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Hang Screen Door w/o Fasteners

1.5K views 12 replies 8 participants last post by  Old Thomas  
#1 ·
I just had my front door replaced (aluminum flashing and all) and I want to install a summer screen door. The country style white pvc screen door that I remove in the fall. But I don’t want to drill into my new aluminum trim to hold the doors hinges. Any ideas on tensioning in a white pvc frame for the screen door inside my front doors frame? The goal is to remove the screen door w/o it showing on the aluminum door frame.
Thanks!
 
#4 ·
I haven’t thought of a way to accomplish what you want to do. My only suggestion is to look at a retractable screen door that you would leave in place but retracted when not in use.
 
#10 ·
Good luck with that. The fancy new aluminum skin covers solid structure, which is what the hinges and latch plate (and closer if it has one) need to be attached to. I've never seen a tensioning type door and not sure I'd trust one anyway. Done properly, and holes you make will be covered by something.