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anne:
This is hot tub related is a vague way......as I work on my yard and new patio, I'm irritated by a project I never finished for my screen room.  My problem: this screen room was built a long time ago (1960ish). The screen material is held in the grooves by that rubbery- cord- lake material, called spline, I think. When I moved in three years ago, I painted the inside of the screen room, and to do this, i had to pull out a lot of the screen material. It was old, and I planned to replace it all, anyway. I threw out the spline as it was old and dried, and I figured I could easily get more. Not so easy.

I have looked everywhere I can think of, I have asked hardware stores if they can special order, but I CANNOT find the right size spline. The closest out there is 0.185 (4.6mm) and it is enough too small that it will not work.

So now I have a screen room with about 1/2 the screens missing.....anyone know where to buy archaic sized spline? or have other ideas? I tried doubling the screen material over in the groove to create a tighter fit- way too cumbersome. I tried to find different thicknesses of screen- No go.

thanks!!!!

drewstar:

--- Quote ---This is hot tub related is a vague way......as I work on my yard and new patio, I'm irritated by a project I never finished for my screen room.  My problem: this screen room was built a long time ago (1960ish). The screen material is held in the grooves by that rubbery- cord- lake material, called spline, I think. When I moved in three years ago, I painted the inside of the screen room, and to do this, i had to pull out a lot of the screen material. It was old, and I planned to replace it all, anyway. I threw out the spline as it was old and dried, and I figured I could easily get more. Not so easy.

I have looked everywhere I can think of, I have asked hardware stores if they can special order, but I CANNOT find the right size spline. The closest out there is 0.185 (4.6mm) and it is enough too small that it will not work.

So now I have a screen room with about 1/2 the screens missing.....anyone know where to buy archaic sized spline? or have other ideas? I tried doubling the screen material over in the groove to create a tighter fit- way too cumbersome. I tried to find different thicknesses of screen- No go.

thanks!!!!


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What size do you need?

for example, here's a place that sells .225

Is it larger than a quarter of an inch?

http://remodelist.com/product.php?productid=40596

anne:
I dont know exactly what size it is, but it is bigger than .185 and smaller than .225. Thanks, though!

drewstar:

--- Quote ---I dont know exactly what size it is, but it is bigger than .185 and smaller than .225. Thanks, though!
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Have you ever replaced screens before? The spline is usually very tight and you need the pizza wheel roller to get it going.

(I'm not trying to be a smart a$$ or insult you, it's just that this is so odd, I've never heard of this).  

The other idea is go to a place that repairs screens (Small hardware store) bring in one screen and see what the do or have to say.

drewstar:
 The other part of the equation is screen material.   I wonder aloud if you must use metal screening and the larger size spline (.185).  Would the thickness of the screen material be enough to make a significant dif? Have you tried a small piece of Al screen with the larger spline?

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