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I suspect the client is P and they probably still have a lock on the invisible screen. My sisters recently got all new windows for their houses and one had her screen porch rebuilt and enlarged. The screen they put on there you almost can't see from inside though from outside it looks black. Strange stuff. They are working on the other sister's porch now and I have asked her to get the product name on the screening material because my screening is about 10 years old (except for that which got torn and I replaced after the hurricane came through about 5 years ago), so about time for me to get screen, spline and a Saturday afternoon, because plastic in Florida sun has a limited lifetime.

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This client is A. Honestly, when he stood holding the framed screen two feet from me, I could not see the screen. Can we not buy it ourselves somewhere? Even though my frames are weak, I could put it in with a roller. Have you seen the screen that you can push your fist into and it springs back? Don't know who has that one, only heard about it.

The invisible screen was a captive product of the P company. It is not made by them but the manufacturer is allowed to sell it to no one but them. No, I haven't seen the flexi screen. Might be an interesting product to web research on.

If your frames are wood and not rotten, it would not be a difficult thing to rescreen I suspect. Many of them have the screen tacked on and then have a wood trim strip to cover the nailed edge of the material. Certainly setting up a couple of sawhorses in the yard with a board would let you add nails to tighten them up and get a good sealing coat of paint on them before rescreening.

I did my kid's old wooden porch screens in MA with a staple gun after carefully lifting the trim strip with a wide scraper so I didn't crack it. The aluminum frames here on my house are not nearly so easy to deal with for re-screening so a couple of them I have hauled off to a local small business that charges me $15 a pop to do them. But the screen porches down here have a nice, exposed channel for the spline, so rescreening is a snap.

Yay!! Just got an email that I got a 5 out of 5 rating for all three reports!!
All in all, I think the shops were worth it, despite my drama (hand me the crown).
I got some good information out of it and will soon have some new A+ windows.

Speaking of re-screening... hubby tried to re-screen a storm door last summer. Poor man is just not handy, but had been kinda bullied/shamed into doing it himself by his super-handy brother-in-law.

He worked so hard on that screen, put it in the window, and not 10 minutes later, the cat comes along and takes a running dive right through the screen.

This Spring I took the screen to the local hardware store to be professionally done and put it in the window without saying anything to hubby. He has not said one word about it all summer, but I think he was grateful I did that.

Actually a screen door could be the perfect place for that flexible screen. Inevitably mine get 'butted out'and otherwise stretched

Yes, sometimes it just pays to get a pro to do it. That is why I run the house screens over to the shop because they are a super PITA without the special tools to deal with them.

Congrats on the shop!!

Good for you, SDG! You're getting new windows, huh? I've got two shops done, and the third is tomorrow. It's been informative and I really really want that screen by the A company.

Mine are done! 5/5. Would I do them again? Yes. Would I recommend these shops to others? Yes, it's helpful if you've dealt with home improvement companies and have had to be heavy-handed to make things happen as they should. (And, when isn't that the case?) Had some issues with the MSP and reporting that were satisfactorily resolved.

Thats great!

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