Help, alumunum window screen has no tabs!


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Old 03-07-12, 09:32 AM
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Help, alumunum window screen has no tabs!

My second floor aluminum window screen TABS BROKE OFF. How do I remove it? Thank you. DeborahB
 
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Old 03-07-12, 09:58 AM
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Take a kitchen case knife and insert it in the area between the screen and frame on the side where the tabs were and pry it towards the middle until it clears the frame. It should pop out easily.
 
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Old 03-07-12, 04:03 PM
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Aluminum storm windows???? What he suggested might not work, but using the knife to operate the broken tabs might.
 
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Old 03-08-12, 10:19 PM
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Just Bill, I was thinking the tabs she mentioned were the plastic or rubber tabs attached to the screen under the rubber that holds the screen in. You use them like handles to pull the screen toward the center to get it out from the channel to remove the screen. There I think is a spring metal piece on the opposite side to hold the screen in place if I am thinking correctly.
I believe you are thinking of the latch type screen like a storm door has. One either side to unlatch and move screen up.
Only the original poster will know for sure which they were speaking of.
 
 

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