Security Window Screens

Yes. The screens mount to the window frame, not the sash, so sliders and single-hungs operate exactly as before; outward-opening casements need their own configuration, which we confirm at the free measure. The screen simply replaces the flimsy insect screen that was there - same daily routine, very different mesh.

Bedrooms need an escape route, and we treat that as non-negotiable. Egress configurations use a quick-release system that opens the screen instantly from inside without tools or keys, while staying fixed steel from the outside. We flag every bedroom window at the measure and spec it accordingly.

A little, and less than you would guess - there is no grille or bar pattern, just a fine woven wire that reads as a slight tint from a few feet inside the room. The view stays whole, and we bring mesh samples to the free measure so you can judge in your own light.

By glass size, and the math is public: $825 per window installed covers up to 8 square feet - most bedroom and ground-floor windows - and larger glass adds $100 per additional square foot. The calculator on this page turns your rough measurements into the exact number in seconds, and most homes do several windows in one visit, quoted together in writing.

Our base price is the lowest published figure we can source in the county, and the reason is the pricing format rather than a discount. As of August 2026, Boss Security Screens publishes security screen windows starting at $1,000 on its Orange County page and $1,800 to $2,500 on its national pricing page. Ours is $825 per window installed for up to 8 square feet of glass, then $100 per additional square foot, with the formula published so a large window prices itself in front of you instead of arriving as a surprise. A starting figure hides the size adjustment; a published formula shows it. Every price we could source by product and company is in our Orange County price report.

Most people do not do the whole house, and we will not push you to. The windows that earn their place are the ones on the ground floor you would otherwise never leave open: bedrooms, a side yard or side-return window out of view from the street, and anything behind a fence or gate where you cannot see what is happening. Upper floors and windows you never open are usually the ones to skip. The measure is a good moment to say out loud which windows you actually want to sleep with open, because that list is normally shorter and cheaper than the one people arrive with.

Yes, and it is a common way to do it. Each window is priced individually by glass size, so a later visit is simply another set of windows at the same published rates rather than a penalty for splitting the job. The practical note is that a single visit for several windows is less disruptive than several visits for one, so people often start with the bedrooms and add the rest at one go.

Outward-opening casements and awnings need their own configuration because the sash swings into the space a fixed screen would occupy, so those are confirmed individually at the measure rather than assumed. Arches, circles and other genuinely shaped glass are custom work and get a straight quote before any visit. Standard sliders, single-hungs and double-hungs are the routine case.

From the inside, as normal, because the screens mount to the frame rather than the sash and the window still opens the way it always did. The outside face of the glass is the part that changes: you rinse the screen and the glass together with a hose rather than reaching through. Within a mile or two of the coast that rinse is worth doing a few times a year anyway to keep salt off the mesh, and it is the same two minutes either way.

Somewhat, as a side effect rather than a selling point. A woven mesh in front of glass intercepts some direct sun and, in daylight, makes the inside harder to see from outside for the same reason a screen door does. We do not publish a shading or a light-transmission figure because we have no sourced number for this mesh and will not estimate one. If solar heat is your actual problem, a shade product designed for it will beat a security screen at that job.

Usually, and it is a better fit than people expect. A kitchen pass-through to a patio or bar counter is exactly the opening you want to leave wide open on a summer evening, which is exactly why it needs more than a fly screen. Openable configurations cover most pass-throughs, and the screen locks from inside so the window can stand open while the counter stays covered. Sizes and slide direction vary more on pass-throughs than on bedroom windows, so this one is confirmed at the free measure rather than assumed from a photo.