How to Repair Window Screens
Sometimes it can be less expensive and take less time to repair a slightly damaged window screen than to start from scratch with a new one. Here are some quick steps for getting the job done.
- Difficulty:
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Instructions
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Thread a needle with nylon thread.
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Cut a piece of screen large enough to cover the hole. New screen can be purchased at your local lumberyard, hardware store or glass shop. If you're facing a gash and not a hole, match the torn edges as closely as possible.
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Remove the damaged screen in its frame from the window or door.
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Stand or sit where you can reach both sides of the screen.
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Sew on the patch in small overhand stitches, working through the screening. If sewing a gash, sew as if sewing a seam in fabric.
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Tie off the thread.
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Cut away stray strands of screening and thread tails.
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Place screen back in door or window.
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Tips & Warnings
If the damage is large, it may be just as easy and cheap to replace a screen as it is to sew one up. Badly damaged screening can be saved to make patches for small repairs.
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Comments
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Nov 22, 2005
Decorate and patch at the same time. Double your patch material and cut out a pattern, such as a flower, an animal, a bird. Glue (of your choice) for stability, then sew around it for longevity. -
Nov 22, 2005
Decorate and patch at the same time. Double your patch material and cut out a pattern, such as a flower, an animal, a bird. Glue (of your choice) for stability, then sew around it for longevity.
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Nov 22, 2005
Cut a piece of matching screen, which you may obtain from a hardware store. Cut to a little more than the size of the hole. Using fabric glue, place on outer edges of patch. Place over hole. Mine have lasted 5 years and they do not need redoing.
