Screen Repair in Riverside

Screens that look right and work right

Damaged or worn-out screens can make your home look neglected and let in unwanted pests. We provide reliable screen repair and replacement to help keep your windows and doors looking and functioning properly.

Screen repair and replacement

We offer screen repair and replacement services to restore damaged or worn window and door screens. Whether your screens have tears, holes, bent frames, or loose mesh, we can repair or replace them to improve airflow, keep insects out, and enhance the appearance of your home. Our goal is to provide durable, clean-looking screens that fit properly and function like new.

Why screens fail

Window and door screens live a hard life in Southern California. They sit in direct sun for most of the year, and the sun is what ends most of them. Mesh that was flexible when it was installed slowly dries out, fades to gray and turns brittle. One day a finger, a branch or a gust of wind goes straight through it.

Other common causes:

• Pets and kids. Dogs scratch at sliding door screens. Cats climb them. Kids lean on them. Door screens take more abuse than any window screen.
• Wind. Santa Ana winds can pull a loose screen out of its track, bend the frame or send it across the yard.
• Bent frames. Screen frames are light aluminum. Pulling one out the wrong way, stepping on it or storing it badly leaves a bend that keeps it from sitting flat again.
• Loose mesh. The rubber spline that holds the mesh in its channel shrinks and hardens with age. When it lets go, the mesh sags or pulls out at a corner.
• Worn hardware. Pull tabs snap off, corner pieces crack and the rollers on sliding screen doors wear down until the door drags.

A damaged screen is more than a cosmetic problem. A tear is an open door for flies and mosquitoes, which means windows stay shut on evenings when you would rather have the breeze. And from the street, torn or missing screens make an otherwise tidy home look neglected.

Repair or replace?

It depends on the frame. If the frame is straight, the corners are tight and it still fits the window, new mesh is usually all it needs. The old mesh and spline come out, new mesh is rolled in tight and even, and the screen looks new.

If the frame is bent, cracked at a corner or simply missing, replacement makes more sense. A frame that does not sit flat leaves gaps that insects will find, no matter how good the mesh is. We look at each screen individually and tell you which ones can be saved and which ones are not worth it. For a fuller walk through the decision, read our post on how to repair or replace a window screen.

How a screen repair visit works

It starts with a free estimate. Tell us how many screens need work and what you are seeing. Tears, holes, bent frames and loose mesh are the usual list. Photos help, and so does knowing whether the screens are for windows, sliding doors or both.

We then check each screen: the mesh, the frame, the corners, the pull tabs and the way it sits in its opening. You hear which screens we recommend repairing and which we recommend replacing before any work begins.

Repaired screens get new mesh pulled tight, with no waves or sags, and trimmed clean at the edges. Replacement screens are made to fit the opening. Every screen goes back in place so we can confirm it sits flat, closes the gaps and can still be removed easily when it is time to clean the windows.

The best time to deal with screens

• Before the warm months. Spring is when windows start staying open in the evening. Screens should be ready before the first warm night, not after the first mosquito.
• During a window cleaning. Screens come off for a proper cleaning anyway. That is when damage is easiest to spot and easiest to fix. Booking window cleaning and screen work together means everything goes back up clean and whole.
• After a wind event. If the Santa Ana winds bent a frame or pulled a screen loose, fix it before it gets lost or damaged further.
• Before selling or renting a property. Missing and torn screens are one of the small things that buyers, renters and inspectors notice right away.
• When a new pet arrives. If a door screen is already weak, a new dog or cat will finish it quickly.

Residential and commercial

Most screen work is residential: bedroom windows, kitchen windows and the sliding door to the patio. But we also work with commercial properties that have operable windows or screened doors, where intact screens are part of keeping the building comfortable and presentable. Whether it is one torn screen or a whole property's worth, the approach is the same: check every screen, fix what can be fixed and replace what cannot.

Part of a complete exterior refresh

Fresh screens do the most for a home when the rest of the exterior matches. Clean glass behind new mesh looks sharp from the street and from the couch. If the walls, eaves and walkways need attention too, our exterior cleaning service can take care of them on the same project, so you deal with one company for the whole job instead of several.

Get a free estimate

ALLCLEAN Home Services offers free estimates for screen repair and replacement in Riverside County and Orange County. Call or text us, or book online and tell us what your screens need. New customers receive 15% off their first service.