Frame & Upright Repair Cost
Published Orlando-metro ranges put a corroded upright (post) replacement at $300 to $700 per post and a beam replacement at $400 to $1,200 per beam. This is structural aluminum-frame work, not a rescreen — it is what comes up when the frame itself, not just the mesh and spline, has failed.
Upright, beam and gutter pricing
| Item | Published range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Corroded upright (post) replacement | $300 – $700 per post | A Screen Repair, Orlando |
| Beam replacement | $400 – $1,200 per beam | A Screen Repair, Orlando |
| Super gutter | $35 – $75 per linear ft | A Screen Repair, Orlando |
| Full cage restoration (frame + rescreen combined) | $2,500 – $7,500+ | A Screen Repair, Orlando |
A statewide Florida editorial guide (not Central Florida-specific) publishes a broader frame-repair band and an hourly labor rate:
| Item | Published range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Frame repair or rebuild (published as a $200 / $550 / $1,000 three-tier) | $200 – $1,000 | Well Built Florida, statewide |
| Labor rate for frame work (published as a $40 / $70 / $110 three-tier) | $40 – $110 / hour | Well Built Florida, statewide |
Read this before you use any number on this page
Every figure here is a third-party published market estimate for the Orlando-metro and Seminole County area, gathered in research — not this business's price list, and not a quote. The sources cited below sometimes disagree with each other by a wide margin, which is why they are listed rather than averaged into one number. Casselberry Rescreening's own rescreening starts at $1.76 per square foot, installed — use that as the real floor against the ranges above.
Sources: ascreenrepairinc.com · wellbuiltflorida.com
Corrosion, not the mesh, driving the job
Frame-level repair is more likely on the city's older tracts — Lake Kathryn Park (1946–1968), Queens Mirror (1957–1978) and Carriage Hill (1967–1971) all finished going up before aluminum alloys and coatings common today were standard. Rust bleeding from a steel fastener down an aluminum upright is a fastener problem, not necessarily a frame problem — see rust stains on cage screws and anchors for how to tell the difference before assuming you need this page instead of a rescreen.
Frame material specifics
Aluminum extrusion profile, wall gauge and alloy by build era were not sourced for this site — see the cage age guide's note on the same gap.
Corroded post, bent beam, or just old fasteners?
A couple of photos usually tells me which page applies before I quote anything.