Can screens be made for older or odd-sized windows?

Yes. Screens are built to the channel or stops they sit in, so any opening can be matched, including old wood windows, storm-and-screen units and resized openings. The pro measures each window, since older openings rarely match even within one room, and copies how the original screen fastened.

How are custom screens measured?

To the channel, stops or clips the screen sits in, not to the glass. Width and height are taken at more than one point, because older frames are rarely square. For a quote, count the windows and give one rough size; the pro measures each opening on site before building.

What affects the cost of custom screens?

The number of screens, their size, the frame weight and the mesh, since fibreglass, aluminum and pet-resistant are priced differently. Inside-mount casement screens, unusual fastenings and upper floors add time. Start a screen request with a count and one size.

Who installs new window screens?

A local screen or glass pro, not us. We're a referral service: you tell us what you need, and we pass it to an independent pro who measures, builds and fits the screens. For a rental, one request can cover every unit if you can arrange access with tenants.

New screens · Oshawa

New screens made to measure

A torn screen is a repair. No screen at all, or a frame too bent to hold new mesh, means a new one built to size. In Oshawa that's not only about bugs: the City's property standards by-law expects every window that opens in a home to be screened. We connect you with a local pro who measures, builds and fits new screens, from one odd-sized window to a whole rental.

A screen for every window that opens
Odd and older sizes built to fit
One request for a whole rental

Get a free quote 905-470-3454

Single-hung windows screened on the lower sash, the half that opens.

New or repair?

When you need new screens, not repairs

If the frame is straight and only the mesh is damaged, rescreening is the simpler fix. You need new screens when:

There's no screen at all

Lost in a move, left behind by a tenant, or never supplied with the window.

The frame is bent or split at the corners

Once a frame won't sit square in its channel, new mesh won't stay tight.

The size isn't standard

Older wood windows, storm-and-screen combinations and resized openings often take a screen no store stocks.

Measuring

Measuring odd and older windows

Screens are sized to the channel or stops they sit in, not to the glass. Windows that have been painted, shimmed or re-trimmed over the years rarely match, even in one room, so each is measured.

Oshawa has the oldest housing in Durham, and it shows in the screens: storm-and-screen units, clip-on screens on wood sashes, openings resized in an earlier replacement. The pro matches each fastening, whether plungers, clips or turn buttons. For a first quote, count the windows and give one rough size.

Frames and mesh

Frame and mesh choices

Aluminum frames

The standard: light, rust-free, and made in colours to match the window. A heavier frame stays square on large screens.

Fibreglass mesh

The usual choice. Flexible, won't dent, easy to replace later.

Aluminum mesh

Stiffer and hard-wearing, but it can dent if pushed.

Pet-resistant mesh

Much tougher, for windows a dog or cat can reach. Heavier, and it lets through a little less light.

Rentals

Outfitting a rental to meet the by-law

Section 5.5.7 of Oshawa's Property Standards By-law requires insect screening on all openable windows in a dwelling unit. For a landlord, a missing screen is a standards item, just like cracked glass. Rentals near Durham College and Ontario Tech, and along the Simcoe Street corridor, also need a City rental licence, but the screen rule applies city-wide.

Turnover is the easy time to sort it: walk the unit, count every window that opens, and note missing or bent screens. One request can cover a whole building; see property managers for multi-unit requests and our property standards guide for the other clauses.

Casements and awnings

Casement and awning screens that mount inside

Crank-out windows take their screen on the inside, held by clips or a channel. Those screens come down for cleaning and often never go back up. Moved into a newer house in north Oshawa and found casements with no screens? The pro measures the inside channel and matches the fastening, so the new screen seats without drilling the window.

Doors

Patio door and entry screens made to size

A sliding patio door takes a screen panel that runs in its own track. If it's lost or badly bent, a new one is built to the opening, with rollers and a latch. A hinged screen door on an entry is a separate job; see screen doors, or patio and glass doors for the door itself.

Questions

New screen questions

Explore your options

Local pros build and fit new screens across Oshawa and nearby, including North Oshawa, Downtown Oshawa, Courtice, Whitby and Brooklin.

Count the windows, send one size

List how many windows need screens and give one sample width and height. We'll pass it to a local pro who builds screens. They'll measure the rest on site and quote.