The part that makes clean windows look clean
It's a common experience: pay to have the windows cleaned, then look out through the same hazy gray screen and wonder what exactly you paid for. Screens hold an enormous amount of fine dust, and in this climate they load up fast.
On a standard cleaning, screens come out, get washed, get dried, and go back in the opening they came from. It's straightforward, and it's the difference between glass that is clean and a window that looks clean.
When cleaning isn't enough
Arizona sun is brutal on screen mesh. UV makes it brittle over years until it tears at a touch, sags out of the frame, or develops the chalky look that never washes out. Frames warp in the heat, splines dry and shrink, and corner keys crack.
At that point the fix is rescreening rather than cleaning:
- Rescreening, old mesh and spline out, new mesh in, frame reused when it's still square
- Frame repair, corner keys and minor bends, where the frame is worth saving
- New screens built, measured to the opening when the old frame is beyond help
- Solar screen options, heavier mesh that cuts heat gain on west and south exposures
A note on solar screens
Solar screens are popular in Arizona because they block a significant share of the heat hitting west-facing glass in the summer. They also cut visible light and collect dust in the heavier weave, so they need cleaning more often, not less. If yours have gone chalky or started to sag, they're likely past their service life.
Not sure whether yours need cleaning or replacing? Ask when you request a quote, and send a photo if you can.