In Encinitas the door stays open from afternoon into evening. A Phantom screen lets it stay open without the bugs coming in too.
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Doors Open All Evening, Bugs Welcome to Stay Out
Encinitas living tends to mean the back door or slider stays open from the afternoon straight through dinner and into the evening. That is exactly when bugs show up, and closing the door to keep them out defeats the reason the door was open in the first place. A Phantom screen pulls across in one motion at dusk, keeps the bugs out while the door stays open, and rolls away again when you are done with it. It is a habit more than a fix — pull it across once, and the door stays open for the rest of the night instead of getting shut every time someone notices a bug.
A Screen You Actually Use Every Day
A conventional screen door is either always there, taking up part of the opening, or it is enough of a hassle to open and latch that people just leave the door shut instead. Phantom is neither — there is no separate door to open, close, latch, or trip over, just a mesh screen you pull across the opening you already have and let go of when you are done. For a household that uses the back door as much as the front one, that difference shows up every single evening, not just on the days someone remembers to deal with a screen door.
Works on the Openings You Actually Have
Whether it is a French door pair, a wide slider, or a single entry door that never had a screen option in the first place, Phantom is built to that exact opening rather than picked from a handful of stock sizes. That is the whole point of a made-to-measure screen: it fits what you actually have, not what happens to be sold pre-made, and it disappears into a slim housing at the edge of the frame the rest of the time. A lot of Encinitas homes have more than one opening that fits this description, and each one can be measured and built on its own.
What it costs
We publish our Phantom prices instead of making you sit through an appointment to hear one. A Phantom Legacy single door is $795 installed on an opening up to 48 inches wide. A double Phantom — two units meeting in the middle, which is what most French door and patio openings take — is $1,495 installed on an opening up to 96 inches. Phantom XL for wide multi-panel openings up to 15 feet, and motorized patio screens up to 40 feet, are quoted after we measure, because those openings vary too much to price off a chart. Service or repair on a retractable door already in place is $195 plus parts. Those are installed prices, not the cost of a unit shipped to your door. Phantom warranties every part of the unit except the mesh, and we warranty our labor for one year. See every Phantom model and price.
Timeline for Getting One Installed
The measure visit is usually scheduled within a few days. From there, a standard-color single or double door is typically ready in about a week, an XL opening in about four weeks, and a special color order in about eight weeks since it is built to order rather than kept on a shelf. Anyone offering a custom retractable door measured and installed within a couple of days is describing the measure visit, not the finished install. If you are hoping to have it in place by a particular week, say so when you book — it will not change the build time, but we can plan around it.
The Same Crew Comes Back If It Ever Needs Service
We work across San Diego County every week doing this kind of screen work, so the crew that installs your Phantom door is the one you would call if it ever needed service later. We are a mobile business — the van comes to your house for both the measure visit and the install — and hablamos español. That includes the mesh itself if it ever gets a tear or the track needs cleaning, not just the initial install. Call (619) 330-5221 to book.
What happens when you call
- Book a measure visit.
- We measure the opening you use most and confirm color.
- Install lands on the honest timeline: about a week standard, four weeks XL, eight weeks special color.
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Encinitas Retractable Screen Questions
Can we still leave the door completely open, screen-free, whenever we want?
Yes — the screen only covers the opening when you pull it across. The rest of the time it is rolled into its housing and the door can be as wide open as you want it.
What happens after installation if it ever needs service?
You call the same company that installed it. We work on screens across San Diego County every week, so servicing a Phantom door later is a normal part of what we do, not a separate specialty.
Can you do more than one opening on the same property?
Yes, we regularly measure and install more than one door on a property in the same visit or across a couple of visits, depending on how many openings you want covered.
How long does the process take?
Expect a measure visit within a few days, then about a week for a standard-color single or double door, about four weeks for an XL opening, and about eight weeks for a special color.
Pull it across at dusk, roll it away in the morning.
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