Security screens by opening
Custom screens for tricky openings
Servery windows, corner doors, pivot doors, fire escapes, portholes, oversized spans and old Queenslander verandahs. If it opens, we can usually screen it, and we have the photos to show how.
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A custom opening is any door or window a standard screen does not fit: a kitchen servery, a corner where two sliders meet with no post, a pivot front door, a window that has to be an emergency exit, a 4 m louvre bank or a hundred-year-old verandah. We measure each one, build the frame or track to suit, and fit any of our security or fly screen products to it, across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Logan.
The openings we get asked about most
Each of these has a method we have used more than once. Tap a card for the photos.
Servery windows
A sliding screen on its own track across the servery, with a lock, so you can pass plates through and close it behind you. We have done block-wall alfresco serveries and kitchen serveries, and pleated retractables where the bench is deep.
Corner doors
Two sliding screens meeting at a corner with no post between them. The panels lock to each other or to a slim corner receiver. Wynnum's townhouses had oversized ones; Sliding Doors has our Feb 2023 pair.
Pivot doors
The door swings out past the jamb, so we build the doorway out with colour-matched aluminium to create clearance, then hang a standard screen door. Two visits.
Fire escape screens
A hinged window screen that opens outward from inside with a release, locked from outside like any security screen. For upstairs bedrooms and anywhere you want a second exit.
Portholes and pet doors
A pet flap cut into a screen door or window screen, or a round porthole for smaller openings. Best in a fixed panel; fitting one to a rated security door can affect its rating, so we will tell you where it can go.
Oversized doors and windows
Doors 2.6 m high, panels over 2.4 m by 1.4 m and a 4,430 mm louvre screen, all built without a mid-rail. When a span is too big for one panel we split it with sliding panels or a slim mullion, and say so up front.
Casement and awning windows
Windows you have to reach past to open get a dual slider (two panels that glide aside) or an inside-fitted screen with an opening section. Jacobs Well is the example.
Verandahs, garages and timber homes
Queenslander verandahs with timber posts, garage openings you want to use as a room, and timber-look frames on a modern render. We fit timber-framed or wood-grain aluminium screens and can enclose a garage with sliders.
Which product goes on a custom opening?
The opening decides the frame and track. The product decides the mesh. Most of these openings can take any of the five.
SecureView
Clearest view, stainless mesh. The pick when the custom opening is the feature of the room.
Xceed
Perforated aluminium, light, good value across lots of odd-sized panels.
Diamond Grille
Aluminium grille with fly mesh behind; suits fixed panels and standard-shaped custom doors.
DecoView
Decorative laser-cut panels, including pivot-door compatible builds, for entries that should be seen.
How a custom opening gets quoted
Custom does not mean slow. It means one extra conversation at the measure.
Tell us what you have
A photo and a rough size in the estimate tool or by SMS is enough to start. "Not sure" is a valid answer.
Free measure
We look at how the opening works, what it swings or slides into, where a track or build-out would go, and what the product options are. Samples come with us.
Written quote with the method
The quote says what we will build and how (build-out, new track, split panels, mullion), so there are no surprises on install day.
Make and fit
Panels are made to your measurements. Most custom openings are one install visit; build-outs and multi-panel stacks are two.
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Custom and tricky openings questions
Can you screen a servery window?
Yes. We fit a sliding screen on its own track across the servery with a lock, so you pass food through and close it behind you. We have done block-wall alfresco serveries and kitchen serveries, and for deep benches a pleated retractable screen that folds away works well. The Jacobs Well job in our spotlights includes a servery.
Will a pet door ruin my security screen?
It can affect the rating of a tested security door, so we are honest about that. The better spot is a fixed panel beside the door or a window screen, which is where we fitted the pet door on a Gold Coast enclosure. Portholes and flaps in fly screen doors are straightforward. Ask at the measure and we will show you where it can go.
Can you screen an old Queenslander verandah?
Yes. Timber posts and uneven openings are normal on older homes. We have fitted timber-framed sliding screens on a Queenslander verandah with a pool outlook, and wood-grain aluminium frames suit timber homes where you want low maintenance. The measure works out the fixing points post by post.
Can you enclose a garage opening with screens?
Yes. Sliding screen panels across the garage opening turn it into a usable room that still breathes, and we have a Dec 2022 example in the gallery. For a garage you drive into, a retractable roller screen with a low bottom track is the better fit; the retractable page covers it.
Can a corner sliding door be screened without a post?
Yes. Two sliding screen panels meet at the corner and lock to each other or to a slim corner receiver, so the open corner stays open. We have fitted these on new-build living rooms and on the oversized corner doors of the Wynnum townhouses. The track work is planned at the measure.
Do you make fire escape screens?
Yes. A fire escape screen is a hinged window screen that opens outward from inside with a release and is locked from outside like any other security screen. We fit them to upstairs bedrooms and anywhere a second exit matters.
Is there a size limit on a single screen?
Every product has a practical maximum before it needs a mullion or is split into sliding panels. We have built a 4,430 mm louvre screen in one piece and 2.6 m doors without a mid-rail, so the limit is higher than most people expect. We tell you at the measure whether your opening can be one panel.
Does a custom opening cost a lot more?
A custom opening usually adds some track, build-out or extra panel work rather than a different product, so the cost sits closer to a standard job than people expect. The quote lists exactly what is being built and why. We do not publish prices online because every opening is measured individually.
Get an estimate for an unusual opening
Pick "custom or not sure", describe the opening in a sentence, and add a photo if the tool allows it. You get a guide figure by email or SMS and a free measure to turn it into a firm quote.
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Book a free measure
The measure is where a tricky opening stops being tricky. We check how it opens, what it needs, and quote the method in writing. No obligation.
Brisbane, Gold Coast and Logan.