Hubby didn't like the look of that one and the weight was too much for me to handle by myself. I made one and had to use a cross brace to keep the frame equal in the center. But Hubby couldn't see out when he was standing up and wanted me to make the next set 72 inches tall. I wanted to be able to turn two on their sides on windy days when less air was wanted. I first made screens that were 62 inches tall and 41-1/2 inches wide. My opening on two doors is 124-1/2 inches wide and I made three screens for each door. Yours should be the same, but measure it before starting. Moving screens in and out of a garage door opening every day during the summer, having a garage door pulled down on them, leaning them against the wall, and the inevitable falling to the floor is a lot of abuse.Ī 2x4 is 1-1/2 inches wide which is exactly the size of the channel between my garage door track and the door frame. It was cheaper, it fit my garage door, and it's sturdy enough to take a lot of abuse. I used 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 inch wood for two reasons. Most wood window screens are made with a much thinner wood, and if you are going to leave your screens in place, you can use a 1x2 and it will be much lighter. The screens pictured above are 76 inches tall and 41-1/2 inches wide. Sold! From the website, it looks like it might be one that normally sells for $120. Because no one knew what it was or if it was all there, they told me I could have it for $30. It looked like it had been returned, and didn't have a brand label or price on it. At Lowes, I found a roll of aluminum screening. There is stainless steel screening but it is pricey and not available locally. I knew from our last house that grasshoppers can eat through fiberglass screens, so I began looking for some kind of metal screen material. I tried fly strips, plastic bags filled with water, and bug spray. That's what happens when neighbors have livestock, and most of our neighbors have cattle. Last spring and early summer, we kept the garage doors open most of the time and with the cross breeze, the temperature inside wasn't bad. Besides, with four big garage doors in a drive through garage, we probably wouldn't be able to find one that could make a noticeable difference. We wanted our barndominium to be efficient and cheaper to live in, so an air conditioner in the garage was out. In our last house, we had an air conditioner in the garage. Then I looked at the price of those garage doors and quickly marked that off the list. When we started talking about building a barndominium, my dream garage had garage doors with built-in-screens.
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