Pool Cage Screen Repair in Jacksonville, FL

Mesh directly over a pool gets hit with UV from above and reflected UV off the water below, which roughly doubles sun exposure compared to screen on a patio away from the pool. Add in chlorine or saltwater chemical mist settling on the panels day after day, humidity that keeps spline from ever fully drying out, and wind gusts during storm season that flex panels against their frame, and it's clear why pool cage screen is usually the first thing to fail on an otherwise decent enclosure.

Roof screen and wall screen wear at different rates, and it's worth treating them separately when planning a repair. Roof panels sit flat or nearly flat, so rain and debris settle and pool on them instead of running off the way it does on a vertical wall panel, and they take the brunt of direct overhead sun. It's common for a cage's roof to need a full re-screen years before the walls do, and re-screening only the roof, or only the walls, is a reasonable way to spread out the cost instead of doing the whole cage at once.

Cages that have had several rounds of patch repairs over the years often end up with a visible mix of mesh types and colors: standard 18x14 fiberglass next to no-see-um mesh, gray mesh next to charcoal, or different weave densities that catch the light differently. When we re-screen, we try to match the surrounding panels as closely as possible, but if a cage has accumulated enough mismatched patches, a broader re-screen of one section or the whole cage often gives a cleaner, more consistent result than adding yet another mismatched panel.

We inspect panel by panel, checking both the mesh condition and the spline, since a panel can look fine from a distance while the spline underneath is already failing. Old screen is pulled from the channel, new mesh is cut oversized and laid across the frame, and a spline roller presses fresh spline into the channel to seat the screen evenly and tight. Excess mesh is trimmed clean at the edge, and we finish by checking that door panels, which see the most flexing, are tensioned and seated correctly.

Cost depends mainly on how many panels need new mesh versus just new spline, whether roof and wall panels are both involved, and which mesh type you choose. Re-splining a panel with sound mesh is a smaller job than a full re-screen. We give a free, in-person estimate after walking the cage panel by panel, so the number reflects your actual mesh condition instead of a phone guess.