It was a pleasure to find someone who took the time to adhere to the true nature of his home's construction rather than taking the easy way out and going for the aluminum kits available at any hardware store.
Bob covers his process from establishing the location of the screens, to the measurements and details of his construction process. And finally, he shows the finished product installed and looking beautiful on his home.
Have any of you built your own screens for your home? Do you have an online DIY source to share? We'd love to hear (and see) what you've done.
(Images: Bob Sutor)
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How did you know I needed to do this, this weekend?! Thank you!
Question for Bob: I was just going to use "1x2" for the screen frames, since I don't have a table saw to rip long boards, and it's only a 1/16" difference. Any reason this wouldn't work?
No, that should be just fine.