I’m way higher than everyone else it seems. I’m at $40 for a roughly 30”x48” average size window screen. I’m at about $75 for sliding glass door screens, and at I think $50-55 building from scratch. If it’s just one screen or two I can do it on site but if it’s a whole house I’ll take them home and replace everything on the table using the jig. What I have done in the past couple years is when I do fall cleanings, if I am cleaning a house that needs all screens replaced, I persuade them to leave them out for the winter so they can enjoy the view, I take the screens home, usually about 25-45 screens on a house. I set my table and jig up in my living room and just spend a day or two doing one house. Take a break for a day or two and do another clients house. I have 7 to do this winter. Here’s the real killer: I call them in the spring, and say “hey, you ready to get that exterior cleaning done so we can put these fresh and clean brand new screens in?!” They’re utterly excited to be able to open windows to clean screens and clean glass. What did I do? I got them on an in/out cleaning the previous fall, all of their screens replaced over the winter, and a guaranteed minimum outside only cleaning when I go to put the screens back in. I stock frame channel because it’s dirt cheap, and almost always white. If any of the screens need more than a corner or a plunger pin, or if they have a bent section and I am replacing it with new straight channel, I just tell them ahead of time it will take extra material to bring them up to par and they’re like ok, do your thing. I have 4-6 different kinds of corners here, channels, plungers, pull tabs. I charge an extra $20 or so per screen if they’re Andersens because I have to remove their shitty proprietary un-reusable metal spline, and they also take a thicker spline that is harder to work with. It’s not hard to sell people on screen replacement if you can point out the that the screens look awful and WHY they look awful. Aside from home with windows last year that had NEW Andersens with aluminum screens that weren’t suffering from screen burn yet, if I came across any houses that had old aluminum screens, at least 2-3 of the windows had screen burn on them. I inform the customer how it happened, and how to remove the burn, and that the screens need to be replaced with fiberglass away from the original aluminum, and they almost always tell me to take em and bring ‘em back later.
That is a very good idea, guaranteed follow-up cleaning! And it saves you time on the follow-up cleaning because there’s no screen removal at the start of the job too.
Have you had many turn down the $40 regular re-screen price? And what area/state is that in? Sounds like you’ve got a good thing going there. I was thinking about bumping up re-screen pricing a little, but that is seriously higher than I’ve seen in FL.
Awesome and helpful ideas here, fellas. Anyone else care to share your rescreen/rebuild pricing please? I haven’t seen recent posts on this with pricing.
I’ve offered screen repair for 20 years.
Typically a 1/2 screen is $15, full length $25. Sliding doors are $30 and porch panels start at $60 depending on width. I stick to exposed standard splined frames so none of this brad-nailed wood stuff.
People always ask if I make screens but that is just too involved with all the various hardware and channel options. I have enough on my plate with the services I offer.
I’m in KY if that matters.
Oh and I do everything on site which really impresses customers.
I wanted to give a follow-up, as I owe much of my current situation to you all in this thread.
I saw a post on a community FB group of someone asking for a cleaning service for their condo. On a whim, I mentioned that I could clean their windows and/or repair any broken screens. I quickly learned from the OP that this condo neighborhood was visited by hail a while back, and a bunch of people needed their screens repaired or replaced.
I just got back home after picking up at least 60 screens from 5 people in that community!!! I’m currently offering a discount for screen repair since this is a new service for my company this year, but this 1 job could meet my main goal this year which is to buy a WFP system (and I could meet that goal before Spring even starts)!!!
You never know what doors will open unless you knock on 'em. Thanks everyone for your advice on pricing and other tips! Now I know what I’ll be spending my Winter doing…
That’s so awesome to hear bro! Good going!
If you haven’t done too many rescreens yet, just make sure you don’t make the mesh too tight (avoids hourglass bending of frame, that doesn’t look good once installed). You can help prevent that by pre-rolling the mesh into the frame and then roll the spline. You can also lay a book or your free hand in the center of the screen while rolling in the spline, so they won’t be too tight. This isn’t as much a problem for small screens.
Where are you located?
Thank you! I did one of my own screens and it was slightly too tight for my taste (didn’t bend, but it was close). I’ll definitely keep this in mind!
I’m located in Southeast Michigan
That is an absolutely awesome tip, I’ll have to try that. I have the worst problem with those tall skinny Pella screens hourglassing on me.
If you let the screen flop on the frame and then do the “ends” first (shortest length) THEN do the longs, it should come out pretty good. It means you won’t have a single spline all the way around, but it might save you time from having to pull it out when it’s too tight.
I have raised my prices to:
$25 average size mesh rescreen.
$75 average size new screen build.
$75-$100 rescreen a slider (depends on size).
(Edit, updated prices April 2022 above)
So far, everyone has been happy and no one turned down the new price. Located in FL.
Anyone else willing to share your rescreen prices to date?
Sort of on the subject: anyone ever use a circular saw to cut aluminum frames? Using a hacksaw works, but I’m struggling a lot with making a straight cut.
Harbor freight sells a tiny chop saw for like 20 bucks.
I just used two pieces of aluminum angle and created a slit for my hacksaw. The frame material cuts very easy and you don’t need an extension cord with a hacksaw.
And the cuts don’t have to be perfect. The corners will fill any gaps.
Unfortunately, the frames I’m working with are the kind where the sides meet at a 45° angle, with the corner pieces being interior connectors. Doesn’t look that great when I had to hand-cut them 
. Should have changed way more for building those ones.
And I had to punch out slits for knife-latches. Live and learn, I suppose.
That’s what I need - just ordered one.
Thank you for the suggestion!
Bro… Yes!!!
Same.
Except sliding screen doors are a flat $60 for repair and $150 to replace (standard ones from the hardware store only).
I found this to be perfect for square corners but too small a blade to do 45 deg miter cuts. I switched it out for the Mighty Mite 4" saw, but it’s a bit messier and less safe than the 2" cut saw.
