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Make a Screen Frame for Your Aluminium Windows
Once you have purchased the aluminium window frames, you will need to do some further add-on to these windows before you can fully utilize the usage. Window screens are essential items for the aluminium windows. They are beneficial in a way that they assist to help keep the air ventilated and also to prevent insects and mosquitoes out of the house. Here are some steps that one can take to make a do-it-yourself screen frame for your aluminium windows.
First of all, take the dimension measurements of your aluminium frames which may include the height and the width of the frames. Then, use a hacksaw to saw the frame pieces based on the length that one has measured earlier on. Next, after sawing, do an overall check to ensure that they are no rough edges along the frame. If there is, file the rough corners with a metal file.
After that, gather the frame pieces that you have cut up just now and link the upper window corner with the lower window corner. They can be connected either by some aluminium corner inserts or just some plastics. Then, when all the four corners have been joined, make sure that you hold the frame in place. Handle the frame cautiously as the metal maybe soft and can be easily warped out of the square shape.
Next, proceed to take a piece of the screening material and lay it straight flat on top of the frame. Do make sure that when this is done, there is about one inch to three centimetres of material leftover at the four sides of the frame. Then, slightly tug at the screening material, first horizontally and then vertically to make it tight. Keep in mind that when pulling, it should not cause the frame to warp off the straight line or “waves” to form on the screen.
Get the screening material and press the rubber splines into the slots found on the frame to hold the screen in its place. One can do this with the help of a spine roller. Lastly, trim away the remaining screening material at the sides of the frame with a sharp knife to tidy up the whole look of the screen frame.