How Often Should Pool Screens Be Replaced in Florida?

No mesh manufacturer researched for this site — Phifer, Saint-Gobain ADFORS or Super Screen — publishes a service life in years for any pool-cage screen product. The only durability figure any of them puts a number on is a warranty, and most of the meshes used in Sanford do not carry one at all.

What is actually published, by product

Where the “five to seven years” figure actually comes from

You will see fiberglass screen described as lasting roughly five to seven years in Florida conditions on rescreening sites across this market, including elsewhere on this one. That figure traces to secondary market-research summaries and contractor blog posts, not a manufacturer document. Separately, one mesh manufacturer’s own marketing states that rival fiberglass screen “becomes hard and brittle after 2 to 3 years” and can tear within 5 to 7 — a competitor-disparaging claim with no cited test, and not a figure this site uses as fact.

What actually ends a mesh’s life here

In practice, UV embrittlement, the Lake Monroe midge and pollen loading, and pressure-washing damage to already-aged mesh decide the timeline in Sanford more than any calendar figure does. The full symptom checklist is on the mesh guide — watch the mesh, not the calendar.