New window screen frame sticks bowed

[branimal]

I've got to build a few large window screens. (52x50"). I ordered a 20 pack of 60" screen frames from HD and all of them have a slight bow in them. Can that bow be corrected in the screen frame building process? Or I am looking at a headache?

I am installing a cross-bar since the screens are so large.

 

[Stuart in MN]

What are the frames made of? Plastic, metal, wood?

 

[larry_g]

Never done this before but could they be bowed out so that when the mesh is installed that they are pulled straight and give a bit of spring to the mesh so that it stays taught?

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Fav Onefour]

Headache.
How much bow are we talking?
I'm assuming they are the regular aluminum frame pieces. Those should be straight. If you are close enough to a store, just go in and select straight rails. They are normally in stock.

 

[Kaizen]

i had a cheaper replacement windows that was like that. Stick it in and it will be fine. Or at least mine was.

 

[The Cobbler]

I used to buy bulk screen frames in 16' lengths and various thicknesses as I made tons of replacement screens. they are always bowed slightly away from the center, so as you roll in the screen it pulls it in.
totally normal . nothing to worry about .
it's a bit of an art to get the right tension ( not to loose, not to tight)
good on using cross bars !