That's why I'm looking on YouTube and not at my library. It's probably simple. I'll just experiment.

[videoreborn]

Cool video, thanks. I have to install the metal screen, because this morning, there's a bird poked away the bottom section of the screen completely for two of my windows. It seems like the bird loves the material for its nest.

I asked those people in Home Depot, they had never heard of birds destroying the screen. It's mostly other animals or insect.

[Spamdumpster2003]

My problem is that I can never get the window back in place afterwards.

[spandy1212]

push harder

[Spectacular2Fresh]

good looking on the video post up, learned something new. really helpful

[rangemaster53]

Thank you for this video I tried it and it went well! Thanks again!

[jamesrobert2]

aluminum screen is superior.

[sean1978]

I just tried this out earlier myself (making an animal cage) and it was a complete PITA. I used one of the DIY window kits. I had to press in very hard, the stuff wouldn't just roll in like that.

[r3b000t]

One thing I learned when doing this for the first time is that the spline comes in about 5 or 6 different diameters. It sounds like the spline you were using was too big for the frame.

Why they make different diameters is beyond me, but there ya go..

[scabberdoug]

Don't mean to state the obvious but it sounds like the spline was too large, they come in several different sizes.

[jds1vette]

If your having problems with the spline, put a little dish soap and water on it to lube it up and it will slide in easier.

[spandy1212]

or lube works too, cause it's, well......lube.

[SRMeadows]

Half-assed.

[dinkyface]

Huh? When I do this I have to push *like mad* (cursing, sweating, taking sanity breaks) to get the screen & spline in the groove, and when I use the wheel with the groove in it I end up cutting the screen! Is a nightmare. Maybe my older windows have smaller grooves?