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Old 09-23-2005, 03:14 PM   #1
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Default Replacing window screen

I have searched the Posts and Threads and can't find the answer.
Some one must have done this before...I need to replace a damaged window screen in the bath room. What are the steps to this procedure to do it correctly? Will it involve removing the entire window and thus having to reseal the window?
Thank you for any help I may receive.
Jerry
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Old 09-23-2005, 03:28 PM   #2
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Replacing a screen isn't difficult if you use the right tool. It's called a spline tool or gimp tool depending what part of the country you're from. Basically it has a handle in the middle and a wheel on each end. One wheel is rounded on the edge and the other is concave. You remove the old screen by removing the spline which is a little rubber strip in the groove on the outer edge of the screen. Put the new screen in place and reinstall the spline (or gimp) in the groove with the tool. When the spline is all in, you cut off the excess screen.
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Old 09-23-2005, 04:42 PM   #3
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Replacing a screen isn't difficult if you use the right tool. It's called a spline tool or gimp tool depending what part of the country you're from. Basically it has a handle in the middle and a wheel on each end. One wheel is rounded on the edge and the other is concave. You remove the old screen by removing the spline which is a little rubber strip in the groove on the outer edge of the screen. Put the new screen in place and reinstall the spline (or gimp) in the groove with the tool. When the spline is all in, you cut off the excess screen.
Thanks Jim, but replacing the screen in a TrailManor is not as easy as this! I have replaced window screens at home many,many times.
Hopefully some one out there has the answer.
Jerry
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Old 09-23-2005, 05:39 PM   #4
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I did one on the big window on the left side on our 2619 and that's how I did it. Only difference is that now the screen is a little different color than the rest of them. Come to think of it, I did have the poprivets out because I had to change the glass, too. (caught a rock). I just looked at the TV and it does appear that you have to remove the screen by drilling out the poprivets. Then you do it as the pictures indicate. Sorry.
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Old 09-24-2005, 09:36 AM   #5
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Jim,
So if I drill out the pop rivets there will be a frame containing the screen that can be removed from the window frame? Then what...do I have to buy a pop rivet tool and replace the drilled out ones when I reinstall the screen frame??
I'm confused!
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Old 09-24-2005, 10:26 AM   #6
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I had to buy really short rivets because the longer ones I already had interfered with the window and I had to take them out also. I thought later that maybe I should have used really short screws instead. Then if I had to do it again it wouldn't be so hard. Getting the rivets out without enlarging the hole is pretty tricky. I just went and looked at the one I did and you have to remove the entire inner frame ring because the same screws that hold it go through the screen frame, also. The inner frame wasn't sealed, so it came off fairly easily. I, as I stated before, did this in conjunction with replacing the sliding window, so it wasn't just replacing the screen. I'm sorry if I am confusing you. It's been a while since I did that so it's sort of foggy. Us old guys don't remember as well as we used to!
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