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Retractable Sliding Screen Doors

With inswinging French doors, the only option for screen doors on the Masher's newly remodeled space would be outswinging doors. Since that would compromise the space on the new deck, they have opted for sliding, retractable screens from Phantom Screens. These roll screens remain stored in panels alongside the door frame that blend into the decor. When open, they latch using magnets for a tight fit. For about $375 installed, these retractable screen doors have a limited lifetime warranty. Since the screens roll away into the housing, they are protected from the typical wear and tear endured by traditional screen doors.

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Retractable Sliding Screen Doors

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" Our French doors here swing into the room. If you want to add screen doors they -- have to swing out of the room and if you're doing that you're taking up a lot of room you can't really have furniture on the deck. So what we've installed are phantom screens and which you can see here is one half of it but they. Essentially. Slide out of this pocket that's attached to the side of it. And they're magnetized. So that when they come together they stay together. Slide them apart to open them now let's go -- on the side of the house where we have a situation with a door swings out to little bit different. This is Steve -- who's the distributor for phantom screens around this area and that's just for the catch right. Yes that does -- magnet strike plate OK and here we have a single French door that swings out onto the deck so we can't really mount them on the outside case."

" Things correct. What we do is we knocked it on the inside taking up very little bit if they didn't. Blends right in with the casing of course the cultural and white to match with the case until it disappears inside the room pretty disappeared and Billy King -- there are excellent. Now it's a pretty simple thing what's the price point on this. These go for about 375 in songs that comes with a limited lifetime warranty lifetime. Limited lifetime warranty all -- to warn people life OK everything except for the mesh. -- the track at the top and the bottom. Yep and the mesh is the one thing I would worry about but it -- sturdy stuff. Very thirtieth they fiberglass mesh with a poly coating on it isn't designed for longevity. And if the measure does -- damage that can be replaced. OK but most of the time when you know you're looking at the -- youth. Protected because the mesh is hidden inside the house that's the beauty of it is not exposed to weather exactly great thanks Steve."

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