Florida door & window repair
Window Screen Repair
In Florida, the screen is not optional equipment
Torn mesh, frames gone out of square, screens that fall out when touched, and sun-rotted mesh that splits at a fingertip. All of it is repairable, and most of it while we are there.
What your screens are made of, and what they are for
In a state with this many insects and this much sun, the choice of mesh does real work.
A screen is a frame, a spline that grips the mesh into a channel, and the mesh itself. All three are consumable and all three are replaceable, which is why a torn screen is one of the cheapest repairs in the building.
The mesh choice matters more here than almost anywhere. Standard fibreglass keeps out mosquitoes and flies but not no-see-ums, which is why so many Florida homes need the finer mesh that does. Pet-resistant mesh is several times stronger than standard and is the only sensible option where dogs or cats push against a screen. Solar screen mesh is denser again and blocks a substantial share of solar heat before it reaches the glass, which on a west-facing room in this state is the cheapest cooling improvement available.
Then there is the screen enclosure question. A great many Florida homes have a pool cage or screened lanai as well as window screens, and those panels use the same principles at a much larger scale — larger frames, heavier spline, and mesh chosen for wind as much as insects.
If nothing at the store fits your openings, that is normal. Florida homes of a certain age are full of non-standard sizes, and building a screen to the opening you actually have costs very little more than buying one that nearly fits.
Nobody should be replacing a window over a screen
Screen mesh is a consumable. It is meant to be replaced, and replacing it costs a tiny fraction of anything else on a window. Frames can be squared up, corners rebuilt, and where a frame really is finished, a new one can be made to the exact size of your opening.
The reason it gets neglected is that screens feel trivial until they are not. A torn screen in Florida means mosquitoes indoors, a room you stop opening, and in a rental it means a complaint. The repair takes under an hour.
It is also the one repair where the upgrade is genuinely worth considering. If the mesh is coming out anyway, solar or no-see-um mesh costs marginally more and changes how the room feels.
Mesh wearing out is not a reason to replace anything but the mesh.
Screen work we do
Window screens, sliding screen doors, lanai panels and full custom builds.
Rescreening
New mesh in your existing frames, tensioned properly so it does not bow or pull away from the spline.
Frame repair and squaring
Bent corners, split spline channels and frames that have racked, straightened and rebuilt.
Solar screen mesh
Mesh that rejects a large share of solar heat before it reaches the glass. Worth doing on south and west elevations.
No-see-um and pet mesh
Fine mesh for the insects standard screening lets through, and heavy mesh that stands up to dogs and cats.
Sliding screen doors
Rollers, latches and frames on patio screen doors that jump the track or will not stay in the opening.
Lanai and enclosure panels
Larger screen panels on screened porches and pool cages, rescreened and re-splined.
The problems Florida screens have
Sun, insects and salt, on something made of thread.
UV destroys mesh faster than anywhere
Sustained Florida sun makes fibreglass mesh brittle until it splits at a touch. On a south or west elevation, screening can reach the end of its usable life in a fraction of its rated span, and it will tear rather than stretch.
Insects that standard mesh does not stop
No-see-ums pass straight through ordinary screening, and much of the state has them seasonally. Homeowners frequently assume their screens are damaged when the mesh simply is not fine enough for what is getting in.
Salt and storm damage
Coastal air corrodes aluminium screen frames and the small fixings holding them, and storm season puts debris through mesh and bends frames. Screens are usually the first thing on a house to show wind damage.
Why have Fixora do it
A small job, done properly, by people who will actually turn up for it.
Usually done on the spot
We carry mesh and spline, so most rescreening is finished during the visit.
Built to your opening
Custom frames where the standard sizes do not fit, which in older Florida homes is most of the time.
Happy to do small jobs
Plenty of companies will not come out for screens. We will, anywhere in the state.
Advice on mesh choice
Standard, no-see-um, pet or solar, depending on the elevation and what the screen is actually for.
Three steps, no runaround
Send a photo
A picture of the screen and the opening usually tells us everything.
We measure and quote
A firm price, including custom frame work if that is what it needs.
We fix or build it
Rescreening is normally same-visit; custom frames follow once made.
We are a mobile service covering the whole state. Pick your city below, or call and we will come to you.
Screen questions
Can you rescreen my existing frames?
Yes, and it is usually the best option. New mesh and spline in the frame you already have costs far less than new screens.
Bugs still get in even though my screens are fine.
They may well be fine. Standard fibreglass mesh does not stop no-see-ums, and the fix is finer mesh rather than a repair.
Nothing at the store fits my windows.
Very common in older Florida homes, where openings are not standard sizes. We build screens to the opening you actually have.
Do you rescreen pool cages and lanais?
Yes. It is the same principle at a larger scale, with heavier frames and spline, and mesh chosen for wind as well as insects.
What is solar screen mesh?
A denser mesh that blocks a significant share of solar heat and glare before it reaches the glass. On west-facing rooms it makes a noticeable difference to how the space feels by late afternoon.
Other repairs we handle
Doors and windows are all we do, so whatever has failed, it is probably on this list.
Get your screens sorted
Free estimates anywhere in Florida, and we are glad to take the small jobs.
(786) 891-1929