Check Out Your Window Screens

March 12, 2007

Now that the warm and balmy weather has arrived and you want to open the windows and let the fresh breezes in, it is time to make sure your screens are in "proper working order". What do I mean?

Screens were created to permit windows to be open, fresh air to come inside, and bugs to remain outside. Over time, screen frames get bent and small holes seem to appear in the screening. You have several options to make them "whole" again.

1. Check your Yellow Pages and call a tradesman. (I have not recently had screens replaced or repaired and do not have a recommendation.) Just in glancing through the vendors listed under "Screens", I recognized some names. Just be sure to check that they are licensed.

2. If your frames are in good shape and not bent, you can replace the screening yourself. If you go to www.google.com and search"Replacing Window Screens", you will find venders, but you will also find www.ehow.com. This site has step by step directions which users have given a 4.5 rating on the usefulness of the information.

Enjoy the fresh air, keep those bugs out and give your home a well maintained look.