Anonymous Review
Published:about 1 year ago
Josh is cool and does quality work. He installed a Lifestyle Screens for us; communication was consistent and he kept us updated on the status of our order and the expected installation. We called or messaged 5 other companies listed on the Lifestyle Screens website but only Josh responded AND when we called Lifestyle Screens directly, they recommended Josh. He was very patient with all the questions we had which was VERY helpful considering there is very little recent information on the web about Lifestyle Screens.
Installation of the double-door screen took about 2 hours and he made sure we knew how to operate it before he left. It was a 2-person job (with Eric) and they left our garage how they found it. It was a smooth experience, absolutely no issues. We would definitely work with Josh again and have already referred him to others.
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I am leaving some notes here about the screen itself BUT please keep in mind the product itself is NOT a reflection on Josh. He's a dealer for Lifestyle Screens and has nothing to do with how the product looks or functions however, if you find Josh to do this for you & see this review, then knowing this stuff ahead of time may be helpful. I'll talk about the drawbacks first and then the pluses. At the end of the day, we are VERY happy with this product and highly recommend it to keep bugs out and release some of the heat in the garage.
1. Both the existing garage door and the Lifestyle Screen CANNOT be in the down position at the same time. It's one or the other.
2. The Lifestyle Screen track sits about 8 inches BELOW the existing garage door track. For us, this now means we lost the top shelf on the storage shelf that sits right below the garage door when it's open.
3. The Lifestyle Screen track is almost the same measurement as the track for garage door. The screen track extends just a few inches past the garage door track; not an issue for us.
4. The Lifestyle Screen operates at an angle and in order to lower AND raise the it, you'll need roughly 2-3 feet of 'clearance' from any object that is inside the garage. For example, if there is a vehicle with a high back (like an SUV) parked inside the garage, the screen might bump up against it. A workaround would be to back into the garage so that the front of the vehicle is facing out which might give you more clearance to lower and raise the screen. This also applies if you have bins or boxes stored in the garage that go higher than say 4 feet.
5. When the screen is in the down position it has a rubber flap that blocks the garage door sensor so that the garage door opener won't work. This is good because it reduces the chance of accidentally closing the garage door while the screen is down (remember both can't be down).
6. Since the screen cannot be down when the garage door is down it means that one of them is always "up". Because of this we lost access to shelving space above the garage door, to the side, and for half of garage ceiling because there's just not enough clearance to get down whatever would be on those shelves.
7. The Lifestyle Screen does NOT PREVENT access to the garage. With the little plastic lever that comes with the screen, it is possible to 'lock' the sliding screen door when the Lifestyle Screen is in the down position. I hesitate to say 'lock' because it's not secure. The entire screen can only be semi-secured by making a hole in the frame to manually slide a 4 inch piece of steel when needed. We didn't like the idea of putting a hole in the newly installed frame. The frame should come with the hole.
8. The Lifestyle Screen is very light & easy to operate; once released to go up, it can be guided with one hand. This is a definite plus because even my 72-year old mom can easily lower and raise it.
9. The screen looks awesome from outside and it's perfect that it doesn't interfere with the existing garage door or the house which meant we didn't have to deal with the HOA since we didn't alter the exterior of the house.