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Dumb Window Screen Question Dimitrios Paskoudniakis 04-01-2007
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Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on April 1, 2007, 4:41 pm


Just bought a 10 yr old house last year. We removed the window screens to
clean them, and now I can't seem to reinstall the taller ones upstairs. The
tallest screens are all the same height, and I can install the ones on the
lower level, but they all seem about 1/8 inch too tall on the upper level
and won't reinstall. I slide the top under the window frame, but then can't
get the bottom above the bottom of the frame. If I put in the bottom first,
I can't get the top in. Even if I get on an extension ladder outside, I
can't get them in.

What am I doing wrong?



Posted by Norminn on April 1, 2007, 4:53 pm


Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
> Just bought a 10 yr old house last year. We removed the window screens to
> clean them, and now I can't seem to reinstall the taller ones upstairs. The
> tallest screens are all the same height, and I can install the ones on the
> lower level, but they all seem about 1/8 inch too tall on the upper level
> and won't reinstall. I slide the top under the window frame, but then can't
> get the bottom above the bottom of the frame. If I put in the bottom first,
> I can't get the top in. Even if I get on an extension ladder outside, I
> can't get them in.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
Upside down .. bottom of screen is flat and doesn't have a groove to fit
into the frame?

Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on April 1, 2007, 5:20 pm



> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>> Just bought a 10 yr old house last year. We removed the window screens
>> to clean them, and now I can't seem to reinstall the taller ones
>> upstairs. The tallest screens are all the same height, and I can install
>> the ones on the lower level, but they all seem about 1/8 inch too tall on
>> the upper level and won't reinstall. I slide the top under the window
>> frame, but then can't get the bottom above the bottom of the frame. If I
>> put in the bottom first, I can't get the top in. Even if I get on an
>> extension ladder outside, I can't get them in.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
> Upside down .. bottom of screen is flat and doesn't have a groove to fit
> into the frame?

That's not it.



Posted by Jim Tiberio on April 1, 2007, 6:35 pm



> Just bought a 10 yr old house last year. We removed the window screens to
> clean them, and now I can't seem to reinstall the taller ones upstairs.
> The tallest screens are all the same height, and I can install the ones on
> the lower level, but they all seem about 1/8 inch too tall on the upper
> level and won't reinstall. I slide the top under the window frame, but
> then can't get the bottom above the bottom of the frame. If I put in the
> bottom first, I can't get the top in. Even if I get on an extension
> ladder outside, I can't get them in.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

Just keep playing with them from side to side or flip it around front to
back I suppose, you just aren't catching the groove up top.



Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on April 1, 2007, 8:08 pm



>
>> Just bought a 10 yr old house last year. We removed the window screens
>> to clean them, and now I can't seem to reinstall the taller ones
>> upstairs. The tallest screens are all the same height, and I can install
>> the ones on the lower level, but they all seem about 1/8 inch too tall on
>> the upper level and won't reinstall. I slide the top under the window
>> frame, but then can't get the bottom above the bottom of the frame. If I
>> put in the bottom first, I can't get the top in. Even if I get on an
>> extension ladder outside, I can't get them in.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>
> Just keep playing with them from side to side or flip it around front to
> back I suppose, you just aren't catching the groove up top.
>

Oh please. Of course I'm catching the groove up top. If I flip front to
back, the tabs that hold the screen in will be on the outside. We're
talking about maybe 1/8 of an inch in height.

There is a support about halfway up the screen. I find if I push it
outward, while pulling the bottom inward, I can get the bottom to fit, but
my fingers are pinched and if I let go, the screen just pops out and falls
to the ground. Tomorrow I'll try that approach by getting on the ladder
from the outside.

Surely there must be an easier approach.



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