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Screen Repair - Metal Frame

By Bob Formisano, About.com

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Prepare Screening for Installation


Once the frame is prepped, the next step is to ready the screening material.
  • Clamp the frame to a solid flat surface.
  • Cut the screen just shy of the size of the outside of the frame all the way around.
  • Align the screen grid to the frame to make sure the screen grids line up straight with the frame.
  • Using the convex wheel of the screen installation tool, press the screen material into the top and one of the sides of the frame channels.
  • Use short strokes for best results.
  • The intent here is to form the metal screen into the frame channels to get it ready for the spline material.
  • Roll the screen material into the remaining two channels

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