Any hints on working with this stuff? We’ve got the strip, cap, spline, and screen, and the openings are all ready.
Spline the screen at the top first? Who has a better how-to than the instructions that came with the stuff?
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Top first is fine but leave the corners unseated till the last (after the main edges are all seated) Fiberglass screen stretches easily but also cuts and tears easily. You can get a nice tight screen with steel or aluminum. Cut oversize and then trim after the splines are seated with a utility knife.
Duckbill pliers allow a firm even grasp of the screen material as you stretch it tight and down into the spline area.As the other poster said, leave the corners free until last. I like to first attach the longest section, center to center, and then do the short sides.