have in the breeze and keep bug out with our step - by - step teaching for building a screen porch with windowpane screen that apply a dewy-eyed track system .

A screen porch extend three - time of year outdoor keep , not to mention slack up breezes , a handy area for cursory entertaining , and , best of all , no bug . If you’replanning a screen porch installationor just need to touch on a window , come after our step - by - step tutorial for installing a screen system of rules . This easy method acting expect only a few power tools and features a ready to hand track system of rules . Depending on the size of your window or porch , this is one out-of-door project you cancross off your list in just a weekend .

What You’ll Need

Equipment / Tools

Materials

Instructions

Install Screws

Using a straightedge , pull back a parentage through the centre of the hatchway to be test . criterion and set the placement for the screw clips , about 8 - 10 inches apart along the line , starting and ending 2 inches from each corner . Drill a fender golf hole at each mark . Insert a screw clip into each hole ; do not overtighten .

Use a small channel bit , like the Screen Tight track system , to properly line up the height of each screw clip so that the channel slue easy over the roll in the hay without being too loose . Repeat on all four sides of your windowpane .

Install Channel Pieces

prune channel piece to fit the top and bottom of the openingusing a chop saw . deploy the pieces by sliding the end of a channel piece over an end screw , then tap the rest of the TV channel onto the roll in the hay clips with a pencil eraser hammer . After the top and bottom channel are put in , measure , cut off , and add the side channels likewise .

Fasten Screen to Tracks

reduce a composition of fibreglass screen a few inches larger than the opening . protrude at the top of the opening , lie the screen across the top channel track . Using a roll tongue , equally force the spline into the top cartroad channel groove , fasten the silver screen into the rut as you go . cover push the spline into one side runway , then repeat on the diametrical side , ensuring the screen remain straight as you work . slip in the slat into the bottom channel racecourse last .

Trim Porch Screen

If ask , absent the spline and adjust the screen . Trim excess screen engagement flush along each edge using a utility knife .

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install screen system measure and mark placement with pencil

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install screen system tap channel onto screw clips with rubber mallet

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install screen system trim excess screen with roller knife

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