I’ve heard about little brass disks with numbers on them to match wooden screens to the windows they fit. They came in pairs of the same number; one was tacked to the screen frame, and one to the window frame. Does anyone know where to get them if they’re still made, or what they are called so I can search for them?
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We use what are referred to as valve tags at work. You can get them blank from
http://www.mcmaster.com/ and stamp them yourself. McMaster also has numbered stamp sets.
-D
There are several sets of them for sale on eBay right now, go there and do a search on 'window tacks'. Apparently they were made by a company named Acro.
WE had those on the screen of my house when I was a kid....
Same disc and matching # on the storms as well.
How I hated the dreaded announcement it was time to switch the storms for screen and vice versa. 3 story house, full screen porch , take them down , wash , get the replacements out of storage, wash and install, store the others till the next dreaded day coming in 6 months. And God help you if you damaged the screen fabric or broke the glass.
Now if you can find an old fashioned hardware store in a part of the country that used to use storms and screens you might just find some on a dusty shelf at the back of the store, up high , left hand side.
They will be by the storm sash locking side supports that were used to keep the storms open on mild days in the spring.
;-)
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/s.nl;jsessionid=0a00144a1f4381671f26b03e4790aec8eb7a280e1560.e3eSbNmQaheLe34Pa38Ta38Lbhz0?sc=12&category=90
House of antique hardware
You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Thanks for the help everyone. I ordered two sets of prenumbered valve tags from a place called Brimar.ne sutor ultra crepidam
You can get some Original unused Arco tacks here as well. I used them on my replacement screens for my 1912 bungalow
http://www.wmjrigby.com/index.php?cat_id=89&nav_tree=10,23,89
Diane
Used to be available at any decent hardware store. Probably not anymore, though, since wood screens disappeared with the Edsel.