Screens
Window Screen Repair
Torn mesh, frames out of square, screens that drop out when you touch them. The cheapest work we do, and the easiest to check whether somebody did it properly.
- Usually
- Finished on the visit
- Custom sizes
- Built to your opening
- Manufactured homes
- Non-standard sizes made
- Small jobs
- One screen is fine
Don't take our word for it
Six things we say, and how to verify each one
Screens are simple enough that there is no excuse for any of this being unverifiable.
| What we say | How to check it yourself |
|---|---|
| You almost certainly do not need new screens | Press the frame corners. If it holds square, the frame is fine and only the mesh and spline need replacing. That is a fraction of the price of a new screen. |
| The spline fails before the mesh does | Run a finger along the rubber cord in the channel. Hard, cracked or sitting proud means the grip has gone, and that is often the entire fault. |
| A racked frame will not hold new mesh | Flex the frame diagonally. If it moves, a corner key has let go. Rescreening it is money wasted and anybody doing so without mentioning it is not paying attention. |
| Tension is the whole skill | Press the middle of a finished screen. It should be flat and firm with no give or ripple. Slack mesh bows in the first windy week and pulls out of the spline. |
| Nothing at the store fits because your openings are not standard | Measure one. Compare it to the stock sizes on a shelf. Older Missouri housing and every manufactured home will fail that comparison. |
| Doing them all at once is dramatically cheaper | Ask for a price for one and a price for eight. The gap will tell you how much of the cost is the visit rather than the screen. |
Five minutes, no tools
Four checks before you spend anything
Two minutes a screen, and it tells you whether rescreening will actually hold.
Test 01
Flex the corners
Hold the frame and push diagonally. Any give means a corner key has failed and the frame needs rebuilding before new mesh goes in.
Test 02
Feel the spline
Hard, cracked or lifting out of its channel means the spline is the fault, not the mesh. Cheaper to fix and commonly missed.
Test 03
Flick the mesh at a corner
If it splits rather than flexes, ultraviolet has made it brittle and it will keep tearing wherever you handle it.
Test 04
Lift the screen in its channel
If it falls out or rattles, the clips or tabs have worn. That is a fit problem and rescreening will not touch it.
On the day
What we demonstrate before we leave
Five things to look at on a finished screen, ours or anybody's.
Mesh flat and firm across the whole frame, with no ripple at the corners.
New spline seated fully in its channel, continuous, with no old material reused.
The frame square, checked diagonally by hand in front of you.
The screen sitting properly in the opening and staying there when the window moves.
The old mesh, spline and debris leaving with us.
In writing
What you get on paper
Four things on every estimate and every invoice, without being asked.
A named component
The estimate says which part failed — a cord, a balance, a keeper, a roller, a closer. Not 'window needs work'. If a quote will not name the part, it has not diagnosed anything.
A fixed price, before we start
Agreed in writing, and it does not move once we are working. If we think we might find rot or hidden damage, you get a price for both outcomes up front.
What we did not do, and why
Anything we looked at and left alone is listed, with the reason. That is how you know we checked it rather than missed it.
Paperwork an insurer can use
Itemised, dated and photographed where relevant, formatted to submit without anybody rewriting it.
Missouri conditions
What Missouri does to screens
Hail, pollen, a long insect season and strong summer sun.
Hail punches straight through
Missouri hail puts holes in screen mesh most years, and it does it across a whole elevation at once. Screens are the first thing on a house to show storm damage and by far the cheapest thing to put right.
Spring pollen loads the mesh
It clogs the weave, cuts airflow noticeably and holds moisture against the sill underneath. A rinse in May makes a visible difference.
A long insect season
Missouri's warm season runs well beyond summer, and near the rivers and in the Ozarks the mosquitoes are serious. A torn screen is noticed within a day.
Strong sun on exposed elevations
Ultraviolet makes fibreglass mesh brittle until it splits rather than stretches. A south or west screen reaches the end of its usable life well inside its rated span.
Questions
Screen questions
Can you rescreen the frames I already have?
Yes, if the frame is square and the corners are sound. Flex a corner and you will know.
Nothing at the store fits my windows.
Normal in older Missouri housing and universal on manufactured homes. We build to the opening you actually have.
Hail went through all my screens.
Common here. Do them together — most of the cost is the visit, so a whole house in one trip is far cheaper per screen.
Do you do screens for mobile homes?
Yes. Small, light, non-standard frames that most screen companies will not quote.
What is solar mesh?
A denser screening that blocks a significant share of solar heat and glare before it reaches the glass. Worth it on a west-facing room in a Missouri July.
Will you come out for one screen?
Yes. But ask about the rest while we are there, because most of the cost is the visit.
Coverage
Window screen repair across Missouri
A mobile service covering the whole state, both metros and the rural counties between them. Pick your town below, or call and we will come to you.
Window Screen Repair Across Missouri
Related
Other repairs we handle
Windows and doors are the whole business, so whatever has failed, it is on this list.
Next step
Get the screens sorted
Free estimates across Missouri, and we are glad to take the small jobs.