What Phantom Screens Cost: A Complete Price Guide

Search for retractable screen pricing and you will mostly find ranges wide enough to be useless — a low figure for a basic window screen and a high one for a motorized patio system, with everything that matters in between left blank — attached to a contact form. That is not a price guide. It is a lead capture form wearing one.

This page gives the actual starting prices for Phantom retractable screens from Phantom Screens of Twin Falls, because they are the same prices behind our quote tool. You will find what each configuration costs, what is already included, what genuinely changes the number, and what a whole-house project tends to land at.

The Short Answer

Every figure below covers the screen, custom fabrication to your measured opening, and professional installation. Installation is not billed separately.

• Single Retractable Door Screen — from $989. One entry door, one patio door, or one standard slider.
• Double Retractable Door Screens — from $1,949. A French door pair, or any double opening where two screens meet in the middle.
• Large Opening Manual Screen — from $4,200. Wide spans operated by hand — multi-panel sliders, covered patios, openings a standard door screen cannot reach across.
• Large Opening Motorized Screen — from $5,400. The same span, powered, with remote, wall switch or app control.

Those are starting prices for a standard configuration. The final number depends on the opening as measured, which is why every project begins with a free in-home measurement rather than a phone estimate.

What Is Already in the Price

Worth being explicit, because this is where quotes from different companies stop being comparable.

Professional installation. Factory-trained installation, with the screen confirmed to operate smoothly across its full range of travel before anyone leaves. A retractable screen that binds in the first six inches of travel is an installation problem, not a product problem, and it is the most common reason a cheap screen disappoints.

Custom fabrication. Every screen is built to your measured opening. There is no stock-size range to choose from and no "custom" surcharge, because custom is the only way these are made.

The warranty. A limited lifetime warranty on components, a 7-year warranty on motors, and a 24-month labor warranty. Screen mesh is not included under the component warranty, but it can always be repaired or replaced if needed.

That last split is more informative than it looks, and we come back to it below.

The Four Configurations, In Detail

Single Retractable Door Screen — from $989

One screen crossing one opening. The mesh stores on a roller inside a slim 2.5-inch aluminum housing at one side of the door; a slide bar draws it across a track top and bottom, and spring tension retracts it.

This covers the majority of residential doors: front entries, back doors, single patio doors, and standard sliding glass doors. Standard door screens are built to 96 inches wide and 120 inches tall.

Double Retractable Door Screens — from $1,949

Two screens, one per leaf, meeting in the centre of the opening and retracting to opposite sides. This is the French door configuration, and it is also the answer for wide double openings.

A double is not two singles priced together. The two halves have to meet flush and seal against each other at the centre join, which means both are fabricated and hung to tighter tolerance than two unrelated screens. The centre join is the first thing to fail on a poorly built pair, and it is where the additional cost goes.

Large Opening Manual Screen — from $4,200

Past roughly 96 inches, the job changes class. A large-opening system carries far more mesh across a much wider span, needs a heavier track, and requires a tensioning system engineered to hold that mesh flat and square when deployed.

These cover openings up to 15 feet wide and 12 feet high in a single screen — bi-fold and accordion doors, stacking glass walls, lift-and-slide systems, and covered patio openings. A smooth-glide track with precision ball-bearing rollers keeps one-hand operation realistic even at full width.

Large Opening Motorized Screen — from $5,400

The same span, powered. The $1,200 difference over manual buys the motor, the control hardware, the integration work, and a track built for powered travel. Control is by handheld remote, wall switch, smartphone app, or voice through Alexa and Google Home, with whole-home integration available for Control4, Crestron and Lutron systems.

It also opens the door to wind and sun sensors, which matters more in this region than most. A wind sensor retracts the screen automatically when gusts pick up — genuinely useful along the canyon rim, out toward the open ground around Jerome and Filer, and up in the Wood River Valley, where wind arrives faster than anyone reaches a switch.

What Adds to the Base Price

Three things move the number, and all three are either optional or driven by the opening itself.

Mesh Lock — $250 on a single, $500 on a double. A standard door screen lets the mesh float along the track. Mesh Lock secures the mesh into the track edges so it resists lateral pressure. If a dog leans on the screen, if small children push through it, or if the opening catches wind, this is the upgrade that keeps the mesh where it belongs. On large-opening systems it is handled within the configuration rather than as a line item.

Extra-tall openings — $200. Openings roughly 96¼ to 120 inches tall carry a $200 adjustment. More drop means more material, a longer track, and tension that has to be set for the additional travel.

Mesh selection. Standard insect mesh is the baseline and is included. Solar mesh, privacy mesh and finer no-see-um weaves are specified per opening based on orientation and what you want the screen to do. Your specialist brings physical samples, because mesh is one of those things nobody can judge from a photograph.

Service and Repair Pricing

Separate from new installation, and worth knowing before you need it:

• Service call — $150. Assessment and adjustment of an existing screen.
• Mesh repair, standard single — $260.
• Mesh repair, custom 8-foot single — $290.

These exist because Phantom screens are designed to be serviced rather than replaced. When mesh eventually wears, the housing, track and motor stay in place and only the mesh changes.

Budgeting a Whole House

Most homeowners do not screen one opening. A realistic way to think about a project:

A back door and a patio slider — two singles, from $1,978.

A French door pair plus a back entry — one double and one single, from $2,938.

A covered patio, screened properly — one large-opening manual system, from $4,200, or $5,400 motorized. This is a different product from a door screen and solves a different problem: it makes the outdoor space usable rather than just keeping insects out of the house.

Screens can be phased. There is nothing structural about doing the patio this year and the bedrooms next, and mesh can differ per opening — solar on the west-facing slider, standard insect mesh everywhere else.

Why Retractable Costs More Than Fixed — and Why the Math Still Works

A fixed screen is cheaper on day one. It is also permanently in the opening, absorbing sun, wind and grit every hour of the year, and greying the view whether or not you need a screen.

A retractable screen spends most of its life inside its housing. The mesh is exposed only while it is doing something useful. Across southern Idaho's high-desert summers, blowing dust and freeze-thaw winters, that difference in cumulative exposure is substantial — it is the difference between mesh you replace and mesh you keep.

The second half of the math is that warranty split. Components carry a limited lifetime warranty; mesh does not. That is not a gap in the coverage, it is the design stated plainly: the aluminum housing, track and motor are built to outlast multiple mesh cycles, and the mesh is the serviceable part, replaced independently when its time comes. You buy the structure once and service a textile occasionally, rather than replacing a whole unit.

We work through that trade in more detail in Are Retractable Screens Worth It?

What Changes Your Final Quote

The measurement is not a formality. Four things routinely move a quote off the starting price:

Whether the opening is square. Older homes settle. Out-of-square openings are normal and entirely workable, but only when they are measured that way rather than assumed square.

Frame depth. Where depth allows, the housing can sit within the existing frame so no hardware reads against the wall when retracted. Where it does not, a surface mount is used instead.

Door swing. On French doors especially, in-swing versus out-swing decides where the housing and track can go.

Threshold condition. The bottom track needs a clean, level run. A damaged threshold shows up months later as a screen that drags.

Getting a Real Number

A quote is free and carries no obligation. If you proceed, a $200 deposit starts the order and is applied to your total.

Request a free quote and a local specialist will measure your openings and confirm exact pricing. To understand the variables first, read What Drives the Price of a Retractable Screen. For powered systems specifically, see Motorized Retractable Screen Pricing. Or browse the full range of retractable screens.

Starting prices are current for Phantom Screens of Twin Falls and include professional installation. Final pricing is confirmed after an in-home measurement.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Phantom screens cost? From Phantom Screens of Twin Falls, a single retractable door screen starts at $989 and a double at $1,949. Large-opening systems start at $4,200 manual and $5,400 motorized. All include custom fabrication and professional installation, with final pricing confirmed after an in-home measurement.

Is installation included in the price? Yes. Installation is not a separate line item on any configuration.

What is the cheapest Phantom screen option? A single retractable door screen at $989, covering one entry door, patio door or standard slider.

Do I have to pay in full up front? No. A $200 deposit starts the order and is applied to your total.

Why is a large-opening screen so much more than a door screen? Span. It carries far more mesh across a much wider opening, needs a heavier track, and requires a tensioning system built to hold that mesh flat. Motorized versions add a motor and control hardware on top.

Does an unusually tall opening cost more? Openings roughly 96¼ to 120 inches tall carry a $200 adjustment for the extra material and drop.

How much is a service call on an existing screen? $150 for assessment and adjustment. Mesh repair runs $260 on a standard single and $290 on a custom 8-foot single.