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By Jason Graham

Using Retractable Flyscreens for Doors

Screen doors are a very nice feature on homes in climates where the weather is nice enough, at least part of the year, to have doors and windows open. Many homes, however, do not have such doors, having only one door that leads to the outside. Or they are sliding glass or French doors with an old fashioned slide screen door that looks and operates just awful. Those kind of doors are so out dated, yet they still sell them. There is a much better solution to having a nice screen door that operates as nicely as it looks.

Retractable fly screen doors are the answer to homes with nice sliding glass doors or French doors. A conventional screen door becomes warped easily. They scrape along the edges of the track and often over time, the track becomes rusty and dirty making it very difficult to open and close such screen doors. Not only do they become stuck when trying to operate them they become a danger. How many little fingers and toes have been slammed into screen doors because when stuck the first instinct is to shove hard, causing the door to fly along and slam shut.

Retractable fly screens solve these issues. First, they are made of nice materials that hold up to tears and warping. They are easy to clean, so clean up is a cinch. They are on tracks that operate smoothly, making it easy for the tiniest of hands to open and close them with no risk of an accidental smashing of feet or fingers. Some even come with an automatic braking system that will stop if something is in the way, and will never be the type you can slam shut. Having these types of doors on the house increases the value.

If you live in a climate where you want to open the doors and windows with the protection of a screen and still have easy access to come and go through the door with little effort then a retractable fly screen is the answer. These install easily and last a long time, making the door a nice area, especially if you can open it during mild weather days and allow the nice fresh air to enter in through the home. Retractable fly screens work perfectly with most any size of sliding glass doors or French doors, making them a smart choice in screen door additions.

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