Insect Screen Installation Types
Insect-screen mounting splits into four connection logics. Clipped, screwed, hinged or track-mounted. The joinery type and the usage frequency decide the right one.
Five Mounting Types
Each type is explained on a separate page. Five details, from the fitting direction to the connection form.
Recess-Mounted Fixed Insect Screen
A frame sitting on the joinery inner face; invisible from the façade.
ExploreSurface-Mounted Fixed Insect Screen
A frame fitted to the joinery outer face; asks no inner depth.
ExploreScrew-Mounted Insect Screen
The frame is screwed to the casing. It stays in place for years.
ExploreAdhesive Insect Screen
Tape carries, no hole is drilled. When removed the surface returns to its old state.
ExploreClip-Mounted Insect Screen
Passes onto retainers with pressure, comes down by hand. The choice of seasonal removers.
ExploreFour Connection Methods
The insect-screen frame is the same. What changes is the frame's way of holding to the joinery.
| Method | How It Is Fitted | Ideal Use |
|---|---|---|
| Clip-On Snap-Off | The frame seats with pressure onto clips sitting on the joinery edge | Windows removed in season, behind shutters |
| Screwed Fixed | The frame is fixed to the joinery casing with a screw | Windows staying in place year-round |
| Hinged | A hinge is screwed to the casing edge. The leaf opens inward-outward | Doors and heavily passed openings |
| Track-Mounted Sliding | The top and bottom rails are fixed to the joinery. The panel slides on the track | Sliding joinery and glass balconies |
Selection by Joinery
The joinery's structure decides, before the mounting, with which connection the model will be fitted.
Window Shuttered Outside
On joinery whose outer face is covered with a shutter or railing the recess-fitted model comes into play. The frame is fitted from the room side. No profile is seen from outside, the shutter movement is not blocked.
Depth-Less Joinery
If the inside-frame depth is insufficient the frame is fitted to the outer face. The surface-mounted fixed insect screen is the solution of thin joinery finding no clip on the inner corner.
Sliding and Glass Balcony
On sliding systems having no opening sash the panel slides on its own track. On a glass-balcony profile the bottom and top rails follow the joinery. No opening area is needed.
Door and Heavy Passage
On doors passed dozens of times a day the hinged leaf is the most practical. With a spring hinge and magnet accessory the leaf closes by itself.
Critical Points at Measuring
Most mounting errors on an insect screen are born not in production but at the measuring stage.
- The net opening measurement is taken. The frame inner depth and the joinery's diagonality are noted. On a diagonal joinery not one measurement but two diagonal measurements are needed.
- The window opening direction and the sash protrusions (handle, hinge share) are specified. The frame clearance is calculated accordingly.
- At surface fitting the shutter rail and the railing distance are measured. The insect screen and the shutter cannot share the same plane.
The system architecture and mesh options are on the Insect Screen Systems page; the openings the connection is fitted to are listed on the application areas page.
Questions About Insect-Screen Mounting
Is the joinery drilled in insect-screen mounting?
Can an insect screen be fitted behind a shutter?
Must the insect screen be removed in winter?
Does an insect screen seat on a diagonal joinery?
Quote by Joinery Type
Once the window's photo and the opening measurement are shared the connection method and the model are recommended.
