Instructions / Assembly

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V. PRE-ASSEMBLY and INSTALLATION PREPARATION
CUTTING NOTES:
Please note that due to the length of the torsion spring inside of the Screen Cartridge Header A(A1/A2), the minimum window
opening your Retractable Window Screen can be cut to fit to are as indicated above in Figure: Minimum and Maximum Cutting Widths &
Lengths.
Normally models may be reduced by 8 inches from their original size, so for example Model A-9 is size 39 width x 67 height.
If you subtract 8 inches from the maximum size of 39, you arrive at minimum width of 31 (39-8=31) for model A-9.
DO NOT CUT ScreenCartridgeHeader A(A1/A2) to less than Width Minimum indicated above in Figure: Minimum and Maximum Cutting
Widths & Lengths
If you need to install your retractable insect screen in an opening smaller than the minimums cited above or outside of your window jamb
please contact us for additional instructions at 1-407-450-5134 or email us at [e-mail] or visit our
F.A.Q. section at www.retractablebugscreen.com.
RETRACTABLEBugScreenTM (RBS) Unica Model Series - is designed for installation INSIDE of the window jamb, on either the interior or
exterior side of the window.
It is easy to assemble, requiring just two cuts. Please check your RBS KIT Model is correct size for your window opening.
Various RBS kit models will accommodate window openings from 15 to 73 inches wide, to a maximum of 52 or 67 inches high depending on RBS
kit model. Figure below provides a chart of the minimum and maximum size window openings the RBS Unica Model Series will cover.
Figure: Minimum and Maximum Cutting Widths & Lengths - RBS Unica Model (with external handles)
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BEFORE ASSEMBLY & INSTALLATION PLEASE NOTE the following prepatory tips and notes:
The RETRACTABLEBugScreen TM, do it yourself retractable insect screen
kit can be installed INSIDE your window's HEAD JAMB in FRONT of your
window panes (in your home's interior).
OR The RETRACTABLEBugScreen TM can be installed INSIDE your
window's HEAD JAMB BEHIND your window panes (in your home's
exterior).
V.1. Decide whether you want to install your
RETRACTABLEBugScreen TM in FRONT or BEHIND your window panes.
V.2. PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE 2 inches (5.08 cm) of space in the
HEAD JAMB of your window, either behind or in front of your window pane,
as per your installation preference. Those two inches (5.08 cm) of space
are the space that is required within your window's HEAD JAMB as the
space you will install the RETRACTABLEBugScreen TM, into.
You will need 2 inches of space (5.08 cm) in the HEAD JAMB to install the
Screen Cartridge Header A(A1/A2) into, so make sure you have that space
available before you start this project.