Index for "How to Make Wood Window Screens" Series

This is an index to my series on making wood window screens, one of the most popular topics on this blog. These are copies of screens that seem to be original to the house, which I found in my basement. They cover the bottom half of a double-hung window, and are a fairly simple construction, even for newbie DIYers like my husband and me.

Here is a shot of one of the original screens in a window. For a shot of a new screen scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Posts on Basic Construction:

How to Make Wood Window Screens 1: This post lists the materials needed and provides an introduction to the topic.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 2: This post shows how to make the necessary measurements.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 3: This post shares detailed photos of the original model I used to construct my window screens. In later posts (see below), I show three alternate models that could be used, instead.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 4: This post shares basic photos of the three other methods of construction that could be used -- these are all old wooden window screens I found in my basement.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 5: This post lists all the steps involved in making a wooden screen, and shows how to cut and glue the frame.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 6: This post shows a very basic method for fastening the corners of the frame with dowel rods.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 7: This post goes through steps 6 through 9 of construction. It  describes and names the "bug stop", an inventive bit of wood that prevents bugs from flying up over the top of the screen into the house. It also discusses fasteners very briefly.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 8: This post shows our four front window screens installed in the windows -- a mix of old and new.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 9: This post shows the screens installed and discusses methods of fastening screens in the window.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 10: This post shows photos of the "bug stop" in action, after the screens are installed.

How to Make Wood Window Screens 11: This post shows how to install the screening material in the frame and finish the screen.

Related Posts:

Wood Window Screens: Close-up of Alternate Model 2: This post shows detailed photos of one of the other screens I found in my basement. This model is a simpler construction than the one I follow. It uses butt joints and screen molding, and so does not require making any miter cuts or rabbets.

Wood Window Screens: Close-up of Alternate Model 1: This post shows detailed photos of another screen I found in my basement. This is very similar to model #2.

Wood Window Screens: Close-up of Alternate Model 3: This post shows one last type of screen I found in my basement. This is the most complicated construction of the four antique screens I show in this series.

Number and Mark your Wood Windows, Storms and Screens: This post discusses how to mark all the wood window gear you are now accumulating, if you have wooden storms and wooden screens and intend to rotate them seasonally.

Old House Hardware: Wooden Turnbuttons: This post shows some old wooden turnbuttons that I found in our house. One is used to fasten a window. Turnbuttons, wooden or metal, are probably the original fasteners that were used to keep window screens in the window.

Repair or Replace? Maintaining and Restoring Wooden Windows 1: Print and Online Resources: This post gives reviews of the printed books and handbooks I have found to be helpful on wooden windows. I am sure there are others out there. Apologies if anything is out of date.

Wood Storm Windows 1: This post shows the only original wood storm window I have managed to strip, repair and paint, so far. While it doesn't explicitly discuss the topic of wooden screens, if you want to make screens that cover the entire window, this would be the most likely method of construction and hanging.

Here is a photo of a new screen installed in a window: