Handy Man How-To With Agent Aaron Bergeron! How to Replace a Window Screen
Tools Required Screen Material Utility Knife Scissors
Wheel Screen Tool
Spline
Flat Head Screwdriver
Step 1: Remove Window or Door Screen from Frame The method for removing your particular screen will vary. For our window screens, there are small spring-loaded pins that hold the screen in the window frame. To remove the screen, the pins are pulled and the screen is released from the frame. It takes about 15 seconds, once you find the pins.
Step 2: Remove the Old Spline
Use your flat head screwdriver to help grab an end of the old spline that is inside the screen’s channel, then pull out the old spline along the perimeter of the screen.
Step 3: Remove the Old Screen
Using the old screen as a template, use scissors to cut the new rescreening material. Give yourself about an inch of extra material around the entire perimeter of the old screen. It’s better to have a little too much material, than too little. The excess screen will be trimmed off at the end. Step 4: Cut New Re-screening Material Step 5: Use Wheel Screen Tool to Situate New Screen Material in Frame The screening wheel tool has two wheels. For this task, use the side with the narrower wheel, not the side which has the wider wheel with the channel in it. Simply move the wheel around each side of the screen frame, pushing the screen down into the channel. This step makes the next one, putting in the spline, easier. And it ensures your rescreening material will cover the frame appropriately before we move forward.
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