How To Install Window Screen Tension Springs

Lift the screen upward with the lift tabs to compress the tension springs.

How to install window screen tension springs.

This side should have two springy pieces of metal protruding where the screen fits into the track. Release the pegs or tabs. To install simply make a notch in the screen using our notching tool and insert the spring. Wire tension springs provide necessary tension to keep screens held in metal window frames.

Hold your screen frame in the window frame with retention hardware such as top tension springs nylon turn buttons screen frame hangers or wire loop and latch. The one just installs the screen and tension on the two wings holds the screen in place. They are pressed into the top and bottom channels. Install a screen with plastic loop style pulls along one side by pressing the opposite end of the screen into place first.

If in doubt purchase top tension springs which are the easiest to install and don t require drilling into your window frame. Place your finger into the top plastic loop at the opposite side to guide the top of the screen into place. The window screens i currently use a plastic butterfly clip as pictured in the picture. Pull the pegs or tabs simultaneously as you press the remaining side of the screen into place.

Maneuver the screen s base with the lift tabs into the window s frame. How to replace a window screen plunger latch in this video i ll show you how to replace window screen plunger latches aka window screen pins window scree.