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Kyle wrote in news:467939e1-4ceb-447d-8f32-
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On May 10, 1:34*pm, cj wrote:
any tips or tricks to keeping the screen (fiberglass) tight while
rolling in the spline??
we've already done it twice and still the screen is not very
tight...very frustrating

thanks, cj

Having just done this for the first time myself back in April, I would
say the best solution is to make it a two-person job. One of you work
the splining material with the roller while the other helps keep
tension on the screening material. I did that with my dad and the
screens - three windows and two sliding doors - all came out
beautifully.

Oh, and I found using four separate strands of the splining material
for each of the four sides gave better results than trying to get the
spline around the 90° corners.

Continuous spline at corners can/should be notched for installation ease
and appearance.