Lanai Screen Repair in Newtown, FL
Newtown is one of Sarasota's oldest neighborhoods, a historic community north of downtown where many homes go back to the early and mid-twentieth century and a screened porch is part of how the house was meant to be lived in. Porch frames from those years were built to be re-meshed, and most still can be. The question is usually whether the frame is sound, and a visit answers that.
A porch with one torn panel is a screen panel repair. A porch where every panel has gone brittle is a lanai and porch rescreening, and it is the natural time to replace a sagging door instead of nursing it along; see screen door repair and replacement. Window and entryway screens can go on the same trip.
Newtown is inside the City of Sarasota. Mesh-only rescreens usually need no permit; structural frame work does, through the city. The neighborhood's history is kept by Newtown Alive, whose historical markers stand along the streets many of these porches face.
Sarasota Lanai Screens connects homeowners in Newtown with a local screen contractor. Call (941) 883-9241 for a FREE, no obligation written estimate.
Services Available in Newtown
Pool Cage Rescreening
Patch a few panels or redo the whole cage? When the mesh has gone brittle and chalky all over, a full rescreen resets the clock. Walls, roof, or the whole enclosure, new spline throughout.
Screen Panel Repair
One torn panel, a blown spline, a sagging roof section. Single panels and small sets, mesh matched to the existing weave so the repair disappears.
Lanai & Porch Rescreening
The screened porches and under-truss lanais of South Gate, Gulf Gate, and Arlington Park, rescreened with doors and kick plates renewed at the same visit.
No-See-Um Mesh Upgrades
20/20 tight-weave screen for bayfront and creek-side lanais where standard 18/14 lets biting midges through. Slightly less breeze, a lot more evenings outside.
Pet-Resistant Screen
Heavy vinyl-coated mesh on the lower panels and doors where claws live, with standard screen above so the lanai keeps its view and airflow.
Screen Door Repair & Replacement
Doors that drag, slam, or will not latch. Hinges, closers, latches, kick plates, new mesh, or a new door hung square when the old one is past adjusting.
Window & Entryway Screens
Removable window screens re-meshed on the bench, entry-door and sliding-door screens rebuilt. The non-cage screen work for homes with and without enclosures.