Doors and Windows - Expanding screen?

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Mohrravvian
06-04-05, 03:52 PM
Hi there. New to this board, but I'm looking for a solution and not having any luck.

Here's the situation: I recently bought a house which has 2 doors to the back porch. One is a standard door, the other is an Andersen hinged patio door. The Andersen door sees almost no usage because of its location, which is in the middle of one of the living room walls. What I'd like to do for better airflow is to have a screen in the the Andersen doorway which, when I open the door itself, would allow a nice breeze through the house. It would not need to open easily as we never use it.

I'm envisioning some sort of expanding, spring-loaded screen, but I can't seem to find anything. There is a track in the exterior doorframe which would allow a screen to fit into it, but there's no way to get it inside the track that I can see unless it were spring loaded to expand inside the space. Has anyone seen anything like this, and if so, where could I get it?

Thanks for the assistance!

Moh


johnam
06-05-05, 09:19 PM
Andersen will have the screen for that door. Go to their website to find a dealer near you. www.andersenwindows.com