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Replacement Window Screen Types
New
window screens are included in the price of every window I've researched.
They allow the window to be opened and breeze to come in while stopping
most insects from coming into the house. Most window screens are attached
to the outside of the house behind the window.
If storm windows are
used, a window screen won't do any good. The inside window opens and the
storm window still sits on the back of the window blocking the breeze
(except for the storm windows' inherent air leaks anyway!).
All
replacement windows these days completely replace the "window/storm
window" combination. Only a single window, double or triple paned, sits in
the new opening.
Home replacement windows
screen material is made out of fiberglass mesh or aluminum mesh.
One manufacturer has a
"new" mesh they call "clear-vue", another calls it "tru-scene", though another very high-end
manufacturer claimed the clear view idea came from them! The mesh threads
are made of delicate stainless steel threads and are thinner in the "clear view" idea so the view outside from the window
is lighter and sharper detail. These screens tend to be fragile (even
though made of steel!) and if
torn, the entire screen unit must be replaced since the manufacturer of
the material does not sell it in rolls or other...it can't be used to
replace the other type fiber mesh on your current windows for example.
Some homeowners request
the aluminum mesh if they have cats or other animals that might more
easily tear the fiberglass mesh. The clear view mesh is more fragile
still. The aluminum mesh can still be torn by animals, but not as easily.
Aluminum screens can bend more easily.
Some sales people talk
about "their" screens being "self-mending". This means that if a pencil or
such is pushed through the screen to make a hole, but not TEAR the hole,
the mesh fabric can be smoothed and pulled back to shape. This won't work
if the mesh is torn.
Anyway, nearly every type
replacement window screen has this function of self-mending. It's also
very cheap (a few dollars), to get brand new screening and replace the
entire screen material (not the frame of the screen--that's more!). Some
screens can also be "stitched" mended by those that know how to sew a bit
and can weave the threads back in shape.
Most window
manufacturers' screens lift out and push out to the back behind a
replacement window if they are removed for cleaning. One high-end vinyl
window manufacturer designs their screens to lift out inside the home so
they don't fall out the window and then the homeowner has to run outside
to retrieve the screen off the lawn.
Of course, casement type
(crank operated) replacement window screens also lift out inside the home,
but then the screens ARE inside the home or the window could not crank
open behind them. The screens attach on the inside wall side of the
windows. Many homeowners take these off the casement windows so the view
is clear, and without having to look through mesh. They easily snap back
into place if the homeowner wants to later open the windows. It is a
question of where to continually store the removed screens though, so they
can easily be attached again...
Michael Dennis
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About the author
IPS Group,
Inc. Board Member and Director of their Home Improvement Division,
Michael Dennis is an avid real estate fix and flip investor, a former
long-time replacement window salesman, and the
author of several books and websites on home replacement windows including
How to Save Thousands on Replacement Windows: The Homeowner's Insider
Secrets Manual, and the tell-all report on the big-brand home
improvement centers, The 7 Myths The Big-Brand Home Improvement Centers
Want You to Believe About Replacement Windows. Visit
their website at
www.vinylwindowmanufacturer.com to get your copy TODAY.
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