"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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For windows which do NOT have screens, can you purchase them? While I
will eventually replace the windows themselves, I'm not rolling in cash
and need to find a cheaper solution for the coming summer months. I'd
like to open my windows but currently can't since there isn't a screen
to
keep out the buggies.

I don't see a channel for the screen to sit in, so that's why I'm
wondering if its possible or if there are alternatives I've not thought
of


By coincidence, I just saw a thread on another newsgroup. The OP bought
expandable screens to fit *inside* her regular screens. The purpose was
to
keep her cats from pushing the permanent screens out, but it sounds like
they would also fit your purpose. She is very pleased with them and said
it
only took 4 days to receive them. You can see them at this location:
http://www.doityourself.com/invt/9406372

Don't know about the big-boxes, but any traditional ma'n'pa hardware store
in the older (less air-conditioned) part of town will likely carry those,
right next to the jam-fit double 8" fans in the expandable panel. Poor man's
A/C. Back when I went to college, before all the split-up-house slum
apartments were torn down, they sold them in about every store.

(on a recent visit, whole blocks of old rentals like that had been replaced
with 6-plexes on double lots. guess modern students are richer and fussier
than we were, back in the day.)

aem sends...