DIY mosquito net handle repair

In detail: do-it-yourself repair of mosquito net handles from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

One of the most common breakdowns in a plastic window mosquito net is the handles. The problem, though small, is unpleasant. And it can be solved literally in 15 minutes, and the new pens will be more convenient than the old ones.

The manufacturing process is so simple that any housewife can handle it.

Remove the mosquito net. Further, either with pliers, or, holding the remainder of the broken mount between the screwdriver and the thumb, pull the cord out of the groove. If this does not work, then carefully pry the cord with a flat screwdriver.

We take a plastic bottle from under the "Cola", mineral water, etc., cut off the neck and bottom. We need a flat area. The thickness of PET bottles is different. It is better not to take too thin.

Cut out a strip 8-10 mm wide. and 110 - 120 mm long. The length of the workpiece depends on the diameter of the nail phalanx of your index finger. We fold it in half.

We retreat up or down from the previous place of installation of the handle about 2-3 cm, since the cord in this place is deformed and the new handles will not hold well.
Having fixed the cord with a screwdriver, insert a strip of PET folded in half under it (polyethylene terephthalate is what plastic bottles are made of).

It is better to roll the cord using a special roller with a groove. But, since such devices are not used in the household, you can use a thin curly screwdriver.
Holding the screwdriver almost horizontally (at an acute angle) so as not to damage the cord, press it back into the groove with a new mosquito net handle.

Do-it-yourself mosquito net handles are ready. Now, inserting the phalanges of the fingers into the resulting handles, set the mesh on the window.

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The mosquito net is a necessary accessory that can protect the room from insects; it is attached to both wooden and metal-plastic windows. Most often, special grids with a frame are used for this purpose. They are easy to install and can be removed if necessary. Mosquito net handles will do this, but over time they break and need repair.

Most often, buyers purchase a model with an aluminum frame, which is fastened with plastic corners. In order for the mesh to hold, the profile is equipped with a special groove designed for a rubber cord: it fixes the mesh in place, keeps it taut. Sometimes manufacturers install special handles for mosquito nets., with which the frame can be installed in special brackets: they are located on the street side of the plastic profile. Such fasteners allow, if necessary, to remove and install the mesh.

If the plastic fasteners of the mosquito nets break, they can be made using the metal yourself.

Any model of the frame can break. Most often, they are exposed to wind and ultraviolet radiation, which can cause the structure to break or crack. Most often, the problem concerns windows facing south.

Often there are no handles on the mesh, which is why it is quite difficult to pull it out, it becomes even more difficult to put it in place, since the fasteners are located on the outside, and it is impossible to stick your fingers there. In this case, it is not difficult to make handles for mosquito nets with your own hands.

If you want to reliably repair your mesh, purchase Z-shaped holders and special handles. This will allow you not to return to the problem every year.

In order to fix the breakage of the mesh for a plastic window, you will need to do the following:

Remove the product from the holders. To do this, you need to pull on the handles: they are usually attached to the mosquito net along the perimeter.
You need to start by releasing the lower holders, then you can pull out the structure from the upper ones.

If you see that the corners are in a deplorable state, you should not wait for them to break, in which case you can lose the mesh that has fallen down. Replace them beforehand. For this procedure, you should not disassemble the structure, otherwise it will be impossible to assemble it, since the mesh is cut off after tension at the factory, you will no longer have a surplus.

You need to change the planks one at a time, starting from the top. Remember to remove the rubber bands from the corners. You can pry it off with a screwdriver. Do not pull out the entire elastic, loosen the top notch from it, then carefully remove the top bar. If the part doesn't come off, you can try knocking it out with a small board and hammer. After that, using pliers and a screwdriver, you can remove the plastic corners and replace them with metal ones. Assembly takes place upside-down.

If the handles of the mosquito net are broken, not everyone knows what to do. Pulling out such a mesh will be problematic, and not everyone can figure out how to install new handles. Despite the fact that many nets are designed for frequent use, even the highest quality construction is not immune from the trouble of broken handles.

Most often, you have to think about how to replace the handle of a mosquito net at least once every two years. Less often, this element is able to last longer. Having changed it once, you will understand how this is done, and you can easily make a replacement yourself. The procedure usually does not cause problems and does not require hiring a professional who repairs plastic windows.

The easiest way to repair a broken handle on a mosquito net is to screw a small self-tapping screw into the crossbar to help hold the frame. For complete convenience, cut a ribbon from a plastic bottle or find a ready-made ribbon.

We wrap the self-tapping screw into an aluminum profile. It is easier to do it with a screwdriver, but if you try, it is quite possible with a screwdriver

For convenience, make a loop from the material at hand.

First of all, to repair the do-it-yourself mosquito net handle, you need to buy a kit suitable for repair. This is usually not difficult to do: such items are sold in the same place where there is fittings for plastic windows. These are either large construction stores, or companies that produce custom-made plastic windows. If you just ordered plastic windows, do not be lazy to immediately purchase several repair kits for window screens. First of all, you need metal corners instead of plastic ones and some spare handles.

Gently lift the sealing cord with a knife

Install new handles and crush the cord into place

If you order the mosquito net separately, ask the technician to install the metal corners right away, this will save you the trouble of repairing the mesh frame after a few years. This replacement will slightly increase the price of the mesh.

If your design has a cord, please note that you do not need to remove it. In order to make the pairing of the handles less, it is enough to use a flat screwdriver or scissors. The element can be reached, but you must act carefully, otherwise there is a risk of breaking the mesh. It is not recommended to take it off during work, it is not always possible to put the mesh back: this will add unnecessary trouble to your work.

After you have been able to remove the old handles, you need to leave the new ones in their place and clamp them so that they do not fall off. Take care not to damage the cord or net, otherwise the structure will require more serious repairs.

If the cord breaks, there is no need to replace it entirely. Take the desired piece from the repair kit and insert the missing piece.

You can simply install a mosquito curtain on the balcony door. Read more in our article "Mosquito curtains and curtains".

A do-it-yourself mosquito net is made quickly and inexpensively. Read on our website how to make a mosquito net on the window with your own hands?

It is not always possible to find a repair kit on hand. There are situations when the net needs to be urgently pulled out, but there are no fittings for it, in this case the handles for mosquito nets with their own hands will help to get out of the situation. It will not be exactly what in the traditional sense can be called a handle, but the item is quite suitable for conveniently pulling the structure out of the mountings.

You can use this option even if you do not want to put the same fragile and unreliable parts instead of a damaged set of elements made of low-quality plastic. When the handles on the mosquito net are broken, what to do if there is no repair kit at hand, you do not have to guess. All you need is steel wire thick enough to make a hook that won't bend under light load. If there is no wire in the house, it can be bought at almost any hardware store, it is inexpensive.

With the help of the resulting hook, you can easily pry the structure from the bottom and release it from the grooves that hold the frame in place. It is most convenient to remove the mesh by pressing down with a key the places where the fasteners were before.

If the handles on the mosquito net are broken, there are two ways to solve the problem: replace them or use hooks that will allow you to easily remove the structure if you need to dismantle it.

But these seemingly comfortable mosquito nets have flaw - if the frame itself is often made of an aluminum profile (there are also plastic ones), then the corners, Z-shaped holders and handles are usually plastic.

They are the ones that most often break: crumble and crack. This happens especially quickly on nets that protect windows facing south or west, i.e. are actively and for a long time illuminated by the sun.

Corners, Z-holders and handles are replaceable, and to renovate mosquito net do it yourself.

Now appeared metal corners, Z-shaped holders and handles for mosquito nets. I recommend finding just such corners, holders and handles to do not repair mosquito net yearly.

Removing the mosquito net with Z-shaped holders. To do this, lift the net by the handles. up before stop... We deduce lower the edge of the net outside the lower holders. A little omitting mesh down and release the top edge. Outside unfold the windows so that it goes into the window opening.

Replacement of corners.

Better not to wait for the corners to crack and break. Severe yellowing plastic corners are a clear sign that they need to be changed.

To replace corners do not try disassemble the whole frame at once... The fact is that pulling the net itself later will very difficult or even impossible... When making a mosquito net, the net is cut off with a margin, pulled and only then, the excess is cut off. We already have no stock.

Therefore, first we remove only the top the bar.

From the corner we pry a rubber band, for example, with a screwdriver.

We take out the gum only from the top groove. We also take out the mesh from the groove.

We try to pull the top bar up with our hands. If it doesn't work, then turn the grid over grooves for gum down. Covering the grid cardboard so as not to accidentally tear.

With a plank and a hammer knock out the top bar, tapping on one side, then on the other.

From the blows, the corners begin to go out of the frame.

We also first try to remove the corners from the removed bar with our hands, and if it doesn't work, then knock it out with a hammer. Press one edge with your foot (hand), and knock out a corner from the other edge.

It is possible that in this case some corners will break or they were already broken initially. This not scary... Using a screwdriver and pliers, pull out the remaining parts of the corners from the hollow metal frame, being careful not to damage it.

If all the plastic breaks off at the edge of the frame, and part of the corner remains inside, then we drill leftovers with a small drill approx. 3 mm in diameter.

If you cannot pull out the remnants (there is nothing to catch on), then just push them further inward.

Assembling the frame in reverse order. V upper insert the bar with metal corners.

They fit very tightly, so we hammer them with a hammer through a wooden spacer so that do not damage corner and do not peel the paint off it.

We hammer until the corner tightly will not dock with the bar.

Upper plank with corners simultaneously we insert into the holes of the side plates.

Resting the lower end of the frame against a stationary object (for example, a plinth or lifting the frame vertically - to the floor), we hammer the upper bar with corners through a wooden gasket until it stops, tapping with a hammer, then from one or the other corner.

We straighten the upper edge of the mesh, stretch it a little and slowly start tucking the cord into the groove.

Carefully! Do not tear the mesh or cut the cord.

If the cord is difficult to fit into the groove, then it can be wet water and a little lather.

In the same way, we change the lower corners on the lower plank.

That's the whole frame repair, and I was told at the window hardware store that I could not cope with it. That it is very difficult, and only a professional can handle such repairs. Of course, I had to tinker with the first mesh for almost an hour, but I spent only 30 minutes repairing the second mesh.

Replacement of Z-shaped holders.

Replace holders much easierthan to change corners.

Unscrew old Z-shaped holders.

Checkingwhether the mounting holes on the old and new holders are the same.

There are a little holes on my holders did not match... In order not to drill new holes, I just took screws smaller diameter.

We fasten upper holders.

But with the lower no need to rush... The fact is that plastic and metal holders different heights. If you change corners, then dimensions framework decrease and the corners can be screwed into place.

But if you are do not change, and screw the lower holder to the old place, then the frame can do not pass between the edges of the holders.

So in this case (if the corners do not change), before removing the mosquito net from the fasteners (holders), lift the net up until it stops and pay attention to the gap between bottom edge of mesh and top edge bottom Z-shaped holder. If the gap is minimal or 1-2 mm., Then the holes in the metal-plastic frame for attaching the lower holder will have to overdrill... If the gap is about 6-7 mm., Then you can attach the lower holder to the old place.

If the gap is minimal, then measure difference in height between the old and new holder.

Usually it is 6-7 mm. It is for this distance that you need below the old holes drill new holes.

We do the markup with a pencil.

We drill a hole. Plastic is drilled very easily.

We fasten the holder with a screw, align it. Through the hole drill a second hole in the holder. We screw in another screw. We also fasten the second lower holder to a new place.

Now you can put the mosquito net in place.

We set the grid in exactly the same way. how was filmed, only in reverse order... By tilting the mesh, we take it out of the window opening. We insert into the upper holders, lift up to the stop. Pressing the mesh tightly to the window, we bring the bottom edge into the lower holders. Omitting grid all the way.

Replacement of handles.

There is still a mosquito net one weak point - plastic holders for raising and lowering the net during installation - pens.

To replace the handles, we pry the elastic band from the nearest corner.

We take out the gum from the groove from corner to handle inclusive.

Removing the old handle or what's left of her. If the handle does not come off, pull it down to a corner - the handle will pop out of the groove.

We insert a new handle into the old place, slightly pressing it down from above until it clicks. We check the distance from the edge so that the second handle is set at the same distance from the edge. Metal handle install immediately to the right place, she moves badly, but pull her out out at all problematic.

We insert the elastic into the groove. The elastic band near the old handle was a little crumpled. It is in this place that you need to put a new pen. It is very difficult to insert the elastic between the handle and the frame. Do not forget that you can lather it, and then the work will go easier.

Now change the second handle in the same way.

Everything! You can forget about broken mosquito nets for several years, because metal parts last much longer.

If the plastic corners / fasteners of the mosquito net are broken or you decide to change them in advance, then it is better to do this:
Unscrew and inspect the old self-tapping screws, if there are plastic residues on the threads, then it must be removed, otherwise, when you try to screw them, you will rip off the threads and be forced to install the mount in a new place.
When screwing, you do not need to press on the self-tapping screw. First, the screw should be rotated counterclockwise until it rises and drops sharply - it snaps into place. If the self-tapping screw is immediately rotated clockwise, then you may not get into the thread and rip it off.
If the old self-tapping screws with a feather / drill (see photo below), then it is more correct to replace them with new ones with the same diameter and thread pitch, but without a feather, otherwise, again, there is a possibility of thread breaking.
If you are forced reinstall the mount to a new location... it is better to use self-tapping screws with a press washer (see photo). For plastics with a feather, for wood without a feather. When installing on a wooden frame, you must first drill a hole, otherwise, when screwing in self-tapping screws, it will be like this:, and after 1-2 years, voosche So:

and there are no spare ones or you are reluctant to go to the store, then the remnants of a mesh, thick polyethylene or any dense fabric can replace them (see photo). To do this, you need to pull out the rubber cord in the place of the old handle, slip the fabric under it and again drown the cord in the profile. It is easier to pull out the cord this way - to lift it with something thin and blunt, and pull out with thin pliers as much as necessary. Having apologized to the aesthetes, we understand that the lifespan of such pens is much higher than plastic ones.

then you can put a patch from any plastic mesh. It is better to glue them with hot melt glue. Aesthetes can use green / yellow mesh and cut the patch in the shape of a leaf / butterfly.

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