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

Learn the basics of how to replace a window screen from a home repair professional in this free online DIY home improvement video.

Expert: Greg Lim
Bio: Greg Lim is a professional handyman and residential property manager. In the seven years hes been a contractor, he has fully renovated two houses.

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[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.

[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!

[JB1052]

I have rescreened several screens but I sometimes have a problem where the sides pull inward too much then when you put it in the window you see it's bowed on the sides. I was hoping to see how to properly pull the screen so that won't happen. I have a way that works to fix that but I was wondering if there is another. This method is fine for small screens but not for medium to larger screens.

[JB1052]

@mike484775 I hope your work is better then your grammar.

[xXFOSEBALLXx1]

its alot easyer to roll it over the fram and cut and u want to go into the crease before putting in the spline then put it in easy then go ovet it without the grovved wheel

[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.