Larson Door Retainer Strips (2024)

FAQs

Does Larson Storm Doors have a lifetime warranty? ›

The limited lifetime warranty applies to the original purchaser of owner occupied homes and covers mechanical components excluding screen fabrics.

Retainers are used to secure the glass panel or insect screen on a storm door with full light seasonal ventilation. Depending on the full light storm door model, your storm door may use either plastic retainer strips, metal thumb turn retainers, or quick change handle retainers.

A fire door retainer automatically allows the door to close in the event of a fire alarm sounding to prevent the spread of fire, ensuring compliance with fire regulations.

Look for Clips and Fasteners

Search around the screen's perimeter for clips, fasteners, or other types of retaining hardware. Remove or disengage the hardware using your hands or any necessary tools. For fixed window screens, you may have to disassemble a portion of the window frame to access the screen.

The full glass can be removed and replaced seasonally with a full screen (included on interchangeable full views). Other models will may have a different glass configuration.

To do so, remove the bottom hinge and clear any dirt or debris out of the way. Then, by the hinge, lay a strip of wooden shim or cardboard. Replace all of the screws, then double-check the alignment by opening and shutting the door repeatedly and paying attention to how it sounds and feels.

LARSON is part of Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc., an industry-leading home and security products company.

Your serial number is factory-applied on the hinge rail (also called a Z-bar) and is visible when the storm door is opened. If you do not find the serial number on your hinge rail, look around the perimeter of the door, as the label may have been moved during installation.

1. Doorlight. The term doorlight refers to a door component composed of a glass panel with a frame that is inserted and fastened into a steel, fiberglass, or wood door, sidelight, or transom.

The weather-stripping installed on the bottom of a door panel, a door sweep creates a weather resistant barrier between a door panel and sill.

What is the purpose of a retainer? ›

Once the braces come off, nothing is keeping your teeth from moving back to their previous position. Wearing a retainer helps keep your teeth in the correct place, so they don't move. Think of it this way: Braces straighten your teeth, but your retainer keeps them that way. They help your teeth “retain” their position.

Retainers are structured agreements in which the client agrees to pay a specific amount of money to a business or freelancer — usually monthly — and, in return, receives a set of services during that same time period. These are typically advance payments.

Retainer (Clasp) Assembly A Clasp (retainer) assembly is a combination of several RPD components that engage an abutment tooth extra-coronally for support, stability and retention of the partial denture.