Integrate Screen Fabric, Motor, and Bottom Bar
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What happens here
With the top housing and side tracks securely in place, carefully unroll and feed the screen fabric into the side tracks from the top housing. If your system came with a pre-assembled cartridge containing the screen, motor, and roller, insert the entire cartridge into the top housing. Mount the motor inside the top housing, ensuring it is correctly aligned with the screen roller mechanism. Attach the weighted bottom bar to the lower edge of the screen fabric. This bar provides necessary weight and stability, ensuring the screen lowers smoothly and remains taut when extended. The video shows a brush seal along the bottom bar, which should also be installed at this stage to effectively prevent insects from crawling underneath the screen when it's closed.
Goal: Insert the screen fabric, motor, and weighted bottom bar into the installed housing and tracks.
Tools and materials
- Gloves Mechanix Wear — Protecting hands and preventing smudges or damage to the screen fabric
- Screwdriver Set Craftsman — Securing the motor and attaching components of the bottom bar
- Utility Knife X-Acto — Opening packaging and possibly trimming non-essential materials