Category Archives: Sliding Screen Doors

Time to Buy a Sliding Screen Door.

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When your ready to buy a sliding screen door you need to know if you are going to install it yourself 0r call a mobile screen company and have them do the installation. Doing the job yourself is a bigger task than you might think. A sliding screen door moves a lot everyday and It needs to be made and installed right. There are many frame and mesh types to choose from and some other things you should know before you buy a sliding screen door. Don’t make the same mistake many homeowner do by installing a screen doors that does not fit right or slide right, if you do everyone in the household will constantly be fighting with it to try to get in and out of the house.  If you have a screen company install one, it will be done right and last about 20 to 30 years.

Installing the screen door yourself and what you will need:

If you want to take on the task of buying and installing a sliding screen door yourself  you will need to know how to measure the opening right, too much and the screen will get jammed too little and your new screen door is going to slide right off the track. You will also have get some tools ready and be able to lift and move the large screen door around.   To transport the the sliding screen door you will need a vehicle large enough to fit it, do not tie it to the roof of your car because it will old with the wind.

Before buying a sliding screen door ask yourself, Is this patio screen doors going to be used a lot or very little?  If this door your looking for is going to take a bit of abuse you should look for an extra thick frame, if not chances are you will be replacing it.  The part that usually goes first is the part where the plastic handle is.  If you have kids and pets you will probably want something more heavy-duty that last longer.  If  you have a view there is also clear screen mesh that won’t block it. The clearest mesh is called charcoal. Pet Screen is the extra thick screen mesh for sliding screen doors and it is the strongest screen mesh sold.  It is made out of fiber glass and is 7 times stronger than the ordinary window screen material.  Dogs, kids and even wild animals will not stand a chance with Pet Screen.

Having a mobile screen company install a sliding screen door for you:

If you call a screen company you will need to make sure that they are a “mobile screen company” and  that they work in your area. A mobile screen company comes to you and does all the work on-site ensuring that everything is done right the first time and the measurements are as exact as possible.  Measuring the opening where the screen is going to be installed is most important and there is a technic to it. The experience the Mobile Screen Service has and how they guarantee their work is also very important.  We do not recommend buying sliding screen doors with plastic handles an plastic rollers.

Ready to change your sliding screen door

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It’s Spring time and it seems that all our customers are ready to change their sliding screen doors. We thinks that once the heat arrive we all just notice that its time to change those screens, maybe because when we open our sliding glass doors we notice the big holes in our screen.  Whatever the reason is it’s spring and if your screens are torn or are over 10 years old, it’s time to rescreen your windows.

Today we did an Screen job in Thousand Oaks and the customer wanted to change her old sliding screen door for a new.  Her old patio screen was in terrible condition because it was old and the frame was bent, once the screen frame on a screen doors is bent there is not much that can be done to fix it. When screen frames bend they will have to get replaced. We offer a unique service that helps many customers with the problem of bent screen frames, its called Mobile Screen Service and this means we come to you, measure and make any screen custom made onsite.

There really is no comparison to having a screen company come out to your place and do the work there because the screen are done on the spot and make right the first time. When we make a screen we measure the window opening or door opening and cut the frame to the exact site sometimes measuring two to three times just to make sure the screen frame fits perfect, this is whats called Taylor made screens, we call them Easy-fit Screens.

When you change sliding screen door there are many things you need for it to slide right so make sure you know what you are doing or get a reputable company that has the experience necessary to do the job right, and als make sure they are “Mobile” screen frames come in many colors so make sure that you buy the right color that will match well with what you have at the moment.  Color should match the trim or the window encasements color or finish.

Measuring deductions should be about a half inch on sliding screen patio door but don’t take our word or it read the screen door instructions or have a professional screen company install it for you.  My areas are! Thousand Oaks, Lynn Ranch, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Lake Shearwood, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Moorpark, Happy Camp, Santa Rosa, Pleasant Valley, Simi Valley, Woodranch. Call me and I’ll take care of all your needs.

Installing replacement window screens

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Spring is here and it’s time to replace the screens that are brittle and old,torn or even missing. Frames will usually last for years if they are all metal and no plastic corner but screen mesh material is another thing. Installing replacement window screens is a must on mesh that is over 7 to 10 years in age, screen mesh does not last for more than 7 to 10 years after that time they need to be replaced for new ones.

Good frames will last for years but the mesh will deteriorate fast especially with the sun hitting it all day, these will last mush less than 7 years. The sun exposure to window and door screens is an enemy that screens don’t do well with, as a matter of fact screens that are exposed to the sun last much less time than screens that are in the shade.

How do you know if you need to re-screen your windows:
If your screen material is white
If your screen mesh is gray
If your screen mesh is shinny
If you have holes in your screen
If you have bird tears in the screen
If your screen is missing
If the screen frame is bent

Installing replacement window screens on your home does not have to be a difficult task. We are a mobile screen company that has been doing great screen jobs since 1993 and we have over 50,000 satisfied customers, all our work is mobile so if you need to replace a screen or two we will be more than happy to take care of your needs. We offer free estimate and have many samples to choose from. We are just a phone call away! 805-304-6778

Heavy Duty Sliding Screen Door

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The heavy duty sliding patio screen door is the strongest screen door out on the market and even stronger if you get it with “Pet Screen” and worth the little extra money you pay between this slider door and the regular standard screen. The Heavy Duty sliding screen door is made from extruded aluminum. Its dimensions are 2-1/2″. Features Every one of our screen doors are custom-made for your particular opening, unlike what you get at the hardware store.

Extruded aluminum frame is much stronger than the roll formed aluminum frames offered at the hardware stores. The 1-1/4″ steel rollers are housed in upgraded non-corrosive stainless steel. The housing allows for up to 1/4″of adjustment Bug seal fills the gap between the glass door and the screen door. The gap is usually about a 1/2″ wide, but the bug seal comes with a channel that screws onto the screen door frame and can be used when the gap is larger. Additional Options Three choices of frame: anodized, bronze anodized, and white painted Variety of screen cloth: fiberglass, sunscreen, pet screen, solar screen. Pet Grill Pet Door.

My areas are! Thousand Oaks, Lynn Ranch, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Lake Shearwood, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Moorpark, Happy Camp, Santa Rosa, Pleasant Valley, Simi Valley, Woodranch. Call me and I’ll take care of all your needs.

Rescreening heavy duty sliding screen doors

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We work with all types of screens and rescreening the strongest sliding screen door on the market is easier than the thinner door we sometimes work with. The actual screen frame is two and a half inches wide…wow, thats huge! it’s the widest, strongest doors out there and when it is re-screened the frame really holds the weight of the screen.

When we rewire patio doors, porch doors etc… we try to use the tightest fitting spline possible, this allows the screen mesh to withstand pressure applied on the screen material. Even if cats, gods and kids push on them they are repaired to hold up under pressure. My areas are! Thousand Oaks, Lynn Ranch, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Lake Shearwood, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Moorpark, Happy Camp, Santa Rosa, Pleasant Valley, Simi Valley, Woodranch. Call me and I’ll take care of all your needs.

New sliding screen door installation in Oak Park

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We just installed a brand new sliding screen door in the city of Oak Park. The job order was for a white sliding door and it had to be a heavy duty frame because the customer had problems with dogs and cats climbing on the screen mesh material and kids running into it and pushing on the screen.

One thing that was a must for our client was that they did not want to have to take measurements and have to order the patio screen door by themselves so they hired us because we are totally mobile and do all our jobs onsite without making our client wait for service men to come and go, over and over again a few times to finish the job.  We do it in one day, clean up and we are done. The end results are you get a new, perfectly made custom sliding screen.

My areas are! Thousand Oaks, Lynn Ranch, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Lake Shearwood, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Moorpark, Happy Camp, Santa Rosa, Pleasant Valley, Simi Valley, Woodranch. Call me and I’ll take care of all your needs.