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Originally Posted by NJblue
Anyone care to share what their costs were to buy the retractable front door screen and have it installed? Our neighbor had it done by another company and said it was something like $385. She loves it and said it is much better than "Home Depot" quality, but that seems kind of pricey to me. But, then again, I have no idea what even a Home Depot screen would cost.
Another question on the front door screens: Does any framing for this take away from the width of the door opening? Is this an issue for getting large pieces of furniture in/out?
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Memory fuzzy, but here is what I remember.
We found one at Lowe's/Home Depot (I cannot remember which now) on sale last year. I "think" it was $99, normally $129. I did the install in about two hours or so ( first one I did, so not too efficient
) and it has worked out great. I cannot say it is the same quality as the $400 ones, but to me it has simply worked and we love it.
One test it had was last month is a friend walked right through it going to his car when it was dark outside (I am laughing at the memory as I type this). He looked like a fish caught in a net
. I guess I should put some stickers on there......but who would think the front door is wide open
It was all out of the housing, all uneven, off the top rail and I thought, it must be ruined, pulled it open, pulled it closed a couple of times, got it back in the track and never new anything happened.
As far as space lost, the housing that holds the screen does reduce the door size by almost 2 inches, same as the door itself does when wide open at my house. If I had something that required removing the door, it would not take me much longer to remove the screen housing.