|
Our Retractable
Screens |
The Others |
| Amount
of Screen |
Our
screen cassettes contain 54 inches of screen material,
allowing plenty of screen to absorb the impact in the
event of a walkthrough. |
Others
contain 40-45 inches of screen material; this can be
a problem if the screen is walked through, on a 36”
wide door there would only be 4" to 9" of
reserve screen available. When walked through the extra
screen unwinds absorbing the impact, and is more likely
to reach the end and be separated from the core resulting
in a costly repair.
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| Screen
Cassette
(Houseing) |
Our
screen housings are the smallest on the market (1½
inches in diameter) and they are fully enclosed, the
small size and enclosed design allows recessed mounting
that will blend naturally to your door. |
Many of the other screen manufacturers screen housings
are a bulky U shaped design (meaning the housing is
open on the back side), this design requires the housing
to be surface mounted so the screen roll isn’t
left exposed on the back side.
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| Recess
mount
vs
Surface mount. |
Recess
mount design: This type of installation has the screen
housing mounting inside of the doorframe, so it visually
becomes a continuation of the trim. This makes for a
much nicer looking installation; it actually looks factory
as though it came with the door. |
Surface
mount design: This type of installation requires the
screen housing to be mounted on top of the trim that
goes around your door. Covering up of the decorative
trim results in a bulky aftermarket look, which takes
away from the appearance of your door. |
| Keeping
the bugs out. |
Our screens are designed to keep all the bugs out!
The top and bottom tracks have a double row of brushes
that encase the screen fabric (Similar to how your
car window rolls up between the felts) this insures
that crawling insects are kept out of the home.
Our screens also feature a full length non metal magnet
from top to bottom on the door jamb, providing a solid
grip & seal. All this provides a complete seal
all the way around your door, keeping all flying and
crawling insects out!
|
Other
brands the screen hangs loose on the top & bottom
tracks, allowing insects to crawl past the screen into
your home. They also use small metal magnets to hold
the screen to the jamb; these metal magnets are prone
to corrosion and can lose their grip, allowing a gust
of wind to unexpectedly open the screen. |
| If
the home
experiences any
settling |
Our screens
pull-bar is a free-floating design that allows plenty
of up and down clearance in its tracks. This design
insures smooth operation of the screens pull-bar in
the event the doorway or the home experiences any settling.
|
Other
screen pull-bars are fixed to the top & bottom tracks,
if there's any settling of the home, the pull bar can
start to bind between the two tracks, resulting in sticking
or restricted movement of the pull bar. This type of
system often requires a frequent spray of silicone lubricant
to operate smoothly. |
| How
well they handle
walkthroughs
( It Does Happen! ) |
Because
our screens pull-bar is flexible and a free-floating
design; when walked through, the pull-bar will flex
and pop out of its tracks and retract, saving it and
the screen from damage. In the event of a walkthrough,
just re-insert the pull-bar into its tracks and your
ready to go again without any repair bill. |
Other
designs are more prone to damage and need of repair
when walked through. Because the screens pull-bar is
rigid and is fixed to the top & bottom tracks; when
walked through, the pull-bar holds the screen in place,
making it more vulnerable to damage, along with possible
breakage of the pull-bar and its mounting clips that
connect to the top & bottom tracks |
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