Rescreening cages that were built before the code was.
Altamonte Springs Rescreening rescreens pool cages, lanais and screen doors in Altamonte Springs, Florida — ZIP codes 32701 and 32714. Most cages here are 45 to 55 year old aluminum frames, so the work is usually new mesh, new spline and new fasteners on an original frame rather than a replacement enclosure.
Altamonte Springs was built in one decade, and its cages aged together.
The city went from 4,391 residents in 1970 to 22,028 in 1980 — a 401.7% increase in ten years — then roughly doubled again through the 1980s. The subdivision build years line up exactly with that spike, which is why so many enclosures in this city hit the end of their service life at the same time.
| Neighborhood | ZIP | Homes built |
|---|---|---|
| Weathersfield | 32714 | 1959–1978 |
| Glen Arden Heights | 32701 | 1965–1973 |
| Apple Valley | 32714 | median 1972 |
| Sandy Cove | 32701 | mostly 1972 |
| Spring Oaks | 32714 | 1972–1979 |
| Jamestown Village | 32714 | 1974 |
| Altamonte Heights | 32701 | 1975 |
| Spring Lake Hills | 32714 | 1970–1980 |
| Barclay Woods | 32701 | 1973–1985 |
A frame that old changes the job. The self-tappers holding it together have been in Florida rain for five decades and shear rather than back out. The spline grooves are worn wider than spec, so mesh that is simply rolled back in at standard spline size pulls loose the first time a storm loads the panel. And the frame predates the current Florida Building Code screen-enclosure wind provisions entirely. None of that is a reason to replace the cage — most of these frames are fine — but it is a reason to price the fasteners into the rescreen instead of discovering them halfway through.
Five jobs cover almost everything asked for in this city.
Altamonte Springs is denser than the towns around it. Alongside the detached pool cages in Spring Valley and Spring Lake Hills there is a large stock of condo and townhome lanais — Sandy Cove, Oak Harbour, Escondido, Bona Vista, Jamestown Village, Altamonte Heights — where the work is screen doors and single rear panels, and the person who signs is often an association or a property manager rather than the resident.
Full pool cage rescreen
Every panel out, new mesh and new spline throughout, and the fasteners checked as the cage is stripped. The default job on a 1970s Altamonte frame.
DetailsSingle panel and spot repair
One torn panel after a storm, or the four low panels the dog went through. Ground-level and upper mansard panels both.
DetailsScreen door repair and rebuild
Sagging frames, dead rollers, worn closers, kickplates and pet doors. The single most common condo and townhome call in this city.
DetailsPet-resistant mesh
Heavier vinyl-coated polyester in the lower panels and around doors, standard mesh above, so you are not paying for the strong stuff at roof height.
Details20x20 no-see-um mesh
Twenty openings per linear inch instead of the standard 18x14. The correct spec anywhere near Lake Lotus and the Little Wekiva floodplain.
DetailsNot sure which mesh?
18x14 against 20x20 no-see-um against pet-resistant, priced and compared for this city rather than for Florida in general.
Mesh guideBefore anything comes down, find out whose rules apply.
Altamonte Springs writes a setback for screen enclosures that is different from its setback for every other accessory structure, and it is the reason a rescreen and a rebuild are not the same decision.
“Screen enclosures and patios surrounding pools shall not exceed the side yard requirement, nor be closer than 7 feet to the rear property line.” City of Altamonte Springs — accessory structure FAQ, citing Land Development Code §3.44.3
Screen enclosures may also come within 12 feet of a waterline, where other accessory structures have to stay 20 feet back. That is a concession the city makes specifically for cages, and it matters most on the Lake Orienta streets in 32701 and on the zero-lot-line 1970s lots in Spring Oaks and Weathersfield: a cage sitting closer to a line than today’s rules allow can usually be rescreened in place indefinitely, but taking it down to the slab and rebuilding reopens the setback question.
Two permit desks share one mailing address
An envelope addressed “Altamonte Springs, FL 32714” does not tell you who permits the work. Inside city limits it is the City of Altamonte Springs Building and Fire Safety Division, (407) 571-8446. A large share of 32714 is unincorporated Seminole County — Sanlando Springs, for one — and that is the Seminole County Building Division, (407) 665-7050. Two houses two streets apart can answer to two different counters.
The west side of the city has a no-see-um problem that is structural.
The City of Altamonte Springs bought Lake Lotus in 1972 to stop it being developed, and still owns it: roughly 150 acres, including 120 acres of woods and wetlands, of cypress swamp and marsh on the Little Wekiva floodplain, in the middle of the city off Maitland Boulevard.
That land is not going to be drained, so the biting-midge pressure near it is not a bad season — it is a permanent feature of the address. UF/IFAS notes biting midges are small enough to pass through standard screening, which is precisely the problem: standard 18x14 pool-cage mesh will not exclude them. Twenty openings per linear inch — 20x20 no-see-um mesh — is the spec that does.
It is not automatically the right answer everywhere. Finer mesh cuts airflow and reads darker, and on a cage a mile from the floodplain with no midge complaints it is money spent on a problem you do not have. The mesh guide sets out where the line falls.
Compare the meshesNot sure what's actually wrong with the cage?
Eleven searched symptoms, each ranked by likely cause and tied to something documented about this city — frame age, the Lake Lotus midge belt, or which neighborhoods have an HOA to clear first.
Why is my pool screen sagging?
Almost always a spline problem, not stretched mesh — and worse odds on a 1970s frame.
ReadWhy do screen splines keep popping out?
A worn groove, the wrong spline gauge, or five decades of Florida heat cycling.
ReadPool screen door won’t close or latch
Rollers, a dropped corner, or a racked frame — the single most common condo call.
ReadRescreen vs. repair: how to tell
Test the mesh, then test the fasteners. The fasteners are the harder call here.
ReadCan I rescreen my own pool enclosure?
Ground-level panels, reasonably. A two-storey mansard roof panel, usually not.
ReadHow long does a pool cage rescreen take?
Panel count and gate access set the schedule, not square footage.
ReadTwo things this site will not do.
Seminole County is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone
At least one screen company page covering this county says it is. The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone is defined in the Florida Building Code as Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Seminole County is neither, and a contractor quoting HVHZ product approvals here is quoting the wrong rulebook. What that changes for your cage →
No wind speed number is published here
Screen enclosures in Florida are engineered to the wind load provisions of the Florida Building Code, and the design wind speed is an input to that calculation. Seminole County’s own wind speed designation document is a scanned map that could not be read reliably, and secondary sources disagree with each other. Rather than print a confident mph figure that might be wrong, there is a gap here.
There are none yet. Altamonte Springs Rescreening is a new brand and has not completed enough Altamonte Springs jobs to have collected a single honest review. Rather than borrow quotes, invent names or buy stars, this space stays empty until there is something real to put in it. When there is, it will be linked to a verifiable profile.
What Altamonte Springs homeowners ask first.
How much does it cost to rescreen a pool cage in Florida in 2026?
Published 2026 figures from other Florida screen companies put a small lanai under 20 panels at $800–$1,800, a mid-size cage of 20–40 panels at $1,500–$3,200, and a large or two-storey mansard cage of 40–60+ panels at $2,800–$4,500. Priced by area rather than by panel, standard fiberglass mesh runs about $0.75–$1.25 per square foot installed. Those are other companies’ Florida-wide and Orlando-metro numbers, quoted here so you have a benchmark — they are not Altamonte Springs Rescreening’s prices. Our own rate starts at $1.76 per square foot, installed.
How often should pool enclosure screens be replaced?
Roughly every 7 to 10 years in Central Florida, and the driver is ultraviolet light rather than age on a calendar. Inland Altamonte Springs gets no coastal breeze to moderate it: the average maximum UV index here runs about 7 from May through September and only drops to about 4 in January. Sustained UV embrittles fiberglass mesh and degrades its vinyl coating until a panel tears under thumb pressure. Add about 50 inches of rain a year and heavy spring oak pollen, and a cage that looks merely dirty is often already brittle.
What causes screen enclosure damage in Florida?
Four things, in this order for Altamonte Springs. Ultraviolet degradation of the mesh itself. Wind and flying debris during the June to November hurricane season, with September the peak. Falling limbs — acute in the mature oak canopy over Glen Arden Heights and the older 32701 streets. And fastener failure: on a frame put up in the 1970s the self-tapping screws have been in Florida rain for five decades, and the spline grooves they sit beside are worn wider than they left the factory.
Should I repair a few panels or rescreen the whole cage?
Repair when the damage is isolated and the rest of the mesh still has tension and colour. Rescreen the whole cage when panels are failing in more than one bay, when the mesh has gone chalky or grey, or when a poke test tears it. There is also a labour argument specific to old frames: most of the cost of a rescreen is getting a crew on site and stripping spline, so on a 50-year-old Altamonte cage where the next panel is a year away, doing four panels three times over costs more than doing all of them once.
How long does a pool screen rescreen last in Florida?
Expect 7 to 10 years from standard 18x14 fiberglass mesh in this climate, less on the south and west elevations that take the most sun, and less again under a heavy oak canopy that holds moisture and debris against the mesh. Pet-resistant polyester and solar screen are heavier and generally last longer than standard fiberglass; so no specific year count is claimed for them here.