Screen & Window Refresh
Handis screen and window refresh is the single-visit reset that takes a Seattle home from winter-shut to actually-window-open for the warm months — every stored screen pulled from the garage or attic, every tear re-meshed with fresh fiberglass or aluminum on the spot, every bent frame replaced, every sliding-door track lubricated with silicone (never WD-40, which destroys the nylon rollers in about a season), every vinyl-window weep hole cleared so the spring rains drain right, every window track vacuumed and wiped, every screen re-installed on the window that takes it. From $300 for a small home with five-to-eight screens; up to $900 for a full re-mesh on a larger home with multiple sliders and pet-resistant mesh.
Service
How the Screen & Window Refresh Works
Five steps every Handis screen and window refresh visit runs through — pull stored screens, inspect each one, re-mesh torn mesh and replace bent frames, service sliding-door tracks and vinyl-window weep holes, re-install and send the same-day photo report.
Pull Stored Screens from Wherever They Live
Tech pulls every screen from the garage rafters, attic, basement, or side-of-the-house stack and sets up a clean workbench on the back patio for the inspection and re-mesh work. Storage-location notes go into the report so re-collection at the end of next winter is faster.
Inspect Each Screen on the Bench
Mesh integrity, spline condition, frame condition, corner clips, slide tabs, pull tabs — every screen gets a visual check before any work starts. Anything beyond simple re-installation (re-mesh, bent frame, replacement parts) gets flagged with a member-rate quote for your sign-off before the tech opens the spline roller.
Re-Mesh Torn Screens and Replace Bent Frames
Torn mesh gets pulled and re-splined with fresh fiberglass, aluminum, or pet-resistant heavy mesh sized to the use case. Spline diameter matched to the existing channel — the most common DIY re-mesh failure. Bent aluminum frames get straightened where possible and replaced from truck-stock standard sizes where not.
Service Sliding-Door Tracks and Vinyl-Window Weep Holes
Sliding-door screen tracks cleaned of grit and dead leaves, lubricated with silicone (never WD-40 — it dissolves the nylon rollers). Vinyl-window weep holes cleared with a thin pick so spring rains drain right instead of pooling on the sill. Every window track vacuumed and wiped.
Re-Install and Send the Same-Day Photo Report
Every checked screen goes back on the window that takes it, fitted tight with tabs latched and corner clips set. Casement screens installed last with the right clip pressure. Same-day dated photo report with re-mesh counts, frame replacements, slider service notes, and any add-ons quoted for follow-up. Nothing beyond visit scope is touched without your sign-off.
Screen & Window Refresh Pricing
Final pricing depends on screen count, how many need re-mesh or frame replacement, slider count, and whether pet-resistant mesh is requested on any screens. Larger homes and multi-slider installs price higher. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us how many screens you have and how many sliders. We will quote the visit.
Why Seattle Homeowners Book Handis for Screen & Window Refresh
Screen work gets done wrong in three predictable ways every spring in Seattle. The wrong spline diameter gets jammed into the channel and the mesh sags by July. WD-40 gets sprayed into a sliding-door track and the nylon rollers dissolve by August. Vinyl-window weep holes get ignored because nobody knows what they are, and water pools on the sill every March. Our screen visit was built backward from those failures — the right spline diameter matched on the spot, silicone lubricant in place of WD-40, every weep hole cleared with a pick. The tech who shows up has re-meshed thousands of screens and can spline a 32-by-40 frame faster than you can find the receipt for the spline roller you bought at the hardware store.
Estimate
Tell us how many screens are in stored, how many sliding-door screens you have, the rough age of the windows (vinyl, aluminum, wood-framed), and whether any screens have visible tears or bent frames. We send back a clear estimate for the visit.
Customer Reviews
Recent screen and window refresh reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
Two cats and seven torn screens. Handis tech showed up with a workbench, set up on our back porch, pulled the old fiberglass out of every torn screen, and re-meshed all seven with pet-resistant heavy mesh in under three hours. Re-installed everything. The cats have already tested the new mesh and the mesh held. Worth every cent.
1978 sliding patio door in a Renton split, screen had been binding for years. Previous handyman sprayed WD-40 in the track which made it worse over the summer. Handis tech cleaned out the residue, replaced two destroyed nylon rollers from truck stock, lubed with silicone. Door now slides like new. Fifteen years of binding fixed in twenty minutes.
Every spring we had a puddle on three of our vinyl windowsills and we just assumed the windows were bad. Handis tech checked the weep holes on the bottom of the frames and every single one was blocked solid — paint from the previous owner, mostly. Cleared all of them in fifteen minutes total. First spring with dry windowsills in seven years.
Our 1948 Phinney Ridge bungalow has eleven wood-frame windows and three with original wood screens. The tech re-meshed all three wood screens with fiberglass to match the original look, replaced two bent aluminum frames on the modern windows, cleared every weep hole, and lubed both slider tracks. House is bug-tight for the first time in years.
Small vacation place on Camano. We only get there summer weekends and the screens had been stored in the garage rafters since 2019. Tech pulled them all down, found four torn and two with bent frames, re-meshed and replaced where needed, lubed the slider, re-installed everything in a single afternoon. Place is finally usable with the windows open.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the Handis screen and window refresh — pricing, mesh types, slider tracks, weep holes, and what routes to a glazier or window contractor.