Category: Window Screens

Solar screens are a tight, dark mesh mounted on the outside of a window that stops a large share of the sun’s heat before it reaches the glass. The screen maker Phifer rates its SunTex fabrics to block 80 to 90 percent of the sun’s heat and glare, and you can still see out through […]

Window screen replacement comes in two flavors. If the frame is straight and sound, you can rescreen it with new mesh. If the frame is bent, corroded or missing, you replace the whole screen with a new one built to fit the window. In Louisiana’s humidity, the mesh you pick matters. Phifer, a screen manufacturer, […]