Window screen replacement

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We're gonna be fixing the screen. The screen has a lot of damage in it. I think the previous uh person that lived here had a cat and the cat scraps up the screen uh in multiple places here. So it's been on my to do list for a while. So today we're gonna do that. So first thing I did was take the screen frame down and then I'm gonna start removing the old screen from this frame and then cut a new screen to fit on top. So first thing I do is I tend to um remove from the corners first. So once you get this free and you just remove the spline all the way around and then that will release the screen from the frame. So here I'm just removing all the spine from the frame and then once I take the fly note, then the screen we'll just lift right out of there. So this one's been in there for a while, it's pretty dirty. So you can tell in the sunlight and the dust that's on it. So now that the air flow is making its way through here, so that's kind of one of the reasons why we want to change this one. So if you notice in this frame there's a lot of like, uh, built up dirt, uh, grime just over the years and it's probably just had a lot of, uh, uh, dirt build up in this, the track itself. So I'm gonna take a vacuum cleaner and then I'm gonna start vacuum up all the areas here just to make sure that it's with the cream not going to, uh, um, so another tip when you're replacing the screen is you can either use the old piece to, uh, cut a little bit larger than the one you took out or you could just lay it down like this. And what you wanna do is have a little bit of overlap all the way around the screen screen frame itself. So when you start installing the spline into the screen frame, um, it's not gonna, you know, make it short on one edge because when you start installing, it tends to pull the screen in a little bit in one direction. So that oversized cut just gives you a little bit of security that it's going to be installed correctly. So when you're putting this line in, there's always this, uh, you use this tool, it's called the screen tool. Um, they're not very expensive, maybe about 67 bucks at the store, but they got this side that's kind of like U shaped. It kind of measures like the bottom of a hockey skate. So it kinda has a little bit of a, a gripping edge on it. So that's the side I use to roll the spine into the frame. And then after I do uh all four sides, I'll show you guys how to cut this. Uh But on the 3rd and 4th side, give it a little bit of sideways tension. So on the screen itself, so that when you roll it in the middle of the screen stays uh tight. So on the third side, because this is the third side that I'm on right now. So I've already finished putting in the spine to this corner and then I use the butter knife to push in the corners here. You could also use screwdrivers or whatever is like flat. Uh just be careful, you don't puncture the screen itself and then having that extra hand helps to hold the screen down in on the side. So that way it gives it that side with tension. You need to keep this side uh tight when the screen is fully installed to the end of the screen. So now I'm gonna cut off this last little bit and then just push the remaining spline into the frame. Then, so before I cut this, I always go around one more time and just ensure that uh the screen is tight all the way around. So I'll roll, load the tool all the way around four corners first and then I'll start making my cuts. So when you're cutting the screen, uh just above the Spline part against the metal. So I'll kind of set up my camera just so you guys can see this. So just above the Spline, just like this and you're just gonna run it down all the way so that when you pull the screen up, it kind of has that unfinished look just like this. And then that's kind of what you're offering and I'll show you what the finished product looks like. So I finished cutting all the screen off. So I just kind of laid it back down just so you can see how it looks. So I'll pull the excess street material off and this is what the finished product looks like. So now I'm gonna take the tapes off that you see over here. So I'll take all the tape off and then I'm gonna reinstall this back into the window and then that's pretty much it for repairing the screen. It's pretty straightforward. Sorry, I should probably explain why I use the tape. So the tape I use on the screens because it keeps its shape uh when you're trying to repair the screen. So it doesn't cause it to like bend inwards on the sides and it also keeps it from moving around on the floor. So that way when you install with the screen tool, it's gonna gonna be sliding a little good place. And uh it's a pretty nifty thing, just any kind of tape, you have duct tape, uh pan tape and it just kind of hold it in place. And then, so I put the screen in its tracks and I'm just gonna push it in place and then just make sure everything fits nice. And then these tabs, um I had on in front of the screen. So when I roll the Spline on, that's why they're on this side of the window and not the other side. So just something to remember as well.