Guests keep walking into my screen doors

[Kestas]

They are black screens and hard to see, especially in the evening. I'd like to solicit ideas on what I can put on the screens to alert people. I'm looking for something practical and aesthetic.

I was tempted to look for a home decorating forum for this advice, but why not ask here?

 

[andyd]

Crime scene tape

 

[Bandito440]

A brightly-colored screen door magnet will do the trick.

 

[JLTD]

Originally Posted By: andyd
Crime scene tape

Not far off. OP all you need is a bar of some sort, at hand-pushing height, and they'll stop hitting the screen.

Grew up in a house with 6 kids, Dad went crazy replacing screens until he put up a double row of bars (1x2) across the doors, along with some 1/2" square wire mesh for reinforcement on the most used one.

 

[Nick1994]

I'd use some sort of magnets, one on each side stuck to each other.

 

[SnowDrifter]

Grab a needle and some red thread. Sew a little "X" on it about eye level

 

[JamesBond]

Serve them crummier alcohol. Or just party at their house.

 

[Boomer]

In Baltimore, they paint scenes on the screens. Very decorative, lets the air through and makes them visible.

 

[maxdustington]

Originally Posted By: JLTD
Grew up in a house with 6 kids, Dad went crazy replacing screens until he put up a double row of bars (1x2) across the doors, along with some 1/2" square wire mesh for reinforcement on the most used one.

Still won't stop a dog!

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Originally Posted By: Bandito440
A brightly-colored screen door magnet will do the trick.


Unless the screen door is Aluminum.

 

[555]

Explain to your guests to be careful because each screen costs $1800 to repair/replace.
Glow-in-the-dark paint.
Don't allow them in the house.

 

[Superflop]

Take the screen door dow , tape off the frame and spray paint them a decent shade of whatever you like and is more visible.

 

[Bandito440]

Originally Posted By: JohnnyJohnson
Originally Posted By: Bandito440
A brightly-colored screen door magnet will do the trick.
Unless the screen door is Aluminum.

The magnets aren’t affixed to the door frame; you install them in pairs, on both sides of the screen material. They’re attracted to each other. The description in the link I provided explains that.

 

[JLTD]

Originally Posted By: maxdustington
Originally Posted By: JLTD
Grew up in a house with 6 kids, Dad went crazy replacing screens until he put up a double row of bars (1x2) across the doors, along with some 1/2" square wire mesh for reinforcement on the most used one.

Still won't stop a dog!

LOL that's what the 1/2" mesh is for!

 

[Leo99]

My dog, she died, thought we had some sort of invisible force field on the rear deck slider door. She walked into it 3 times. After that, we had to carry her out. I walked into it once and so did my wife. Pretty funny.

 

[dishdude]

I'd put a piece of blue painter's tape on it.

 

[Barkleymut]

run some power to it, once the word gets out then no one else will go near it