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why is the black thing blocking the lock, I can't lock it all the way in.

Where can I get the instructions

This is a typical Andersen scam "deal". Whoever is buying this nonsense of a door needs to have his head examined. So whenever we have a summer storm I would rush to replace screen with glass and then back again. What a foolish design! You can bet that after few changes like that you will damage either "retainer strips" (what a buffoonery) or glass or screen. Great deal for Andersen to sell you more parts.

Turn that music OFF. It does nothing to help the video. It only makes it hard to hear.

Appreciate the instructions. They saved me $$.

I’ve used Anderson for decades and am now very disappointed in quality and warranty, I will be looking for another brand of higher quality and better representation!

Appreciate yall

Can you install a wind chain at the top of this style door? I’m tired of replacing closers after my kid or wife let the wind take the door.

Helpful.. but please turn off the music. It's distracting.

except my sash stops won't come off. it's one big piece of wood. I'm screwed....thanks andersen for not making this easy 😢

Had to change my brick mold….. AFTER trying to figure out the wonky instructions. Horrible. My front storm door went in super easy. This one… NOPE!

Just had the same thing happen, where the liner wraps itself around the roller as the screen goes up, first time used!!! Pissed off at Home Depot and Andersen. Andersen says 3 weeks to get replacement part (the phone bank in India is very frustrating, purposely so I think), and I get the privilege of repairing a brand new door all by myself. As a DIY-er, I'm sure I can get it done, but why do I have to Home Depot is complicit; they deny returns after 90 days (had a con-man, con-tractor, who screwed everything up, and until I could get it all fixed, I couldn't install the door). HD said if I had used their card, or their installer, I could return it: why the Hell does it matter what card I used? A-holes. I'm tempted to take it down, and call them up to arrange installation, then when they see the broken screen liner, return it. Why shouldn't I? They play games with their customers even after 10's of thousands of dollars of business, over a $400 door. Lowes will be the only place I will buy things, including anytime I use a contractor. The flooring I bought at Home Depot? Going back. I'm done with them. They suck.

Thank you

These windows suck. Our house is less than 10 years old and not one of these windows works right.

thank you!

THIS IS ABSOULTELY BULLSHIT - WHAT A STUPID DESIGN! REALLY - WE HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW RETENTION STRIPS TWICE A YEAR? WTF!!! THIS IS A GODDAMMM ABORTION!!!

Get rid of that crappy music. Why the hell would you have music with this?

What can you do if the lock handle comes loose?

Saved $400 in labor with this video 👍

Thanks so much!! Very easy install after watchin your video. I quickly put away my cutting torch and bolt cutters b4 my wife came by. 😂

Why did this take me 6hrs 😢

I have used this for multiple Home Depot doors. If it wasn’t for this video I would have taken them back! Thank you so much

Not two hours

Totally unnecessary music.

What type of drill bits to make the handle holes? Would HSS wood bits work?

I am very disappointed by these screen doors. Andresen should install these at the factory. The fact that they are not factory installed shows how difficult they are to install. Instead of pushing this onto the home owner (my contractor also did not want to install them), Andresen should install at the factory and find a better way to install. Andersen should stop using plastic hinges and flimsy rivets. Good quality hinges have been available for centuries! The aluminum of the door is so thin no fastener will work long term. In North part of the country everything gets ice. Why is the installer drilling holes when this would be much easier for a cnc drilling machine? Why aren’t bug strips installed at the factory? With multiple warnings not to overdrive rivets and over tighten screws, maybe these are not the best approach? How about all those warning not to drill holes through both sides? Is this just another example of bad design. When you are charging hundreds of dollars, we should not have to assemble ourselves.

I agree with the comment below about the weatherstrip/side channels not easily being pressed in. More importantly the holes in the new screen pull were too small for the screws that were with the pull being replaced, even though there was an expectation that the old screws would be usable with the new hardware. Very frustrating!

After struggling for hours and hurting his hands, my clever husband invented a tool for this. Its basically two short pieces of T&G flooring, approx 6" L and 9"L bolted together in a "T" shape. The short end of the T has the tongue facing up. Once you have placed and secured the top corner as instructed, you place the "tongue" of the short end in the groove and push slightly, and then tweak the long end of the T toward the jamb and push hard until you hear the "pop" you are desperately hoping for. Also silicone does help. If I could post a photo or video of this tool here I would. Good luck everyone!

Thank you for the video.

Unless you have experience installing doors …. Allow 4 hrs for install. Directions are pretty easy to follow but it took my son and I 4+ hrs. But we do have a great outcome 😊

Is there any video before 1966? I think mine are from 1964. Also, the glass has a I-75 imprint...it could be 1, lower case "L for left or one" although left and right have "l" 75.

Is it normal for my prairie parimeter internal grids in my double pane picture windows that are near an entrance door to have alot of play when shutting the door? They don't rattle against the glass but the definitely wiggle like spaghetti.

My parts were completely reversed at the sill from what is shown here, and the door in the video must be made of hollow plastic. The one I have weighs at least 60 lbs or so it seems. I lift weights and could not get the stationary panel in without help from another man. But it was good for showing the parts, they just weren't where you showed them to be.

Wow. Just wow. We will try all these consumer suggestions as Andersen has been no help what so ever. I am an architect and will never, ever spec these for a client.

Useless......active panel will barely lock, raised to the max, so I have to lower the passive door which now scrubs the bottom door seal

typical garbage Andersen product. Silicone the hell out of everything so we can say you didn't install right. you'll need 40 tubes of silicone so in 5 years the seals go out and have to replace everything on the side of your house because it's held together by silicone

NONE OF THESE STEPS ARE EVEN ANYWHERE CLOSE TO AS EASY AS THEY ARE SHOWING, THIS SYSTEM IS A PAIN IN THE ASS!

turn off the awful music

This is a very badly designed door/screen. It looks ungly like an early 70s style glass door with two panes. If you have a very nice front door, this will ruin the effect of having it look nice. The screen is held on with cheap, double sided tape that is prone to fail. Buy something other than anderson or renewal. They suck.

Going to pile on all the negative comments here. I change the door from glass to screen every spring, and from screen to glass every fall. It is a royal pain in the ass. Why? Because of these awful retainer strips. My best advice is wait until you are in a rotten mood to change the door. Because if you are in a good mood, the project will certainly reverse that. The glass is heavy, and I get a year older each fall. Screw the WD-40, the silicone spray, the screwdriver. The only tool that works at all is a claw hammer. Use the pounding face to install; use the claw end to remove. The instructions say explicitly: "Do NOT use a hammer!" What a joke. I don't know what I'm going to do this year. I've used duct tape, and besides being embarrassing and unsightly, it too is a pain to put on and take off. I think maybe a Velcro solution this year. Not sure exactly how yet, but Velcro solves almost everything. Velcro and strong magnets. Strong magnets with hooks on them are a must-have. Sorry, I'm veering away from the topic. Good luck.

Too bad I didn't watch this video and read these comments before we bought these GARBAGE doors. Last anderson anything I'll ever buy since they are obviously a bunch of idiots and aholes thinking this is a good product to sell to people.

the latch rail wont just come off you have to knock it out from one side!

We bought 4 400 series Andersen replacement windows. Our installer went to install the first one , the springs in the jamb was in backwards. The remaining were the same.3500.00 dollars for this and got no help from customer service. My installer found a way to complete the job. You can not tilt the windows. Impossible. I would not recommend purchasing them.

WTF 🤬 is with that music??? I’m ready to ditch the Andersen window altogether after this video 😮

Can’t put into words how helpful this was. I never even looked at the instructions, they were too confusing anyway. Even in a slightly newer model of door, still very accurate instructions. Thumbs UP UP UP

Spent big bucks on Andersen Coastal Impact windows for my custom built home. While the windows quality is just “ok”, I can say they great with keep outside noise from being annoying. However the screens are total crap and rotted in two years. RUST and PITTING Galore. Remember these windows are designed for coastal areas. Also the screens separate from the edge. Bottom line is it’s garbage. As for the warranty and guarantee’s -good luck on these windows is like having none. They’ll give you every reason why things aren’t covered. My defective double French door has been replaced and still leaks. Andersen said it is installed properly. I would never purchase or recommend Andersen products. I hate my $70,000 windows.

just the worst. Storm door flies open in wind, no chain since the screen roll up blocks it. 5 yr warrenty so I pay. Broken closer and brackets so I ordered replacement. $42.00! Lots of screws but no instructions. I called customer service, foreign lady didn't speak English. sending an email with instructions. when I received it, no instructions, just parts list. began doing it on my own. 2 short hours later I sort of got it on. horrible product, no service, expensive, low quality. My lesson, never, ever buy anderson products. Its all advertising a cheap product.

That method doesn't really work, not if you have a crappy version of that handle hand where the alan wrench won't looseen

3/16" mine left nearly 2inches over the door

They say that they no longer make the replacement screen for my door. Is there a way to use the old roll and rescreen it?