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Screen Door Repair in Kinsey, AL

In Alabama a working screen door is not a luxury. It is the difference between opening the house up on a good evening and keeping it shut because of the bugs.

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Screen Door Repair — Kinsey, Alabama

Whether you are near Dothan just south, over in the US-431 corridor, or on the the Chattahoochee River side of Kinsey, it is the same coverage and the same crew.

Kinsey has enough older housing stock that repair almost always beats replacement here, and enough new construction that we spend a lot of time on hardware that failed early.

Need it looked at soon?Call and we will tell you honestly when we can get there.

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When to call about screen door repair

These are the screen door repair faults we are called out to most often in Kinsey. If you recognise one, the underlying cause is usually the second half of the line.

  • The storm door blew open and bent the armNo wind chain fitted, or a failed hold-open washer on the closer.
  • The screen track itself is damagedThe channel the screen rides in has been bent or worn.
  • The mesh is torn or has holesStraightforward rescreen, and worth doing before the tear spreads.
  • The screen tilts and jams halfway acrossOne roller seized while the other still turns, so the frame is walking out of square.
  • The frame flexes visibly when you pull the handleFailed corner keys, which is why the whole frame is racking rather than sliding.
  • Corners have come apartFailed corner keys, which are replaceable.

Not sure whether it is a repair or a replacement?Describe the symptoms and we will give you a straight answer.

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What Kinsey weather does to screen door repair

Sandy soil here drains fast but also shifts, and blowing sand is a constant presence in sliding door tracks and screen channels.

Ultraviolet light is what kills screen mesh. Standard fiberglass on a south or west exposure goes brittle and crumbles at the edges, which is why solar mesh is worth the difference on sunny elevations.

Blowing sand abrades screen mesh and packs into the screen track, and a screen track full of sand will not let a panel roll no matter how good the rollers are.

Knowing that is the difference between a repair that holds through a Kinsey summer and one that does not.

Local factors we account for in Kinsey: sun and heat load and blowing sand — typical of the Wiregrass.

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Our screen door repair services in Kinsey

  • Screen track repairRepairing or replacing the channel the screen rides in.
  • Handle and latch replacementNew pulls and latches on screen and storm doors.
  • Storm door repairClosers, latches, hinges, sweeps and glass or screen inserts on storm doors.
  • Hinged screen door repairHinges, latches, closers and screen panels on swinging screen doors.
  • RescreeningNew mesh and spline in standard fiberglass, pet-resistant, solar or fine no-see-um mesh.
  • Frame repair and squaringStraightening bent frames and replacing corner keys.
  • Solar screen installationSolar mesh to cut heat gain through screened openings.

Tell us what the door is doing and we will tell you what it needs.No guesswork over the phone, no pressure.

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What happens when we get there

  1. Check it against the openingWe run the frame through its travel and watch where it tightens, which shows whether the fault is the frame or what it runs in.
  2. Check the frame for squareA racked frame will never slide properly. Corner keys get reset before anything else is considered.
  3. Choose mesh for the jobStandard, pet-resistant, solar or fine insect mesh. The right one depends on the door, the exposure and what tore the last one.
  4. Rescreen with correct tensionEven tension and properly seated spline so the mesh does not sag or pull out of the channel. Sandy-soil jobs get their running surfaces cleaned out thoroughly, because new rollers fitted into a gritty track will not last a year.
  5. Fit and adjust the rollersSet so the panel rides smoothly and stays captured in the head channel.
  6. Check it stays in the trackA screen that can be lifted out is one gust from being on the patio, so the height and the guides get set properly.

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What affects the cost of screen door repair in Kinsey

We would rather tell you what drives the price than quote a number that turns out to be wrong once we see the door. On a screen door repair job in Kinsey, the main variables are these:

  • custom-built replacement panels where the original is not repairable
  • the size of the panel
  • the mesh type chosen, from standard fiberglass to pet-resistant and solar
  • rescreening versus repairing or replacing the frame
  • storm door hardware such as closers and latches

Call and describe what the door is doing. In most cases we can tell you over the phone which of those applies to you before anyone drives out to Kinsey.

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Areas we cover for screen door repair in Kinsey

If you are in the US-431 corridor, or anywhere near Dothan just south and the Wiregrass farmland, we cover you.

Service area: Kinsey, Houston County, Alabama — and the surrounding communities.

We also cover the nearby Houston County and the Wiregrass communities listed further down this page.

Broken, stuck, or will not lock?Talk to someone who works on these every day.

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Screen door repair in Kinsey: questions we get asked

Is it worth rescreening or should I just buy a new screen door?

Rescreening is far cheaper and the frame is usually fine. New panels only make sense when the frame is bent beyond straightening or the corners are gone.

What mesh should I use if I have dogs?

Pet-resistant mesh, which is a heavier vinyl-coated polyester, and often a pet grille across the lower section. Standard fiberglass will not survive a dog that pushes against it.

Can a bent screen frame be straightened?

Sometimes. Light aluminum frames can often be brought back to square, but a badly racked frame is usually better replaced, and a custom panel is not expensive.

The screen slides hard even though it is not falling out. What is wrong?

Either the rollers have seized or the track is packed with debris. In Kinsey the track collects a surprising amount of grit, and it acts like grinding paste on the rollers.

Do you make custom-size screens?

Yes. Older openings in Kinsey are rarely a stock size, and building a panel to the actual measured opening is the only way to get one that fits and stays in.

My sliding screen keeps falling out. Why does it keep happening?

The rollers have worn down so the panel is riding too low and the top rail no longer sits in the head channel. Lifting it back in without replacing the rollers means it will come out again, usually within days.

Most doors we see are repairable.Call and find out before you price a replacement.

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Screen Door Repair near Kinsey

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