Customers often ask what keeps our Plissé retractable screens closed when in use. Sometimes we say nothing just to get a giggle out of how confusing that answer can be. But it’s true. You see, since our Plissé screens don’t utilize the traditional spring-loaded retraction design (like that found with the Phantom, Mirage, Eclipse, Genius […]
We received a comment on the Plisse retractable door screens page today that included some great questions. Often customers don’t quite get what makes our retractable screens different (and superior in our modest opinion) from those traditional spring-loaded retractable screens you see in the big box stores and being sold for twice the money from […]
Tim Carter recently wrote an article on his blog, askthebuilder.com, titled “Retractable Screen Companies” that intends to advise his readers on how best choose a retractable screen company. While we were not included in the handful of retractable screen companies Carter chose to contact and then review (likely because our customers are often pleasantly surprised […]
A New Solution to the Problems of Spring Loaded Retractable Screens at a More Economical Price Point Phantom®, along with Mirage®, Eclipse®, Larson®, Dreamscreens® and others, make a quality retractable screen door with a powder coated aluminum frame, high quality plastic and stainless steel accessories. These brands depend on a design using a spring loaded […]
Now A New and Better Alternative to Phantom’s Coiling Retractable Screens Phantom® retractable screen doors are one of many brands of coiling retractable screen doors available. Phantom®, along with Mirage®, Eclipse®, Dreamscreens® and Screen Time®, all use the same basic design: a tube, mounted on bearings that is spring loaded, which retracts the screen fabric […]
Coiling Retractable Screens vs. Pleated Retractable Screens If you have heard about retractable screens you are probably familiar with Mirage® Screens, who along with Phantom®, Eclipse® and many others, make conventional coiling retractable screens. These coiling retractable screens are a huge improvement over traditional hinged screen doors and fixed screen windows by storing out of […]
Out of Sight When Not in Use Anyone who has ever tried to hold open a traditional screen door while they juggled shopping bags and keys to unlock their house has probably wished that the screen door would vanish magically and then reappear the next time it was needed. Vanishing retractable screen doors are not […]
Plisse vs. ODL Retractable Screen
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 […]