![]() ![]() ![]() Variety of frame styles and is easier to roll in. Polyfoam is best for the beginner though because it can be used in wider This helps if theĭiameter is just a little too big for the frame you are working on. EPDM is more commonly seen in screens with very small spline Little as you roll it in the spline channel, making it easier to roll One useful property of EPDM splining, is that you can stretch it a EPDM is a longer lasting material than the polyfoam, but likeĪll plastics, it can become brittle with exposure to the sun. There is EPDM which isĪ kind of very flexible rubber with added chemicals to make it UV Splining is made in many different materials. You can get larger sizes of foam rod but these are not window spline, they are intended for gap filling and do not have UV resistance. It is the largest round spline I can find for window use. This size is particularlyĮasy for the do-it-yourselfer to roll in. In houses built in the fifties and sixties. 250 size replaces the 1/4" aluminum that was used When most of the houses were built in your area. The sizes used depend on who the predominant supplier of windows was ![]() Iīelieve the above sizes are pretty common across North America too. The most common sizes or diameters in Southwestern Ontario,Ĭanada, where I live are. Polyfoam is the the easiest for the novice to work with. It is available in sizes measured in decimals of an inch. "Polyfoam" which is like foam rubber except with very small airīubbles. In the big box stores you will most often see Splining comes in rolls that look like electrical wire, except it is Just ask, I will try to find it or refer you to someone who might have it. If there is anything you need that you dont see here. ![]() The dropdown list also shows flat spline often used in screen enclosures and some old patio screen doors. which is used a lot in aluminum storm windows and doors as well as with many modern window and door manufacturers. I also have Black PVC plastic T spline in several sizes. The harder plastic does not always fit with every screen frame.Ġ.250" and 0.270" are large diameter polyfoam spline used to replace the steel and aluminum spline you see in windows from the 1940's through to the early 1960's. I sell polyfoam because often the big box stores often only have hard epdm rubber or PVC in these sizes. I also have 0.120" diameter ribbed gray epdm which is harder than than the polyfoam but often used in RV screens.Ġ.160" diameter polyfoam and 0.180" diameter polyfoam are the sizes you find in Home Depot or Lowes or other big hardware stores. In the drop down box above there are many different types of spline listed.Ġ.120" Polyfoam is the thinnest I can find, plus its foam rubber so you can compress it into smaller spline grooves to some extent. Shown below is tiny 3/32" diameter EPDM spline, a hard to find small diameter spline used by motorhome builders like Beaver and Airstream and many others. This is fine if your windows are relatively new but what if your house was built in the fities or sixties, or your windows are on a boat or motorhome ? You can also find it in the big box stores but usually its only 0.160Īnd 0.180 diameter Polyfoam, and only 20 feet instead of 25. Screen doors up to 48 inches wide x 7 feet or 84 inches high. Packages are all 25 feet long which is the ideal length you need for I have prepacked screen bead in a variety of sizes for sale. Work on requires the size they dont have. The average hardware store or even big box Splining is available in quite a variety of shapes and sizesįor the window industry. You might also encounter old style flat screen splining or evenĪluminum or steel splining and need to replace it with something more Or, you might want to make a whole new screen frame with all new There are occasions when you cant because the old stuff is in such bad Very often when you repair a screen you can reuse the old spline. ![]()
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