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Screen in Entry Door

Can anyone tell me how to remove the little screen in the entry door?  The rubber o ring has come out of it's channel along the top.

TIA.
Jerry Elkins
2004 Holiday Rambler Scepter
2018 Mini Cooper Clubman
Border Collies Isabelle & Baxter
Kerrville Tx.  78028

Re: Screen in Entry Door

Reply #1 –
The round rubber is pressed into a groove atop the screen material with a special tool made expressively for that use. It has a wheel on each end with a concave form that fits the rubber strip. Pushing the rubber in place with this tensions the screen also. To remove the screen just remove the rubber all the way around. Keep a piece of the rubber so when you go to replace the screen and rubber you will be able to get the correct size as there is more than one size available.
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Re: Screen in Entry Door

Reply #2 –
Nitehawk has it right. That rubber piece is called a SPLINE and is available at any good hardware store by the foot.  The tool is also available at little cost.  In fact if you are in GA you can use mine.
Gary B

Re: Screen in Entry Door

Reply #3 –
I am familiar with the method of holding the screen.  How do I get the entire screen removed so I can fit the o ring.  Remove the inside flange?
Jerry Elkins
2004 Holiday Rambler Scepter
2018 Mini Cooper Clubman
Border Collies Isabelle & Baxter
Kerrville Tx.  78028

Re: Screen in Entry Door

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Jerry & Coleen –
I am familiar with the method of holding the screen.  How do I get the entire screen removed so I can fit the o ring.  Remove the inside flange?


When I replaced the screen in my 93, I removed the three screws on each side of the three hinges and took off the whole screen door. If your 94 is the same, that seems to be the easiest way. I then laid the door out on a patio table and replaced the screens.

Let me warn you, realigning the screen to close and fit properly is a real pain.
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Locust Grove, OK
1993 U300 SSE 40' (Restored at FOT 2009) Build 4323
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Re: Screen in Entry Door

Reply #5 –
Plus, there is a little art in estimating just how much to tighten the screen before you start putting the spline back in. If you make it look nice like the finished product, when you install the spline, it will tighten so much as to distort the door (and possibly bend it). Too loose and it will look sloppy. I usually put one side in and then start installing the other side with the screen a LITTLE LOOSE. As the spline goes deeper in the groove, you will be able judge what it is going to look like. I have had to pull the spline out several times before being happy with the look. You can then fit the door into place and check if it fits OK. Better to have to tighten after initial installation than to loosen.

Only then can you take a new, single sided razor blade, put on your most powerful glasses and draw the blade down next to the spline to make a nice clean cut.

Parts needed: A new (correct sized) spline to fit the groove (I usually cut mine in four pieces rather than one. You can make 45 degree cuts at the corners to make it look neat if you like), A screen installation roller tool (hardware store-about a buck or so) with a different nylon or aluminum installation roller at each end and a five pack or so of blades to cut the screen. That along with a little patience, will make for a factory quality job.
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