Wilson Window Replacement provides professional window screens & solar screens in Wilson, NC for residential and commercial properties across Wilson County and the public-power towns of eastern North Carolina. This is the cheapest page on the site and, on a west-facing wall in Wilson, one of the most effective things we do. Shading only counts on the outdoor side of a pane, and an exterior solar screen is much the cheapest way of putting it there.
The physics is simple enough to be worth stating plainly. Once sunlight has passed through the glass it has become heat inside the room, and an interior blind can only send a fraction of it back out again. Anything that intercepts the sun outside the glass never lets that heat into the house in the first place.
Solar screen fabric is rated by openness factor, meaning the percentage of the weave that is open. A low openness factor blocks more sun and darkens the room more. A higher one keeps more of the view and blocks correspondingly less of the sun. We usually put a tighter weave on the west, a looser one on the south, and plain insect mesh on the north where it makes no difference.
The reason we push this is the same reason we do not push triple glazing. In a cooling-dominated zone, money buys the most when it is spent against solar gain, and there is no cheaper way to cut solar gain on a window you already own than a screen that goes up in an afternoon.
Ordinary insect screening is a different product and a different job. The frames are aluminum or vinyl, the spline is the wear item, and after twenty summers here the mesh has gone brittle from ultraviolet whether anyone has touched it or not. Rescreening is inexpensive, and we will happily work through a whole house of it in a single day.
There is one situation where we take a screen off and do not put it back. A bedroom window that somebody may have to climb out of should not carry a screen that is difficult to release. Some older aluminum frames are fastened from the outside, which means the person inside the room cannot remove them at all.
Casement screens sit on the inside, so a solar screen is not an option on them and the shading has to happen with an exterior awning or with the coating on the glass itself. That is worth knowing before choosing casements for a hot wall, and it does not appear in any sales literature we have read.
We know a screen job is a small invoice. We take them anyway, partly because the client who calls about screens in June is often the one who calls about the whole west elevation in October, and and mostly because a screen is a genuinely good answer to the question that was asked, which is not something we get to say about every product on this site.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — exterior solar screen fabric rated by openness factor, west elevation glass ordered to a tighter solar coefficient, sealed glass unit set back into the original sash, vinyl frames welded at the corner rather than mechanically joined, unbroken aluminum frames left over from the 1960s, laminated glass bought for noise and security rather than storms — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Wilson and nearby communities including Elm City, Black Creek, Lucama, Stantonsburg.
What We Handle
Everything our window screens & solar screens in Wilson covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of window screens & solar screens work in Wilson, NC. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- window screens Wilson NC
- solar screens west windows
- exterior shade screen fabric
- openness factor solar screen
- rescreening windows cost
- window screen repair Wilson County
- insect screen replacement
- screen spline replacement
- aluminum screen frames
- casement interior screen
- screen removal bedroom egress
- solar screen vs window film
- reduce afternoon heat cheaply
- porch screen repair
- custom window screens
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Wilson services.
Materials, equipment and how we do window screens & solar screens
The difference between window screens & solar screens that lasts and window screens & solar screens that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with exterior solar screen fabric rated by openness factor, west elevation glass ordered to a tighter solar coefficient, sealed glass unit set back into the original sash, vinyl frames welded at the corner rather than mechanically joined, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Wilson job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of window work in Wilson County and the public-power towns of eastern North Carolina means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do window screens & solar screens outside Wilson
Wilson Window Replacement covers Wilson and the surrounding communities of Wilson County and the public-power towns of eastern North Carolina. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Elm City, NC — Wilson County, population 1,218 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Black Creek, NC — Wilson County, population 692 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Lucama, NC — Wilson County, population 1,036 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Stantonsburg, NC — Wilson County, population 762 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Saratoga, NC — Wilson County, population 353 at the 2020 census
- Window Screens & Solar Screens in Sims, NC — Wilson County, population 275 at the 2020 census
Start on the Wilson Window Replacement homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Wilson Chooses Wilson Window Replacement
- ✓We refuse to print a payback figure. Wilson Energy rates are set locally and the city bills everything on one statement, so a savings estimate here is a number no homeowner could ever check.
- ✓We write the window schedule by elevation. The west and south openings get a tighter solar coefficient and the north side gets standard product, because paying the same premium on every wall wastes most of it.
- ✓We argue against triple glazing in this zone. Our heating season is short, the sash gets heavy, the hardware wears faster, and the money does far more when it is spent on solar control instead.
- ✓We measure what an insert costs you in opening size before it is ordered, because an inch surrendered at each jamb of a bedroom window is exactly where a marginal escape opening stops working.
The standards behind window screens & solar screens
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The window screens & solar screens work we do in Wilson follows published industry standards: NFRC sets the U-factor and SHGC ratings on every window label, and ENERGY STAR defines the efficiency thresholds by climate zone. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every window screens & solar screens project in Wilson gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free window screens & solar screens free estimate in Wilson, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.