How To Make A Fly Screen For A Window

Purchase screen spline with charcoal fiberglass for the best results.

How to make a fly screen for a window.

Spline can be purchased from home hardware. If there is a top track you also need to make an allowance for the screen slotting up into it and dropping back down into the bottom track. When you cut mitres take. Measure up opening by taking measurements from undamaged sides of an original screen or measure width and.

Lay the screening material straight onto. Place the bottom of the screen onto the skirts. You could use less staples than we did just make sure you have a friend or family member on hand to help stretch the screen. You need to make an allowance of up to 3mm so the frame fits the window.

You could make a temporary frame if you desire or just plan on patching a few holes before you move out if you re a renter. If you are not hot on mitres you might consider using the weaker butt joint or perhaps a halve. Window fly screens step 1. We stapled ours directly into the casing.

Keeping the screen in position hold the fly screen clip against the mark on the jamb. The screen simply rolls out and you trim it to fit. Put frame channel side up in mitre box. A good tip is to use a mitre box.

Screw flyscreen mitre box to a bench or saw stool to hold it steady. Now push the screen forward so that it rests against the lip on all sides. Take your measurements thus inside the frame or out side depending on which you. Place your aluminum framing onto a flat surface and hold it steady.

Use hacksaw to cut a 45 angle at 1 end of frame so. Measure your existing window or door and cut the aluminium frame to fit. Make sure the window is square before taken measurements. Once you have the lengths for the frame you need to cut the corners at a 45 degree angle so the pieces fit together.