I just moved into a house, I'm renting it from the owners. In order to put fans in the windows, or leave windows open in general, I'm contending with window screens that seem to be in the wrong position. This is true for every window.
For example, on any given window, we have the top and bottom glass panes. The bottom one is the one I slide up and down. The screen present in the window sits behind the bottom window pane. There is no screen behind the top window pane.
The track that the screen sits in is a solid 1.5 inches away from the window pane. That gap is open air. Any creepy crawlies can get in.
When I've asked the owners, I don't get any useful info. To be fair, they are out of state and we've been trying to solve this by texting. But still.
I thought perhaps there had been additional window panes in the frame at some point and I should move the screen to an inner track within the frame. But the other tracks in the window frame where I could put the screen are wider than the outer track where the screen currently is. So I'd need new screens.
I've posted a photo which might help. You can see my fingers in the gap between the bottom pane and the screen. Everything in the window is in the closed position.
QUESTIONS:
-Should there be a top screen as well? The owner says no.
-Why on earth would that gap be there if the screens are the correct screens?
-How to cover the gap? Or is the answer that different screens are needed?
Thanks in advance. It's probably obvious I know little about windows. But this is frustrating because it's the case with every window in the house, and I need to open a window in every room to get some circulation. I'm in Abq, NM and the evaporative cooler needs windows open as well.
For example, on any given window, we have the top and bottom glass panes. The bottom one is the one I slide up and down. The screen present in the window sits behind the bottom window pane. There is no screen behind the top window pane.
The track that the screen sits in is a solid 1.5 inches away from the window pane. That gap is open air. Any creepy crawlies can get in.
When I've asked the owners, I don't get any useful info. To be fair, they are out of state and we've been trying to solve this by texting. But still.
I thought perhaps there had been additional window panes in the frame at some point and I should move the screen to an inner track within the frame. But the other tracks in the window frame where I could put the screen are wider than the outer track where the screen currently is. So I'd need new screens.
I've posted a photo which might help. You can see my fingers in the gap between the bottom pane and the screen. Everything in the window is in the closed position.
QUESTIONS:
-Should there be a top screen as well? The owner says no.
-Why on earth would that gap be there if the screens are the correct screens?
-How to cover the gap? Or is the answer that different screens are needed?
Thanks in advance. It's probably obvious I know little about windows. But this is frustrating because it's the case with every window in the house, and I need to open a window in every room to get some circulation. I'm in Abq, NM and the evaporative cooler needs windows open as well.