Window Screen Repair in Honolulu, HI
Torn mesh, a slider that jumps its track, a jalousie screen that no longer seats. We rescreen frames, build new screens and fix screen doors across Oahu, where most homes still cool with open windows. Call, or send the form for a written quote.
Screens and doors we repair on Oahu
Rescreening, new screens, doors, sliders and lanais, plus solar screens for sun-facing glass. See what screen repair costs.
Window Screen Replacement
New frame and mesh when the old frame is bent, split or eaten by corrosion.
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Screen Door Repair
Hinged screen doors rescreened, squared up and fitted with working closers.
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Sliding Screen Doors
Rollers, tracks and panels for patio sliders that scrape or jump the rail.
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Lanai Screen Repair
Wide lanai panels rescreened with mesh chosen for salt, sun and view.
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Jalousie Window Screens
Inside and outside jalousie screens built on heavy extruded frames.
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Retractable Screens
Roll-away door screens and wide-opening units, fitted and adjusted.
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Security Screen Doors
Steel grille and stainless mesh doors, with grade chosen for the coast.
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Pet Screens
Tough vinyl-coated polyester for doors and low windows with pets.
Learn more →What makes a screen last on Oahu?
A screen on this island has to survive salt, sun and a window that stays open most of the year. In 2020 only about one Hawaii home in eight used central air, so the screen is doing real work, not sitting behind closed glass. That changes the job. We match the mesh to how close the house sits to the shoreline, keep dissimilar metals apart where aluminum frames meet screws and corner pieces, and roll spline without stretching it, because stretched vinyl creeps back and loosens the cloth. We rescreen and rebuild window screens, repair hinged and sliding screen doors, rescreen lanai panels and fit jalousie, pet, solar and retractable screens.
Mesh matched to the address
Fiberglass for most windows, bronze or 316 stainless near the water, pet or solar cloth where a door or a west-facing pane needs it.
Repair before replace
If the frame is straight and the corners are sound, new mesh and spline in the old frame is the cheaper fix, and we say so.
Extruded where it counts
Sliding doors and large panels get extruded aluminum, the stiffer stock the state itself specifies for its own jalousie screens.
A price before the work
You get the quote in writing first, item by item, so a bent frame or a seized roller is never a surprise at the end.
Is it time to rescreen or rebuild?
Most screens do not fail all at once. They sag, fade, then tear. These are the six things we get called about most, and what each one usually means for the frame behind it.
Mesh pulling free
The spline has hardened and shrunk. Old spline is never reused, so this is a rescreen with new cord sized to the channel.
Faded, brittle fiberglass
Sun has broken down the vinyl coating and the glass yarn underneath now snaps when you press it.
White powder on frames
That is aluminum corrosion, usually worst where the frame touches a steel corner key, a screw or a different metal.
Slider grinding
Worn rollers, grit packed in the track or a bent track lip. Left alone, it strains the corners until they open.
Creased metal mesh
Aluminum screen keeps every dent. It cannot be pushed back flat, so the panel is rescreened.
Mosquitoes inside
The state health department's first advice is to repair window and door screens. A small tear is enough.
Which mesh suits a Honolulu window?
Openness decides how much breeze and view you keep. Material decides how long it lasts in salt air. Here is how the four cloths we fit most often compare.
| Mesh | Open area | Holds up in salt air | The trade-off | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiberglass 18x16 | About 59% | Yes, no metal to corrode | Sun ages the vinyl coating | Most windows and doors |
| Aluminum 18x16 | Thin wire, clear view | Oxidizes near the coast | Dents and creases for good | Inland windows where view matters |
| Pet-resistant polyester | About 36% | Yes, vinyl-coated | Thicker, slightly duller view | Doors and low windows with pets |
| Solar 80 | About 25% | Yes, vinyl-coated | Darker, less view | Sun-facing glass |
Why do coastal screens wear out faster than inland ones?
Because salt lands on the coast and thins out fast as you move inland. A University of Hawaii survey of 126 bus shelters mapped airborne chloride across Oahu: its coastal stations at Kahuku and Coconut Island collected about 76 to 78 milligrams per square meter a day, against roughly 9 to 12 at Manoa, Waipahu and inland Ewa. The windward and leeward shores took the most, central Oahu the least. A frame in Kailua or Waianae is therefore fighting several times the salt of one in Mililani. So mesh, frame stock and fasteners are chosen for the address, not one standard kit for the whole island.
- ✓ Windward and leeward coasts
- ✓ Fiberglass, bronze, 316 stainless
- ✓ Extruded frame stock
- ✓ New spline every time
- ✓ Jalousie and slider screens
- ✓ Condo lanais too
Rescreen the frame or build a new screen?
Rescreening keeps your frame and replaces only the mesh and spline. A new screen means new frame stock cut, mitered and joined to fit the opening.
- Rescreen whenThe frame is straight and square, the corners are tight and the spline groove is clean. This is the common job, often minutes per screen on site.
- Rebuild whenA roll-formed frame is bent, a corner has split, corrosion has eaten the groove, or the window never had a screen at all.
- Why it matters hereThin roll-formed stock bends easily and is hard to straighten. Hawaii's public works guide will not allow it on state jalousie screens and calls for heavy extruded frames instead.
- What we check firstSquare, corners, groove depth and any metal-to-metal contact that has started to powder.
Screens across the island of Oahu
Windward, leeward, central and town. Salt exposure changes a lot between these places, so mesh and frame choices change with them. Area notes: Kailua window screens and North Shore window screens.
Screen repair questions from Honolulu homeowners
Screens letting the bugs back in?
Tell us how many screens, which doors and roughly where on the island you are. We will come back with a written quote before anything is cut.