Screen doors · Mississauga
Screen doors that slide, swing and close properly again
A screen door is a moving part, and it wears like one. On a sliding screen, the rollers and the light frame go first; on a hinged one, the closer, hinges and latch. Most are repairs. We connect you with an independent local pro who repairs and makes screen doors. Roll-away screens have their own page, retractable screens.
- Sliding and hinged screen doors
- Rollers, closers and latches
- Pet doors and odd sizes
Start with the door
Which screen door do you have?
Patio screen on a house
The screen beside a glass slider on a house or townhouse. Rollers, frame and latch, covered below.
Balcony sliding screen
A torn or missing screen on a tower balcony door is a real job: a new mosquito-mesh screen can be made for the existing track. Ask management about frame colour first.
Hinged screen door
A screen door that swings, usually at a front or side entry. If it has glass panels too, see storm doors.
Sliding screens
When a sliding screen won't stay in its track
A sliding screen runs on small spring-loaded rollers at the top and bottom of its frame. When a roller breaks or its spring weakens, the screen rattles, drags or drops out. New rollers and a height adjustment usually fix it.
The frame is light, and one knock can bow it. A bowed frame binds and pops out; some can be straightened, others are replaced. Latches and pulls are separate parts. Heavy rain washes grit into the lower track, so clean it before blaming the rollers.
Hinged screens
When a hinged screen door sags, slams or won't latch
Pet doors
Adding a pet door to a screen door
A framed pet flap can be set into the lower mesh of most sliding or hinged screen doors, with the edges secured so the mesh doesn't tear around it. If claws are the real problem, pair it with pet-resistant mesh on the lower panel.
Fix or replace
Fix the parts or replace the screen door?
Repair when the frame is straight. Replace when it is bent, cracked at the corners or its parts are no longer made; a new frame can cost less than chasing old parts. If it's the glass door beside the screen that drags, see sliding door repair.
What affects the quote
What a screen door job is priced on
- Sliding or hinged, and the size of the door
- Whether rollers, closers or latches are still made for it
- Mesh: standard, pet-resistant, fine or privacy
- Add-ons such as a pet door or kick panel
- Made to measure or a stock size
A photo of the whole screen door and a close-up of its track or hinges shows most of what a pro needs.
Odd sizes
Custom-size screen doors
Re-framed side doors and unusual patio door widths may not match a stock screen. A pro can make a sliding or hinged screen door to measure, with the frame colour matched where possible. For window screens, see window screen repair; other door jobs are on the doors and screens page.
Common questions
Screen door questions
Explore your options
More screen and door help
Local pros repair and make screen doors across the city, including Meadowvale, Erin Mills, Churchill Meadows, Clarkson & Lorne Park and Mississauga City Centre.
Send a photo of the screen door and its track
Show the whole door and a close-up of the track or hinges. We pass it to a local pro who repairs screen doors, and they'll quote rollers, a closer or a new frame, whichever it needs.