Fiberglass screen cloth and other materialsIt comes in many widths. In the hardware store you will mostly see 24", 30" and 36" rolls. But the material is available up to 72" and beyond for screen porches and other applications. Check the link below for some commonly availble sizes. Fiberglas Screen ClothFiberglass screen cloth is made of strands of fiberglass woven criss-cross into a mesh pattern. Typically screen cloth is woven into an 18 x 16 mesh. Which means 18 wires per inch by 16 wires per inch. Meshes are made much tighter and much looser than this but they are generally not used for window screening. The strands of fiberglass used in the weaving usually .011 inch in diameter for window screening. A thicker .013" diameter is often used for screen cloth used on screen porches. After the weaving. The cloth is dipped in a vinyl coating with additives to give the material some fire and weather resistant properties. Some cheaper brands of screen cloth omit these coatings making their material less expensive but less durable and sometimes incapable of meeting building and fire codes. The coating material can be coloured. The most common colour is black. Another common colour is grey. In recent times other colours have been experimented with to allow the screens to match the colour scheme of the house. As I mentioned, fiberglass screen cloth is fine as long as you dont have kids, cats and dogs mainly because it is easy to scratch and break the fibers. Also fiberglass screens tend to get hard and brittle with age. The coating material also wears off with age and sun exposure leaving patches of white fiberglass strands exposed. Fiberglas screen can be okay in a sliding patio door screen but is generally not a good choice in a storm door, where people often push on the screen to hold the door open. Bette to use aluminum screen cloth in a storm door. Special fiberglass cloth has been invented to better withstand cats and dogs claws. Follow the link to my page about
petproof screen.
Charcoal or Black Fiberglass screening in 100 foot rollsHere are some of the more popular sizes of fiberglass screening in 100 foot rolls. Several widths are available so you can match the roll to the screen frames you have to repair and do the job with minimum wastage.Grey Fiberglass Screening 100 foot rollsGrey fiberglass screening is used by a number of window manufacturers. Grey or Black, its just a matter of persoanl preference. In recent years Chinese manufacturers have been introducing red, green and blue screen cloth to the market, to further expand the consumers choice. So far not too many suppliers carry the new colours but I am sure they will become more popular.Fiberglass screening mini rolls 84" longThese mini rolls are just the right size to rescreen a single patio door screen. They are made 84" long to suit most patio door heightsAll screen cloth traps dust like a magnet and one thing to watch out for is the way that screens can trap dust which then sandblasts the glass in your windows, sliding patio door or storm door. If you get a lot of high winds then dust trapped in between the screen and the glass will slowly sandblast or grind the glass finish down untill the glass looks dirty even after you have cleaned it thoroughly. No amount of washing and cleaning will remove this. A helpful tip is to try a little oven cleaner to clean the glass if the sanblasting is not too severe. The oven cleaner will often make the glass clear again. Beyond a certain point though, you need to have the glass replaced Keep your screens clean. Brush them down frequently and wash them. You might want to take them off in the winter to keep them safe from winter storms and from temperature extremes. Taking them off also protects the glass behind the screen from getting sandblasted as just described.
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