How to repair bent window screen?

[atgcpaul]

Plenty of links on repairing torn window screen but can't find anything on
repairing the frame. When we bought the house, several window screens were
bent in the middle. Home inspector says it's because when the window frame
swells, the aluminum screen gets squeezed and then kinks. Now I want to fix
them. I don't see a way to take the frame apart. There's a square corner block
where the rails and stiles of the screen meet up with. Do you think the corner
is pressed into the hollow of the frame member?

Paul

[siliconbauhaus]

yep just like you said mate

[DUD]

You should be able to get them at HD, I did. They are very hard to straighten. Bill

[atgcpaul]

No sooner did I post it when I thought, heck, I'll give it a try. What have I got
to lose? Took spline and screen off bottom rail. Popped off rail and bent it flat
again on the floor. Reinstalled rail and screen. Good as new!

Tomorrow I've got a bunch more to rework. Fun. Fun.

Paul

[jbalders]

If the home inspector was right and it's too big, you may want to consider permanently fixing the problem.

If it's like the screens I've worked with in the past, I imagine that if you had a file or maybe a palm sander with 80 grit wet/dry paper, you could shorten it by 1/16" or somesuch in no time while you had the side or bottom off (depending on whether it was tall or wide). I'd mark it before I started to make sure I didn't take too much off.

[atgcpaul]

If the home inspector was right and it's too big, you may want to consider permanently fixing the problem.

If it's like the screens I've worked with in the past, I imagine that if you had a file or maybe a palm sander with 80 grit wet/dry paper, you could shorten it by 1/16" or somesuch in no time while you had the side or bottom off (depending on whether it was tall or wide). I'd mark it before I started to make sure I didn't take too much off.

That is a good suggestion! I don't want to make this an annual affair.

Thanks,
Paul