Screen Door Repair

If you have already removed your screen door, lay it down on a flat surface with lots of room around you. Screen repair shops use a 4' x 8' table often covered with carpeting to protect the screen doors painted finish. If you have no suitable table, lay the screen door on the ground on top of sheets of cardboard if you are worried about scratching it. Dont try fixing the door indoors. When the cloth comes out it usually makes dirt everywhere. Do it outside and save your marriage !

If you have purchased your screen material, make sure you have enough before you pull out the old screen cloth from the door. Take a strong sharp pointed pin, (I use an awl), and poke around in each corner of the door to find the end of the spline. The spline is a rubber or plastic material that looks a little like electrical wire. It runs all the way around the screen door and holds the screen cloth in. Lever the end of the spline out of its channel, and grab it it with your hand or a pair of pliers and pull it all the way out and around the frame.

The screen cloth can now be pushed out easily. That is, of course, if it has not been glued in place in a previous repair attempt. Then you have to scrape all the old glue out of the spline channel with a utility knife or an old flat blade screwdriver. Whatever the condition, make sure the spline channel is clear before you try to roll new material into it. You are well on your way to a professionally done screen door repair.



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