Make Complete Window Screens in Shreveport on your own!
Window screens can be used for various purposes, including increasing security and preventing flying insects from entering your home at night. The problem is that buying one from a store and having it professionally installed can cost a lot of money.
There is another option, however, because it is not difficult to make your own if you have some basic DIY skills. To save you some time, we looked online to see what other people had tried, and here are our Complete Window Screens in Shreveport plans that you can easily DIY.
How to Make Your Wooden Window Screens?
You must ensure various things, such as how to take measurements, install the frame, what to do if it won't stay up, and so on. There's also a list of the tools and materials you'll need to get started, so you can easily follow a great place to start if you want a simple guide that will tell you everything you need to know.
Making a Screen Frame
Determine the size of the opening in the window you're screening. Take the height and width of your open window frame measurements. Most aluminium and vinyl frames have a channel for the screen to fit into, so measure around this channel.
To determine the height and width of your new frame, subtract 14 inches (0.64 cm) from each dimension plus 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) for corner connections.
Older windows with wooden frames may be more complex, and the corners are not always square. Use the original screen to obtain dimensions for your new one, if possible. Otherwise, make the best decision you can.
Purchase aluminium window frame stock.
Window screen kits with pre-cut aluminium pieces and individual pieces are available at home improvement stores. Most individual pieces come in 72-inch (180 cm) and 94-inch lengths.
Standard aluminium frame pieces are 28 inches (0.64 cm) wide and 2532 inches (2.0 cm) thick, making them suitable for most windows. Purchase enough aluminium to cover the dimensions of your frame.
Keep an eye out for the spline groove on the screen frame—the width should be indicated on the packaging. When you buy your spline, it should be the same width as the spline groove.
Get a hacksaw with the appropriate number of teeth per inch (TPI).
The width of your aluminium pieces should be measured. TPI should be 14 to 18 if their thickness is between 18 and 12 inches (0.32 to 1.27 cm). TPI should be 24 for thicknesses ranging from 332 to 516 inches (0.24 to 0.79 cm). Finally, the TPI should be 31 for anything less than 18 inches (0.32 cm).
Hacksaws can be purchased at home improvement stores or online. Check the TPI on the product label or instruction manual.
With a hacksaw, cut the aluminium frame pieces to length.
Using a permanent marker, draw the cutlines on each bar. For maximum stability, place your aluminium pieces in a vice grip. Grip both hack saw handles and make long, sweeping strokes away from you along the cutline.
Check that the blade teeth are pointing forward and that you are using as much of the blade as possible with each stroke.
Place each bar on a clean, flat surface if you don't have a vice grip. Allow a friend to hold the other end firmly while you carefully see the bar with the edge to be cut hanging from the surface.
Always be cautious and keep your distance from anyone who is assisting you.
Remove any rough edges with a metal file.
Aluminum sawing can result in some rough cuts. Get a second-cut file with medium coarseness and rasp-cut teeth. With your non-dominant hand, press the aluminum firmly against a clean, flat surface.
Now, using your dominant hand, apply pressure to the rough aluminum surface with the file and move it away from you in forward strokes. Lift the file up and bring it back toward you when it reaches the end of the aluminum.
Back and forth motions should never be filed.
To keep your aluminum stable, use a vice grip whenever possible.
Corner inserts connect the upper and lower window corners.
Insert the frame pieces into the "L-shaped" plastic or aluminum frame corner inserts. Check that the spine tracks in the corners are parallel to the frames' tracks.
Check that the corner inserts are 1.5 inches long. Purchase them separately or in window screen packages from home improvement stores.
For the best results, use charcoal fiberglass screen spline.
The spline can be purchased separately or as a window screen package from home improvement stores. Window screen packages will include the appropriate spline for the aluminum pieces provided.
If you buy your spline separately, make sure the width matches the width of the spline groove on your frame. Compare the width of the spline packaging to the width of the spline groove packaging.
Place your aluminum framing on a flat surface and secure it.
The aluminum framing is a soft metal that is extremely flexible. It is easily warped and ripped from the screening; keep it firmly against a flat surface and ensure that all of the edges are parallel.
Press the wire screening material into the frame channel with a spline roller.
Feed the spline through the spline roller from back to front. Wrap the front spline entirely around the circular front leg. Starting in the frame's corner, push the circular front leg down the frame channel, ensuring that the back leg follows behind.
Continue rolling the spline into the other end of the frame while keeping both legs straight. When using a spline roller, ensure the legs are parallel to the channel and do not come loose as you move.
With the back end of the spline roller, press the rubber spline into the frame.
Remove the roller's spline entirely. Roll the mouse wheels along the channels with the back end facing forward to ensure that the spline is securely in place.
As you move along the channels, press firmly on the roller.
The screening will be wedged into the frame as a result.
With a utility knife, carefully remove the unnecessary screening.
Excess spline should be pulled away from the frame. Pull the utility knife along the frame outline, just above the spline, at a 45-degree angle. Continue on all four sides, being careful to make even cuts.
When making your cuts, use firm downward pressure on the knife.
Turn the window screen so that the spline faces the inside of your house.
Position the spline inside your home before mounting your window screen. In addition, any spring clips should be oriented upward to fit into the top window slot. Before installing the spline in your window opening, ensure it is securely attached to the aluminum frame.
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As you can see, many great ideas are available online that will provide you with plenty of inspiration for the types of home improvements you can try in your own home.
We enjoy looking for plans like this because it's inspiring to see their levels of creativity. We hope you enjoyed reading these plans as much as we did discover them and that you find them useful.