Family-owned in Orlando since 2003
Get your screen room back.
Screen repair, pool cage rescreening, and new enclosures across Central Florida. You call, you get Ray or his daughter Nina — not a call center — and usually an estimate within two business days.
- 4.9 from 187 reviews
- Licensed & insured — certificates on request
- 23 years on Central Florida cages
Ray Buchanan, owner · Nina Buchanan, estimates
Family-owned in Orlando
Ray started this with one truck and a spline roller.
Ray Buchanan started Sandhill Screen & Cage in 2003, after a decade of framing cages for someone else and thinking he could do it straighter. He was mostly right.
His daughter Nina runs scheduling and estimates now, which means when you call you get one of two people who have actually been on your street. We are not a franchise and we do not sell your address to a call center.
Everything we put up gets built the way we would build it on our own house — because half our work comes from the neighbor of somebody we already did.
- You talk to Ray or Nina, not a call center
- Free estimates, in writing, with no pressure to sign
- Licensed and insured — certificate on request
- We show up in the window we gave you
- Most repairs done the day we come out
What we do
Four jobs, and the mesh each one calls for.
The gauge on each card is the number that decides what actually gets through your screen. Look at the swatch next to it — that is the cloth, woven at that gauge.
Screen Repair
One panel or twenty
Same-day panel replacement for tears, holes, and pet damage, matched to the mesh you already have.
See what's involved20×20No-see-umFull Rescreening
The whole cage at once
Every panel pulled and replaced in one visit, with new spline and your choice of upgraded mesh.
See what's involved20×20No-see-umPool Cage Enclosures
New builds and rebuilds
New and rebuilt pool enclosures, engineered and permitted for Central Florida wind loads.
See what's involved80–90%Solar shade clothLanai Screening
Porches, patios, and entryways
Screened lanais, patios, and front entries — including solar mesh for west-facing exposure.
See what's involvedMesh, magnified
The difference between a screen you tolerate and one you forget is about six openings per inch.
What is probably on your cage now
Standard fiberglass is what nearly every builder hangs. It handles mosquitoes, flies, and leaves, and it is the right call for most of a pool cage.
Stops: Mosquitoes, flies, leaves. No-see-ums and sand gnats walk straight through it.
What we hang when gnats are the problem
No-see-um cloth closes the weave up enough to stop the small stuff, which is why people who never used their lanai suddenly start eating out there.
Stops: Midges, sand gnats, mosquitoes. Slightly less breeze, slightly more shade. That is the honest trade.
Most jobs use both — the tighter cloth where you sit, the standard cloth up top where nobody is. We will tell you which is which when we walk it with you.
Screen Repair
One torn panel should not cost you the whole summer.
A branch, a football, a bored dog — most of what we fix is a single panel, and most of it is done the same day we look at it. We match your existing mesh so the new panel does not sit there announcing itself.
18×14Standard fiberglass- Single panels replaced without touching the rest of the cage
- Mesh and frame color matched to what is already up
- Torn spline, loose screen, and sagging panels re-tensioned
- Sliding screen doors re-rolled, re-screened, and re-aligned
- Bent or pulled frame members straightened where we can
- Most repairs finished in a single visit
Full Rescreening
When every panel is going, replacing them one at a time is the expensive way.
Florida sun makes fiberglass brittle. Once two or three panels have gone in a season, the rest are close behind. A full rescreen resets the whole enclosure and gives you a chance to upgrade the mesh while the frame is open.
20×20No-see-um- Every panel pulled, cleaned, and rescreened in one trip
- Fresh spline throughout — the old spline is usually the real failure
- Upgrade to no-see-um or pet-grade mesh while the frame is open
- Frame hardware, screws, and cross braces checked and replaced
- Chair rail and kickplate panels included
- Typically one to three days depending on cage size
Pool Cage Enclosures
A pool you can actually sit next to in July.
A full enclosure is the difference between a pool you use and a pool you skim. We build new cages and rebuild storm-damaged ones, engineered and permitted for Central Florida wind loads.
20×20No-see-um- New enclosures designed around your deck and roofline
- Engineered and permitted for Central Florida wind load
- Bronze or white anodized aluminum extrusion
- Super gutter integrated into the existing roofline
- Screen doors, kickplates, and Florida Glass lower panels
- Full rebuilds after storm or tree damage
Lanai Screening
Turn the porch you walk past into the room you use.
Screening a lanai or front entry is the cheapest square footage you will ever add to a house. Solar mesh on a west-facing porch also takes the worst of the afternoon off the back of the house.
80–90%Solar shade cloth- Open porches, patios, and front entries enclosed
- Solar shade cloth for west and south exposure
- Pet-grade mesh at ground level where it takes the abuse
- Screen doors with self-closing hinges and pet doors
- Existing lanais rescreened and re-framed
- Framing color matched to trim and gutters
Our work
Same yard, same corner, same time of day.
Every pair below is shot from one mark so you are comparing the work and not the camera angle.
Before
AfterEvery panel replaced with 20×20 no-see-um mesh
Before
AfterTwo frame bays rebuilt after an oak limb came down
Before
AfterOpen patio enclosed with solar shade cloth
Before
AfterNew rollers, frame, and pet-grade mesh at the base
Neighbors
Most of our work comes from the house next door.
4.9 average · 187 reviews
A limb took out three panels the night of the storm. Nina had someone out Monday morning and the cage was done by Tuesday. They matched the old mesh so well I cannot tell you which panels are new.
We got three estimates. Ray was the only one who climbed up and actually looked at the frame instead of eyeballing it from the deck. He also talked us out of the more expensive option we thought we needed.
We had never used the back porch because of the gnats. They put in no-see-um screen and we eat out there now. Should have called them four years ago.
Before you call anyone
Five things worth asking every contractor you let in the gate.
Here are our answers. If somebody else cannot give you theirs, that is useful information too.
- Licensed and insured
- Florida contractor license CBC-0000000, general liability, and workers' comp. Ask and we will email the certificates before we ever come out.
- Actually local
- Based in Orlando, working Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake counties. No subcontracted crews from three counties over who you never see again.
- 23 years on Central Florida cages
- We have rescreened through four hurricanes and a lot of ordinary summers. We know which frame systems the builders used out here and where they fail.
- Materials that survive the sun
- UV-stabilized mesh, stainless fasteners, and fresh spline on every job. The cheap spline is what turns a five-year screen into a two-year screen.
- We call you back
- Most estimates get scheduled within two business days. If we are running late you will hear from us before the window closes, not after.
Where we go
Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake counties.
Everything inside about an hour of the shop. If you are just past the edge of it, call and ask — we will tell you honestly whether it makes sense for both of us.
- Orlando
- Winter Park
- Windermere
- Kissimmee
- Winter Garden
- Ocoee
- Oviedo
- Lake Mary
- Apopka
- St. Cloud
- Clermont
- Altamonte Springs
Based in Orlando at 1120 Sample Ave, Orlando, FL 32803. Rings are rough drive time, not a hard boundary.
Questions
The things people ask before they call.
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone. (407) 555-0148
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes — Florida contractor license CBC-0000000, plus general liability and workers' compensation. We are glad to email the certificates before we come out, and you should ask that of anyone you let onto your property.
What does an estimate cost?
Nothing. We come out, measure, look at the frame and not just the screen, and leave you a written estimate. There is no fee, no deposit to get one, and nobody will call you five times afterward.
How long will the work take?
Most single-panel repairs are finished the same day we come out. A full pool cage rescreen usually runs one to three days depending on size. New enclosures take longer because they have to be permitted and inspected, and we will give you a realistic timeline in writing up front.
Can you help after storm damage?
Yes, and it is a good part of what we do. We can tarp or secure an opening quickly, document the damage with photos for your insurance claim, and give you an itemized estimate in the format adjusters expect. Call us as soon as it is safe to be outside.
Do you come out to my area?
We cover Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake counties — Orlando out to Clermont, up to Lake Mary, and down through Kissimmee and St. Cloud. If you are just past the edge of that, call and ask. We will tell you honestly whether it makes sense.
How do I get started?
Call (407) 555-0148 or send the form on this page with a rough description of what is going on. If you can text or email a photo of the damage, we can often tell you what you are looking at before we ever drive out.
Last thing
Tell us what tore, and we will come look at it.
Estimates are free and there is nothing to sign to get one. If you can text a photo of the damage, we can usually tell you what you are dealing with before we drive out.
(407) 555-0148Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM