My neighbor has a double french door that replaced a glass slider. They have a cat they want to keep indoors, but would like to be able to open one side of the french door during the summer. They had a rollup screen door solution that worked for a while but was too flimsy. If a cat (or other animal like squirell) got caught between the screen and the closed door, it would push the screen out of the track. Also, the screen was held onto the roller with double faced sticky tape and it came off the roller entirely once or twice.
So she’s looking for a durable screen door solution to her french doors.
Any ideas I could share with her?
Here’s a picture of the door with the failed screen in place.
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If they wanted screens, why did they install the French door?
There are stock screens available
for French type doors-they end up being french type screens. Come with a center post. Defeats the ambiance of the French doors, but if you want it - they got it.
Spring loaded sliding screens in that application are suspect as the tension that's created pulling it that far is often too much to operate very long term and the screen only (no frame) passes along a trough or track.
However, if you search sliding screen or sliding screen panels you might come up with a better form of the same thing-made for "screened" porches where you want to open it up. I cannot provide a link but a few yrs ago I did some looking for a job.
Can't tell for sure from the photo -- does the door open in or out? Assuming it opens in I'd think a sliding screen/storm combo would be the best choice.