Retractable Screens Chicago, Illinois

Retractable Screens, Chicago, Illinois

Check out this YouTube video and all of the other videos on our channel.  We are THE choice for Retractable Screens in Illinois.

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Curb Appeal with Phantom Screens

I have heard much lately about adding curb appeal to your home.  It can be done numerous ways utilizing various methods that achieve various results.  I am always amazed however at the effort that homeowners will make to bring curb appeal back to a home because of mistakes in design.  You have all seen it---wrong porch designs, bad exterior paint color choices and coordination, even shingles that do not match the homes exterior!

This happens every day when beautiful, expensive entry doors are covered with cheap aluminum storm doors.  Do the storm doors serve a purpose?  To some degree, yes.  But with today's high quality insulated entry doors are they really the best solution?  No.  Why cover the focal point of your home entry with a piece of aluminum sheeting?  The trade off is losing that precious curb appeal that you will always fight to gain back.

That is why Phantom Screens provide the ultimate solution in adding curb appeal to your home.  You are not making a design mistake that you are always trying to fix with other methods.  Check out the photos from a recent installation and see for yourself.

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Chicago Condo Living--Bringing the Outdoors in with Phantom Screens

Chicago apartment and condo living can provide some challenge when it comes to outdoor living.  We have the solution for that with our retractable screens by Phantom Screens.  There is no solution like Phantom Screens to provide a seamless, beautiful and aesthetically pleasing screen for your condo or apartment door.  Phantom Screens let the fresh air in while protecting from insects and other pests when needed and are retracted into their protective housings when not.  Condo owners all over the city of Chicago are having Phantom Screens installed by Midwest Screens to add a wonderful amenity to an already attractive lifestyle.  Visit our YouTube channel today to see an installation of a Phantom Screen on a condo unit at Kinzie Station Tower and see for yourself why Phantom Screens provide a solution like no other.

Customers for life

I went on a sales call yesterday to Wynstone Golf Club http://www.wynstone.org/, a prestigious golf community in North Barrington, Illinois.  When I had originally received the email from the potential customer I thought the name sounded familiar but didn't think much of it as I meet thousands of people a year that purchase Phantom Screens.  As I arrived and began to talk with the potential customer I also thought that he looked familiar but couldn't quite place it.  When I asked how he heard of us he said, "I just moved up here from Dallas and I had Phantom Screens and I loved them!"  That was it, he was a previous customer of mine!  I told him that I knew him as I had just moved up to the Chicago area to start Midwest Screens late last summer after I had been the General Manager of Next Century Screens, the Phantom Screens distributorship in Dallas.  He then recognized me and went into his office where he retrieved the color samples that I left him 2 years ago along with a copy of his paid invoice from his Dallas home with my signature on it!  I love stories like this as I used to stress to our sales people that in my reports I was finding that 65% or more of our customers were coming from referrals.  Our customers have such a positive experience with our company and product that they become customers for life.  In this case we literally had a customer follow us 1500 miles to purchase our wonderful Phantom Screens.  See them today at www.phantomscreens.com

Phantom Screens to be a featured advertiser in Garden Design Magazine

If you love the outdoors and gardening then your world is about to get a little more exciting in the next few weeks and months.  Chicagoland is supposed to have high temperatures in the 50's this week and that means you are starting to think about the spring thaw and getting back into your treasured outdoor spaces.  Phantom Screens is also anticipated the arrival of beautiful spring and summer weather as we allow access and enjoyment to those areas with our retractable screens.  Phantom Screens are there when you need them and retract back into their protective housings when they are not.  Now is the time to have the doors that lead to your beautiful outdoor spaces screened with Phantom Screens.  Our screens are barely noticed and they bring the outdoors in without the pests and insects.  As the distributor for Phantom Screens in the greater Chicago area and Southeast Wisconsin, Midwest Screens is here to serve you.

Check out video at www.youtube.com/midwestscreens to see our screens in action.
Visit www.GardenDesign.com for great ideas for the upcoming season.

Save $2 on admission to the Lake Home and Cabin Show--Chicago 2011

Please visit the link below for discounted admission price to the Lake Home and Cabin Show!

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Phantom Screens will be displaying at the 2011 Lake Home and Cabin Show

Come see us at booth 501!

GENERAL INFORMATION

It's too early to head to the cabin so why not spend this early March weekend with us? Whether you already own a lake home, cabin or cottage or you're in the market to buy one you'll find everything for your cool getaway home under one warm roof!

Welcome to the 5th Annual Lake Home & Cabin Show -- Chicago's ONLY show that captures the lifestyle of second home living.

This three-day event features products, services, how-to seminars and fun activities covering virtually every aspect of lake home and cabin ownership and the lake and cabin lifestyle – a truly unique and engaging show for everyone that shares the passion.

We hope to see you in Schaumburg!

Rustic and Specialty Furniture & Furnishings
Architects, Builders & Remodelers
Real Estate & Finance
Sporting Gear, Outdoor Equipment & Marine
Landscaping & Lakeshore Maintenance
Custom Products, Accessories & Publications
How-To Seminars & Demonstrations

Phantom Screens is featured on MyFixitUpLife show at the International Builders’ Show

http://myfixituplife.com/DIY/2011/01/lowes_kayleenmccabe_solar/

Press Release!!! The latest in Retractable Screen technology by Phantom Screens and Midwest Screens in Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PHANTOM SCREENS® INTRODUCES INDUSTRY`S FIRST ONE-WAY SPEED REDUCER
Phantom retractable door screens now equipped with optional speed reducers
for optimal functionality & ease of use.
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia (January 12, 2011) – Phantom Screens® announced today the
launch of the retractable screen industry’s first single direction speed reducer for its retractable Phantom Door Screens. The new fluid filled one-way speed reducer allows the door screens to retract with the same smooth controlled motion as other two-way speed control devices currently available in the market. The benefit of Phantom`s one way speed reducer is that it pulls into place with little or no resistance for easier operation. The retraction speed of the new speed reduction device is equally controlled as compared to a two-way system.

According to Brent Foster, Phantom Screens Product Technical Manager, “The speed reducer isn’t for every customer. Some suppliers have treated speed reduction as a solution for every screen, which can create challenges in certain applications. Our Authorized Distributors are asked to walk each customer through the considerations associated with speed control before installing it as part of the retractable screen system.”

Foster indicates that the speed reducer can make the door screen more sensitive to structural conditions. He also recommends that clients clean and lubricate their tracks with a dry silicone spray once a week to ensure the retraction speed remains consistent. Foster states: “Our consultative approach in offering the speed reducer is consistent with our commitment to providing a customizable retractable screen solution that fits the individual needs and expectations of each customer.”

The new one-way roll control solution will be offered in all Signature Colors and as an add-on to the already installed Phantom Door Screens.

Phantom Screens launches new website!

Late last week Phantom Screens announced the launch of their brand new website. With the 2011 International Builders Show starting tomorrow there will no doubt be press releases announcing the new launch from North America's leading provider of retractable screens.

Here is a quote from the manufacturer regarding the launch of the new site:

"Our new website acts as an open invitation to homeowners, builders and specifiers to learn about the benefits and the number of options our products provide depending on location and screening needs. Designed to be more user friendly and to introduce Phantom’s retractable screens to the world, we believe that the new site will capture the attention of anyone interested in learning more about retractable screen solutions"

Please go to www.phantomscreens.com to see the new site. I think you will be very impressed!