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| I apologize if this isn't the right forum to use, but it seems to be the closest one in which to address door queries. I am considering a retractable screen door for my front door, and have seen many companies on the internet, and wondered if anyone has any input about, or feedback from actual installation and use of the numerous offerings. I would prefer one with a secure latch, not magnetic, also wonder if there is much difference in the retracting mechanisms from one company to another. Pros and cons and any other input on them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Roxy |
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| I've dealt with several and the only one that doesn't down right suck is Phantom screens. http://www.phantomscreens.com/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Phantom Screens
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- Posted by Wendy(neilson@brontecreekfarm.com) onFri, Jul 29, 11 at 15:04
| After much internet research we decided to go with InvisibleScreens.ca as they advertise on their site that they have a quiet close... just what we wanted as the alternative can sound like a bomb exploding. They were pricey, but none-the-less the order was placed.. options were discussed, ie the colour of the frames, the colour of the screening etc. Low and behold the installer arrived but the screens he had in hand were not the quiet close.. apparently that is an option that I hadn't requested. How does one request an option that one isn't told about? hmmm this was to add a further $101.70 to already expensive product. The installer and the office had telephone argument with the installer being fired for being 'on the side of the customer'... where is the good PR in this scene one wonders? The ball was left in Invisible Screens court... come and take away the two boxes of doors (their installer had departed leaving all the bits and pieces in his wake) and call it a day, with us having to argue over the $200 deposit, or come and install the doors as should have happened in the first place. A new efficient installer duly arrived, installed the doors and presented us with a bill for an additional $101.70. I was amused to have the young man suggest that we might be interested in ordering windows and doors through their company as apparently that is also part of their action. Do you really think so??? Hardly!! My suggestion to anyone thinking about using this company (we certainly wouldn't do so again) make sure you know what you are getting before you agree to their expensive product. Needless to say, we did not pay the further $101.70 and we have no intentions of so doing. Isn't the internet a wonderful place? There is opportunity of spreading the word and preventing others from suffering the same mishaps. As a PS, The screen doors are of excellent quality, but they should be for the price. Their second installer was also polite and efficient, argumentative, but controlled. I hear that Phantom Doors has an excellent reputation. We'll contact them next time. |
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