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Window Screen Maintenance |
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To maintain the effectiveness and useful life of your window screens, it is important that
your home maintenance program
include the proper care for your window screens.
Window screens helps keep insects out while allowing cool breezes to come in through open windows. See also: Weatherstipping & Caulking, Storm Windows, and Windows. Shown below are the two recommended routine maintenance tasks for your window screens. Learn to enjoy managing your home with our free Newsletter or our free Automatic Maintenance Reminders. We can also show you the Recommended Maintenance Schedules for your entire home. |
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Maintenance Task #1: Inspect, clean and install screens |
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Inspect each window screen. Holes should either be repaired with a screen patch, or replaced. To clean the screens, lay them flat on a picnic table, driveway, or saw horse, and scrub them with a soft bristle brush and a mild detergent. Put a cloth underneath the screen to help keep the screen from being scratched. Rinse with a garden hose, and allow to dry thoroughly. When installing the screens be sure that there are no gaps between the screen frame and the window frame, where insects can pass through. Apply weather stripping if needed. |
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Screens allow cool breezes to come through, that can help you save energy on your air conditioning bills. Cleaning and maintaining the screens will help extend their useful lives. |
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| Clean and install screens annually in April before the summer. | ||||
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| The cost of this task is relatively high from an investment of time standpoint, depending on how many window screens you have and how difficult they are to install. |  |
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| The benefits of this task are improving the effectiveness of your window screens, and enables you to use natural breezes to cool your home which can reduce your air conditioning energy bill. | |
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Maintenance Task #2: Remove and store screens |
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Carefully remove screens from the window frame. The screens should be stored vertically and square so as not to promote warpage, in a clean storage place. | |||
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Removing screens for the winter helps to extend their useful life. It also allows more light to enter during the winter, which can help reduce heating costs. And it allows clearer views out of the window. |
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| Screens should be removed annually in October before the winter. | ||||
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| The cost of this task is relatively low, depending on how many window screens your have and how difficult it is to remove and store them. No specialized tools are required. |  |
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| The benefits of this task are that you can extend the useful life of your screens, and it allows you to enjoy clearer views through your windows in the winter (which also allow more sunlight in, that saves energy during the cold months). | |
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