Racine Window Replacement provides professional window screens in Racine, WI for residential and commercial properties across Racine County's lakefront. A screen is the least expensive item on our price list and the one homeowners live with in the worst condition for the longest. On a lakefront street they take more abuse than anywhere inland, and the cause is less the weather than what the wind carries in it.
Two things load a screen here. The first is the midge hatch off the water, which arrives in clouds in early summer and settles on the first mesh it meets, packing the openings on the east-facing windows while the back of the same house stays clear. The second is fine beach and bluff grit, which abrades the mesh coating and then sits in the weave.
So mesh choice on that elevation should not be the default. Standard charcoal fiberglass is fine everywhere else, but on the exposed windows we suggest either a heavier fiberglass or an aluminum mesh, which is stiffer, holds its shape when you hose it, and does not stretch out of the frame after two seasons of being cleaned. Aluminum mesh also survives a pressure washer, which fiberglass emphatically does not.
Frame material follows the same logic. A rolled aluminum frame with a stiff corner key stays square; the very light frames that ship with budget windows twist when you pull them out, and once a corner opens the spline lets go and the mesh sags. If yours already sag, rebuilding the frame is often cheaper than a new screen from the window manufacturer.
Fine mesh is a trade, not an upgrade. Tighter weaves marketed for gnats and no-see-ums cut airflow noticeably, and in a house where you open windows for two months a year because the lake keeps the summer bearable, losing breeze to keep out an insect that is around for three weeks is a poor bargain. Buy it for one or two windows, not the house.
Solar screening deserves a specific warning on this frame. It is an excellent product on a west-facing wall that bakes in July. Put it on your east windows and you have thrown away the low winter morning sun that is doing free work for you in a heating-dominated climate, in exchange for shade at an hour when the sun is not yet a problem.
Where the screen lives changes the maintenance too. Casements and awnings carry theirs on the inside, so they stay clean and come down from a step stool. Double-hungs and sliders carry theirs outside, and on a second floor over a narrow side yard that means a ladder, which is exactly why so many of them stay up all winter and get brittle. Interior screens simply sidestep that problem entirely.
We rescreen in the shop and turn most orders around in a few days, we rebuild bent frames rather than insisting on new ones, and we will tell you when a screen is simply too far gone for a spline and mesh to save. Bring them in during April and they are back on the house before the hatch arrives.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — pultruded fiberglass lineals with sub-sill drainage channels, welded rigid PVC corners on light-pigmented vinyl frames, AAMA 2605 fluoropolymer coatings on clad exterior surfaces, stainless-lined sill pans formed with an integral back dam, warm-edge stainless spacers inside argon-filled sealed units, NAFS performance class letters R, LC, CW and AW — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Racine and nearby communities including Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Sturtevant, Union Grove.
What We Handle
Everything our window screens in Racine covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of window screens work in Racine, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- window screens Racine WI
- screen repair Racine County
- rescreening windows Racine
- fiberglass screen mesh Racine
- aluminum window screens Wisconsin
- solar screens Racine WI
- pet resistant screens Racine
- no see um screen mesh
- screen frame replacement Racine
- porch screen repair Racine
- lake fly screens Racine
- retractable screens Racine WI
- screen door repair Racine
- custom window screens Racine
- screen spline replacement
- half screen replacement Racine
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Racine services.
Materials, equipment and how we do window screens
The difference between window screens that lasts and window screens that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with pultruded fiberglass lineals with sub-sill drainage channels, welded rigid PVC corners on light-pigmented vinyl frames, AAMA 2605 fluoropolymer coatings on clad exterior surfaces, stainless-lined sill pans formed with an integral back dam, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Racine job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of window work in Racine County's lakefront means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do window screens outside Racine
Racine Window Replacement covers Racine and the surrounding communities of Racine County's lakefront. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Window Screens in Mount Pleasant, WI — Racine County, population 27,732 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens in Caledonia, WI — Racine County, population 25,361 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens in Sturtevant, WI — Racine County, population 6,919 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens in Union Grove, WI — Racine County, population 4,915 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens in Waterford, WI — Racine County, population 5,542 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens in Burlington, WI — Racine County, population 11,047 at the 2020 census
Start on the Racine Window Replacement homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Racine Chooses Racine Window Replacement
- ✓We map your elevations before we price anything. The openings that look at the water get the higher water-resistance class and a pan detail; the rest get the unit that does the job for less money.
- ✓We quote the class letter, not just the number. Two windows can carry the same structural rating and be tested at very different water pressures, and on an exposed Racine wall that difference is the whole point.
- ✓Pre-1978 housing is the rule in this city, not the exception, so lead-safe containment is standard on our jobs rather than a line item that appears after you have already signed the contract.
- ✓We will quote you a sealed glass unit for a fogged pane and let the sash stay. Plenty of outfits will not, because a glass order is a small ticket and a whole-house replacement is not.
The standards behind window screens
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The window screens work we do in Racine follows published industry standards: NFRC sets the U-factor and SHGC ratings on every window label, and ENERGY STAR defines the efficiency thresholds by climate zone. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every window screens project in Racine gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free window screens free estimate in Racine, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.