Patching small holes:

  1. Cut a small square of mesh about 3 cm larger than the hole all around.
  2. Remove wire from the weave of the patch all around for about 2 cm. This should leave 2 cm of wire prtruding out from the edges of the patch.
  3. Position the patch over the hole and hold in place with a couple of small beads of blue tac.
  4. Use the protruding wires to firmly fix the patch in place by weaving them into the weave of the screen.
  5. Remove the blue tac.

 

Replacing the full mesh:

  1. Use a dustpan brush to remove dust, spiders, and other debris from the surface of the screen. Place the screen on a flat surface.
  2. Use the point of a screwdriver to pry out the old spline starting near a corner. The spline is the flexible rubbery cord that holds the flyscreen into the frame. Once you have pulled out enough spline to get a grip on it the rest should pull out easily.
  3. Remove the flyscreen mesh from the frame and brush all the grooves well.
  4. Place the new flyscreen mesh on the top of the frame. Make sure you have about 100mm extra mesh all around the frame. 
  5. Push the spline into the grooves to hold the mesh in place. Start on a short side of the frame. Use a tool called a spline roller to push it into the grooves.
  6. When it is all rolled in, trim off any excess spline. Trim off excess mesh leaving only about 5mm all round.