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May 21, 2011, 9:27 AM

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Re-Visiting [mexliving] how to make cheap window screens

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mexliving

Jul 11, 2010, 6:03 PM
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Great ideas both! . . . . . you can also save a lot of time for about the same price (except for the staple idea) and buy a good quality (3 M) double sided tape and use the tape on the screen along with the Velcro (we paid about the equivalent of $2.00 here in San Juan del Rio for two meters of 1" Velcro) and then put the screen on that way, on either side of the window . . . inside or outside, depending on the swing of your window. Also works for louvered windows if you leave enough excess screen material.

robt65

May 21, 2011, 4:44 PM

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Re: [robt65] Re-Visiting [mexliving] how to make cheap window screens

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The mexliving link looks to be a login?

Aluminum frames are nicer especially if you want tight screens

Sparks Mexico - Sparks Costalegre

May 21, 2011, 6:54 PM

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Hello Sparks,

these screens are tight as a drum head. . . . . . . No Gaps! I do not intend in investing in aluminum (nicer looking yes, more expensive? You bet) screens for this one last summer for my landlord in the rented house.

robt65