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Window screens can be a nemesis for a handyman. If you don’t get the screening taut enough it will flap in the wind, and if you stretch it too tight it will cause the frame to warp. The window screen frame is somewhat flimsy and generally comes in two thicknesses.
The short answer to whether or not you can re-use a bent window screen frame is no. Whether the window screen frame is only slightly bent or has a full-on kink to it, it won’t hold up under the tension of stretching the screening material across it. If you were to loosely re-screen the frame, it might maintain its shape, but the screening material would look a little wavy.
It’s better to buy a new window screen frame kit. These are inexpensive and assemble in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to cut the corners at 45-degrees. The kits come with corner pieces so that you only need to make a square cut on each piece of framing material and push in the corner pieces to assemble the frame. Just make sure you are buying the correct thickness. It’s probably a good idea to take a piece of the old frame with you to match up the thickness as well as the color.
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