Pool Cage Repair in Gainesville, FL

It depends on what failed. A single screen panel usually runs $65–$150, a screen door repair $125–$450 and frame work $250–$2,500. A full rescreen of the whole cage typically falls between $1,800 and $5,500. After we see the enclosure, the price goes on paper and stays put.

If the damage is limited to a handful of panels and the rest of the screen is still flexible and dark, patching makes sense. Once the screen turns gray, feels brittle or tears when you press on it, new panels will sit next to old ones that are about to fail too, and a full rescreen is the better spend.

There’s no fixed number. Standard charcoal fiberglass on a well-kept cage commonly goes around a decade, and less on walls that face west or south and take full afternoon sun. Pets, falling limbs and pressure washing shorten that. We’ll tell you honestly how much life your current screen has left.

A typical single-story cage is usually done in one to two days. Large mansard or two-story enclosures can take longer. The pool stays usable once we pack up for the day, and we clean the deck before we leave.

Spline is the rubber cord pressed into the channel of each frame member to hold the screen tight. Old spline shrinks and hardens in the sun, which is why panels pop loose. On a full rescreen every channel gets new spline.

Most Gainesville cages do well with standard 18/14 charcoal. Choose 20/20 no-see-um screen if biting midges chase you inside at dusk, pet-resistant screen on the lower panels and door if a dog or cat pushes on the walls, and solar screen on the wall that bakes in the afternoon. Mixing types on one cage is common.

Yes. Most door problems are a worn closer, a loose hinge, a bent frame or a sagging latch plate. If your cage door is part of the barrier around the pool, it should swing shut and latch on its own, so we treat that as a priority.

Sometimes. Many Florida policies cover screen enclosures only in limited ways, and some carry a separate hurricane deductible or exclude screened enclosures altogether. Read your policy or call your agent. We photograph the damage and write up the repair so you have what an adjuster asks for.

Yes. Bent purlins, loose cross-braces, popped gusset screws and damaged kick plates are part of pool cage frame repair. Frame damage gets fixed before any new screen goes on, since screen stretched over a bent frame will not stay tight.

Swapping screen on an existing frame is generally treated as a repair. Replacing structural members or building a new enclosure can require a building permit from the City of Gainesville or Alachua County, depending on where you live. We check what applies to your address before we quote.

Yes. We wash the frame and screen with a soft method that won’t blow out the panels, then repaint the aluminum if the finish is chalky or peeling. It’s often scheduled right before or after a rescreen so the whole cage looks new.

Many communities around Gainesville, including larger ones like Haile Plantation, have architectural review rules. Like-for-like screen replacement is often simple, but a change in screen color or a switch to privacy screen may need a request. We can give you a written scope and screen samples to submit.

No, as long as the side gate is open, pets are shut indoors and the estimate is signed. You get a message when the crew pulls up and pictures of the finished cage before we leave.

Every part of Gainesville. Our neighborhood pages cover Haile Plantation, Kanapaha, Oakmont, Tioga, Jonesville, Huntington, Mile Run and Brywood, and our town pages cover Newberry, Archer, Alachua and High Springs.