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Welcome to the Screen Guy Blog!


I'm Doug, the screen guy, happy to help you solve your screening needs. I founded Screen Solutions over a decade ago to fill a hole in the market. Retractable screens were then, and in many ways still are, under utilized, misunderstood and lacking in quality options.


We filled that need with our Plissé retractable screens - an affordable, quality product that we custom build for your opening right here in our Austin, Texas facility.


We believe in our product and stand behind it with superior customer service. Whether you're looking to screen in a porch, become a dealer or simply let the breeze in you've come to the right place.


Here on the Screen Guy blog I answer our most commonly asked questions and I make every effort to provide helpful information about retractable screens in general as well as our Plissé retractable screens. Please take a moment to browse around and if you can't find what you're looking for don't hesitate to ask.


Thanks for visiting and I look forward to helping you with your retractable screen needs!


Doug, the Screen Guy

We here at Screen Solutions take serious pride in our retractable screen business. We strongly suspect that when customers see our reasonable prices they think there is a good chance they aren’t getting the best of the best.  But that simply isn’t the case. The fact is, we are a small, Texas (as in the [...]

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The Plissé retractable screen by Screen Solutions is an ideal replacement screen for that unattractive, fixed sliding screen door that comes with most sliding glass doors. Retractable screens have the benefit of being there to keep bugs out of your home when you need it but hiding neatly away, and not blocking your view through [...]

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Retractable Screens for Atrium Doors

March 8, 2013
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Do you have an atrium door (also known as a double door with one fixed door and one door that opens)? If you do, I bet you’ve often wished you could screen it without using one of those ugly fixed sliding screens. You know, the ones that are always falling out of the track, fraying [...]

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Plisse vs. ODL Retractable Screen

February 26, 2013

If you’ve been shopping around for a retractable screen for your home you’re probably finding that there are several options out there. One option many customers find is the ODL retractable screen which can be purchased online as well as through several of the big box home improvement retailers. Our customers often come to us [...]

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Presenting the Plissé II

September 27, 2012

I’m happy to announce that the new and improved, patent-pending Plissé II is now fully available.  It’s important to us here at Screen Solutions Inc to never stop improving. No matter how many things we make better, from the screws we use to the processes we follow, there is always room for improvement.  And it is [...]

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How To Measure a Sliding Glass Door

September 27, 2012

Plisse retractable screens are the ideal solution for replacing that cumbersome and unattractive fixed screen that most sliding glass doors come with. It’s also simple to take the measurements you’ll need to order your new Plisse invisible screen for a sliding glass door – just follow the instructions below: On the width of sliders you [...]

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To Be Left or To Be Right – That is the Handing Question

September 18, 2012

We get a lot of phone calls, emails and general inquiries about handing.  It can be easy to get confused over choosing the handing of your new Plisse retractable door screen.  That is why we’re writing this post today.  To say, don’t worry – just follow these simple rules: If your new door screen is a [...]

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How To Send Pictures

September 10, 2012

I’m always offering to look at pictures of doorways our customers would like to install our Plisse retractable door screens on to help them decide where to measure to and from.  It is important to get good, accurate measurements of your opening where the Plisse invisible screen will mount in order to ensure an easy [...]

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