Screen mesh in Val Vista holds far more canal silt than the glass beside it. The subdivision sits in south Meridian south of Overland, between Ten Mile and Linder in 83642, and it is one of the older subdivisions on this side of town, recorded 1991–1993 in two phases. About 79 acres, compact enough that we can usually do several homes in one visit. The Boise Project Board of Control supplies the pressurized irrigation on these lots.
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Worth knowing first: Val Vista is one of the older subdivisions on this side of town, recorded 1991–1993 in two phases (ZIP 83642, about 79 acres). Screen mesh is a filter, and in Meridian it filters irrigation. Canal silt carried in sprinkler overspray dries in the weave, and because the mesh is rough it holds far more of it than the glass does. Add valley dust, plus the winter inversion that holds particulate down at ground level for weeks at a time and pollen, and within a season the screen is carrying a grey load you can see through a freshly cleaned window. That is the complaint we hear most: 'you cleaned the glass but it still looks hazy.' It is almost always the screen. Across roughly 79 acres it is remarkably consistent — Val Vista is one job, not thirty different ones.
Scrubbing a screen in its opening pushes the silt deeper into the weave and flexes the frame. We pull each one, wash it flat on a padded surface so the mesh is supported, rinse it through from both sides, let it dry and reseat it in the same opening it came out of. Screens are not interchangeable — a frame that has sat in one opening for fifteen years has taken that opening's shape, and swapping them is how you end up with gaps. It is the single most common thing we get called about in Val Vista.
Screens of this age are brittle. Old fiberglass mesh goes chalky and tears at a touch, and original aluminum frames bend rather than flex. We will tell you which ones are past saving instead of handing back a torn screen and saying nothing. We do not charge for a screen we cannot clean. At about 79 acres, Val Vista is small enough that neighbours booking together is genuinely cheaper for everyone.
This pairs naturally with a window service, and doing both on one visit is cheaper than two separate trips — the setup and the drive are most of the fixed cost. It is also better work: there is an order these jobs should happen in, and doing them on separate days usually means doing one of them twice. Tell us what you want when you book and we will sequence it properly.
We clean and reseat screens. We do not re-mesh or re-frame them. Where a screen is too brittle to survive being pulled we will show you before we touch it, and we do not charge for a screen we cannot clean. Saying this plainly costs us the occasional booking and saves everybody the version where you find out on the day.
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Because it is real additional labour — every screen gets pulled, washed flat, dried and reseated. It is $50 added to a window service, which is far less than booking it on its own.
We handle them flat and supported, which is the gentlest way. On screens that are already brittle we will show you the risk before we pull them and let you decide.
Yes — they are tracked and reseated in the openings they came from. That matters more than people expect on older homes.
We do not re-screen. We will tell you which ones need it so you can get them redone rather than discovering it yourself next spring.
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