www.NWRetractableScreens.com
Local: 503 691-6862
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Our Product vs The Others
Our Retractable Screens |
The Others |
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|
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. |
|
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. |
| 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. |
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 |
It should be durable, look nice & keep all the bugs out!