If you have ever needed a new sliding screen door you might already know how hard it is to find one. This heavy duty DIY sliding screen door kit is available to replace any size of screen door. If you know how to use a measuring tape, a rubber mallet and a screwdriver you can assemble this door kit. Hundreds of people have already done it and loved the results. The instructions provided here gave you an idea of whats involved. If you want ot replace your own screen door, come to www.fixingscreens.com and find out how to measure your own patio door for a new sliding screen door kit.

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Screen Door Kit
Yes you can build your own
screen door !
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Screen Door Kit
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screen door kit comes with everything
you need to make a new screen door.
Heavy duty extruded aluminum rails, steel
ball bearing rollers, splien. screen cloth,
screen roller tool, bugstrip.
Even the shipping is included !

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Step 1
Remove the 2 long rails and 2 short rails
from the kit. The 2 short rails have
corners and screen door rollers already
preinstalled.

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Step 2
If the short rails do not have plastic
corners pre-installed, use a rubber mallet
to hammer the corners into the ends of
the 4 rails

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Step 3
Take a short rail and push the end of one
of the brown plastic corner into the end of
the long rails.
Hammer it together using a rubber mallet
until the miter joint is completely closed.

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Step 4
Continue repeating Step 3 until you have
the whole frame assembled and all the
miter joints tightly assembled.

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Step 5
Test fit the screen door in your patio door
using the install instructions in Step 14.
Make sure the door slides nicely and fits
properly.

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Step 6
Remove the door and lay it on the
ground. Place some cardboard
underneath to protect the paint finish.
Unroll the screen cloth and clamp it
around the perimeter of the door using 6
spring clamps. Do not stretch the cloth
just keep it flat and square to the frame.

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Step 7
Start at the bottom of any long rail and
push the spline into the channel to lock
the screen material in place at the corner.

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Step 8
Take the screen roller provided and pre-
roll the cloth into the channel, then roll the
spline in stretching the spline a little to
help it go into the channel easily.
Continue rolling in the spline all the way
up the rail.

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Step 9
Use a flat blade screwdriver to force in
the spline at the corner, then take over
with the roller and roll the spline into the
channel.

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Step 10
Continue rolling in the spline until the
whole screen is installed.

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Step 11
Pick up the door at one end and look
down one of the long rails. It should be
perfectly straight with the screen installed.
If its bowed in, pull out the spline on one
long side and re roll. Do not stretch the
cloth.

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Step 12
Use a utility knife to cut the excess screen
material away. Cut slowly and be very
careful not to slip and cut the already
installed screen cloth.

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Step 13
Install the screen door latch, attach the
handles. Install the hasp on the door
jamb. Test the lock.
First hold the latch steel in your hand as
in the picture with the angled piece
pointing down

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Step 14
Push the blunt end of the steel into the door
and into the slot in the plastic knob as in doors
the picture.
You may have to shine sunlight or a flashlight
in the hole to see the slot to line it up.
Note that I have my thumb on the plastic knob,
I had to push down on the knob a little before
the latch steel went into the slot

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Step 15
Once it starts to go in push the steel latch
all the way until it stops as in this picture.

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Step 16
Install the door. Put the top of the door into the top
channel of your patio door, or line up the top rollers
on the top track if you have one.
Push the bottom of the door up against the bottom
track. Lift the door slightly and have a helper lever
the rollers onto the track using a flat blade
screwdriver.
Adjust the bottom rollers using the adjustment
screws so that the door closes properly and is
aligned with the patio door jamb.

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Congratulations !
You have rebuilt and installed installed
your own screen door.
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