Informative Articles | Plissé Screens

How To Measure a Sliding Glass Door

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 will need to measure from the edge of...

How To Send Pictures

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 installation when you get there.But all...

Take Us Up On Our Offer...Please!

All over our website you'll see us appealing to you - have questions, unsure about where to measure, wondering if you have the right place to install a Plisse screen? Then just drop us a line and if you can, include a couple of pictures. Because pictures really do speak a thousand words.With all of the appeals and all of the...

No Magnets Necessary

Customers often ask what keeps our PlissÃ© 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 PlissÃ© screens don't utilize the traditional spring-loaded retraction design (like that found with the Phantom, Mirage, Eclipse, Genius and others)Â there is no force pulling them...

New Bottom Rail Color Option

We're unveiling yet another custom option today at Screen Solutions Inc: the option to choose the color of your bottom rail, despite the color of your PlissÃ© retractable screen.In the past many of our customers have been pleasantly surprised when they unpacked their new disappearing screen from us only to find that we sent their bottom rail to match the threshold...

Dimensional Drawing & Bottom Rail

We had a customer call in today with questions about the dimensions of the Plisse retractable screen. Since we get this question often we are posting the dimensional drawing here for everyone to see:Additionally, this customer did not realize that the Plisse retractable screen does have a bottom rail. The bottom rail is fairly insignificant for a retractable screen but it...

Customer Service: Tension Line Hooks

Our Plisse retractable screens comes with a set of tension line hooks that are optional for our customers to use if they wish. Most customers who have cats or strong winds find them to be immensely helpful while others find them not necessary at all.Occasionally, they will break down from the sun and heat - as they are made of plastic....

Plissé Retractable Screens Video

How Easy Is It?

Here at Screen Solutions inc we make every effort to make solving your retractable screen needs easy. We want you to put forth little effort and reap huge rewards.Imagine one day you're thinking about needing a screen door, then your Google search takes you to retractable screen doors (the end all, be all of screen doors). Before you know it you've...

How To Measure Doors with Brick Mould

Below are images of where to install and measure for a Plisse retractable door screen on a door trimmed with brick molding and set into a masonry wall. You can click on any image to see a larger view. If you'll also need an optional threshold adapter: