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Replacing screen door panels
Yahoo Message Number: 99759
Bought a clear replacement panel and slide for the screen door the other day but not sure how to get the fixed piece out. Has anyone here replaced theirs?

Thanks, Jim C
Re: Replacing screen door panels
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Yahoo Message Number: 99760
Jim, you just bend it
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Yahoo Message Number: 99769
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Jim, you just bend it in the middle until it snaps out of the rails it runs in.  Our grand kids have managed to try and use the slide as a handle a number of times and I have become an expert in putting it back in. LOL

Larry in South Texas
Larry, it is the fixed solid piece not the slider that we are trying to figure out how to remove.
Re: Replacing screen door panels
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Yahoo Message Number: 99770
It is the fixed solid piece not the slider that we are trying to figure out how to remove.

When we put in the clear slider, we just left the solid piece in place.  For us, having the slider clear gave us the added view we wanted; however if you do figure out how to remove the fixed piece, I'd be interested.

I believe the fixed panel is part of what keeps the door solid, it might be structurally important to to door (or not, what do I know?).

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Yahoo Message Number: 99771
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Larry, it is the fixed solid piece not the slider that we are trying to figure out how to remove.
On ours, there were a couple screws to remove.

Steve
2004 FL
2013 Honda Fit
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Yahoo Message Number: 99795
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Larry, it is the fixed solid piece not the slider that we are trying to figure out how to remove.

Rather than removing the screens. I had two pieces of 1/8" polycarbon
cut slightly larger than the screen so they overlapped it. The top piece has rounded corners to conform with the door frame. Then I drilled holes in the metal of the door frames and using metal mirror clips ( the same 1/8" size) rested the bottom of the polycarbon on the center ledge of the door and affixed two mirror clips on both sides and on the top of the door frame. I also bought a new plastic slider.
Now when I am in a colder area I have a storm door, and when it gets hot I remove the polycarbon and have a screen door again. Make sure when installing the mirror clips that you have enough clearance to move then sideways, so you can take out the polycarbon panels. I store these panels behind the drivers seat on my TK. Polycarbon is less prone to scratch if you have pets.
Beverly Brownian Motion 2007 23.5 TK
 
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Yahoo Message Number: 99797
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Larry, it is the fixed solid piece not the slider that we are trying to figure out how to remove.

On ours, there were a couple screws to remove.

Steve
Steve,

Where are those screws? I can see screws on either edge of the door frame but not sure what they will do. There are two on each side. Also there are two pop rivets that appear to hold the center aluminum piece on the fixed panel.

Jim