Your lanai is often the area of your home where you first start your day by drinking coffee while watching the rain, and then spend time in the evening relaxing outside. But one torn panel of your screened lanai can invite in unwanted critters like mosquitoes, lizards, and leaves. Excellent Sliding Door provides lanai screen repair in Tampa for screened porches, patios and lanai rooms. We can repair torn panels, reinsert loose spline and repair your screen doors so you can once again enjoy this area of your home.
Signs Your Lanai Screen Needs Repair
Here is what homeowners usually notice:
- A hole or tear in a panel
- Screen pulled loose at the edges
- Bugs or lizards getting inside
- The lanai screen door will not close
- Mesh that looks dull, stained, or brittle
Lanai screen repair early keeps a small problem small. Wind gets into a loose edge and rips the whole panel.
Why Lanai Screens Take a Beating in Tampa
The Tampa sun continues to break down screen mesh year after year. The high humidity promotes mildew in the corners of the screen panels. The occasional afternoon thunderstorms bring heavy amounts of rain as well as debris to the screens. And then there’s love bug season in the spring and fall, when they seem to stick to every screen.
In South Tampa, many lanais face pets and kids. The lower panels can get kicked. A kick plate or pet screen on the bottom row can be helpful.
Lizards are another pest we get calls about in Tampa. They can enter a house through a small space at the bottom of an opening. Closing up these spaces when doing repairs will keep them out.
What Our Lanai Screen Repair Includes
All panels are inspected prior to quotation. Lanai Screen Repair in Tampa includes:
- Rescreening single or multiple panels
- New spline for loose screens
- Pet screen on lower panels
- Lanai screen door repair
- Full lanai rescreens when the mesh is worn out
Many of the older bungalows in Hyde Park and Palma Ceia have individual hand-cut screened porches of custom sizes. Bayshore Beautiful homes experience particularly high winds. We make sure to match the mesh and complete the fit to your individual space.
In addition to checking the screen, we also check the screen door closer and latch. A door that swings open lets bugs right in.
My Advice on Lanai Screen Care
Wash your screens with a hose and brush every few months. Do not use a power washer to wash old mesh screens. Clean love bugs off of your screens as soon as possible, as they will stain the screen. Be careful not to rub your plants and furniture up against your screens. After a storm, check the edges of your screen for loose spline. If you are going to paint or power wash your house, make sure to tell your crew to cover up your lanai screens first.
Lanai Screen Repair FAQs
Who does lanai screen repair near me in Tampa?
Excellent Sliding Door handles provide lanai screen repair services in South Tampa, Hyde Park, Palma Ceia, Bayshore, Westshore and the Channel District.
Can you repair one panel or do I need a full rescreen?
Repairing only the damaged panels may cost less than a full rescreen over time. We can give you a better idea of whether repair or rescreening will be more cost-effective for you.
What screen is best for a lanai with pets?
The pet screen on the lower panels is thicker than usual and can withstand pets’ claws and paws.
How long does lanai screen repair take?
We often can complete a few panels in one visit, but a full rescreen takes longer. We can give you a better timeline after looking at your home.
Book Lanai Screen Repair in Tampa
Get your lanai back. Contact Excellent Sliding Door today for Lanai Screen Repair or book online at excellentslidingdoor.com.
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