Williamson County Security Window Screens

A ground-floor window is the easiest way into most houses in this county. The glass goes in a second and the insect screen behind it tears with a thumb. A security window screen puts 0.9 mm stainless mesh in a welded aluminum frame across that opening and clamps it in so it cannot be levered out. The hole in the wall stops being a way in.

What we install

We measure, order, and install top-of-the-line window screens, built from the materials we would put on our own homes. The mesh is 0.9 mm 304-grade stainless, held in the frame by a clamp system — tamper-resistant screws pass through a metal clamp, through the mesh, and into the frame, so the screen cannot be pulled or pried out as a unit. The product is independently tested for knife shear, impact, pull and pry attack. Screens fit sliding, double-hung, casement and louver windows, face-fitted for a visible frame or recess-fitted to sit inside the opening.

Every screen is custom made to fit your home, in five standard frame colors with custom colors to order. The product carries a ten-year manufacturer warranty against defects. If something fails inside that period the parts are covered by the manufacturer and we come out and do the work. Our own installation carries a separate two-year workmanship warranty.

Bedroom windows and getting out

A screen that keeps someone from getting in has to let your family get out. Bedroom windows get an emergency-exit unit — the same mesh and the same frame, with a keyless release on the inside that swings the screen clear in seconds, no tool and no key. We mark every egress window on the assessment before a single unit is ordered. Fixed screens go on the openings nobody has to climb out of.

Why we look at windows before doors

The front door gets the attention. Your house has one of those and about ten windows. The report scores every opening, and in most Williamson County homes the ground-floor windows on the sides and the back score worse than the front door: no sight line from the street, a screen that tears, and a sash latch that cost the builder a dollar. Screening those openings is usually the largest drop in risk per dollar in the whole report. If the front of the house is where your worry sits, that is a security screen door, and the two jobs are often quoted together.

What about the screens already on the house?

Those are insect screens. Fiberglass or thin aluminum mesh in a roll-formed frame, held in by a rubber spline. They keep mosquitoes out of the living room. Lift one from outside and it pops free of the frame with a fingernail, and a thumb goes straight through the mesh. A security screen is a different product that happens to sit in the same opening.

How much do security window screens cost in Williamson County?

Price depends on the size of the opening and whether it needs an emergency-exit release, so a standard fixed screen, an oversize unit, and an emergency-exit bedroom screen are three different numbers. We quote after the assessment against your exact measurements, and the quote covers measurement, delivery, installation, and the 30-Day Check. Most houses take a set rather than one, and the price per opening comes down as the count goes up.

Questions we get about this

Can I still open the window?

Yes. The screen mounts to the window frame, not the sash. Everything opens and closes the way it did before.

Will it make the room dark?

No. From inside looking out you see through it. From outside in daylight it reads dark, which is the point. The mesh also blocks at least 30% of UV, per the manufacturer.

Does it keep insects out too?

Yes. The weave is tighter than a standard insect screen, so it does that job as well.

Do I have to do the whole house at once?

No. The Stronghold Report ranks your openings worst first. Most people start with the ground-floor bedrooms and the back of the house, then work forward.