From: "Dave Harnish" 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: fiberglass or aluminium screens for windows
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:51:53 GMT

Just mho, but we have Andersens with aluminum screens, and
if I don't remove them for the winter, it's really difficult to deal
with the corrosion that deposits on the outside of the glass. I'm
in the Northeast, in northern PA, and have to wonder if our acid
rain is a factor.

Those windows that we keep screens on year-round have to be
scrubbed with a 'chore-boy' bronze scouring pad and detergent
to remove the nasty stuff.

I plan on trying fiberglass screens when they need replaced for this
reason. We don't have any cats, though, that probaby would be a
concern.

That's my $.02 worth of experience. Hope maybe it's worth at least
that much to you .

God bless,

Dave Harnish
Dave's Repair Service
New Albany, PA
drs@sosbbs.com
570-363-2404

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Acts 4:12

"Dominic"  wrote in message
news:d218350.0402200053.3759b717@posting.google.com...
> We are going to have some replacment windows put in.  We can pay a
> little extra for aluminium screens instead of the default fiberglass.
> I am curious about people's opinions.  The case for and against
> aluminium:
>
> + aesthetically more pleasing?
> + sturdier (we don't want our cats getting out, or critters getting
> in, we recently found a dirty great hole in the foundation left by a
> possum or something)
>
> - fiberglass will not corrode (aluminium will?)
> - save $10/window