Monday, April 5, 2010

Re-screening the screen door



It was time to do repairs to the dog ripped front screened door to the office building . It is not a difficult process, just tedious .
First, we carefully removed the existing trim with a wide heavy scraper, then removed the staples.

We then repainted the door because once the screen is on it is very difficult to paint the wood and not the screen.

We then centered the screen and stapled it to the edge, then we cut the screen with scissors.

To protect the thinner regular screen material we then covered that material with 1/8 inch hardware cloth, stapling that screen right over the regular screen.

We then replaced the trim and did touch up painting.

For extra protection from our dog , we bought a screen guard meant for dogs and screwed it in place on the inside.

OK , this was pretty boring , but that's how it is sometimes here on the ranch!

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