“I cannot believe we still get the same view with these screens installed. They blend in seamlessly and work perfectly.”
Lisa Elliot
Retractable screens for ranch sliders and wide openings
Do it once, do it right.
Retractable fly screens for ranch sliders, sliding and stacking doors. Made to measure for openings up to about 9 m and professionally installed.
★ 4.9 · 3,000+ homes · 25+ years
Why homeowners choose Phantom
Screen the active opening
Screen the part of the slider you walk through, rather than covering fixed glass unnecessarily.
Keep indoor-outdoor flow
Draw the mesh across for ventilation, then retract it when the doorway needs to be clear.
Pet-friendly options
Pet-resistant mesh is tougher than standard insect mesh, but is not pet-proof or a containment barrier. Tell us how your pet uses the doorway.
See pet-friendly screensFits your existing joinery
A colour-matched cassette sits beside the frame. We check handle clearance and the bottom track before manufacture.
Guided in its tracks
Retained mesh helps resist everyday gusts. It is an insect screen, not a security or pet-containment barrier.
Ranch sliders and sliding doors we have screened
Retractable screens retrofitted to existing aluminium sliders, with the mesh zipped into its top and bottom tracks.
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The classic two-panel slider - the opening we screen most.
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Mesh held in-track top and bottom to resist gusts.
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Captured edge Captured edge on a ranch slider, Waikato -
Retractable screen across a sliding patio door.
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Brio 612 pleated across a post-less stacker corner.
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Captured edge screen A Captured edge screen installed on a stacker slider -
Two screens meet in the middle to span a wide opening.
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Captured edge screen Captured edge screen across a stacker slider -
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Brio screen across a stacker slider, Papamoa
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Retractable screen door on a slider, Hamilton
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Brio screen on a bedroom slider, Matangi
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Brio · sliding door
Coromandel
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Brio · sliding door
Matamata
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Brio · stacker doors
Morrinsville
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Brio · corner stacker
Papamoa
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Brio · sliding door
Tauranga
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Brio · sliding door
Warkworth
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Captured edge · ranch slider
Hoe-o-Tainui
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Captured edge · sliding door
Matamata
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Captured edge · sliding door
Morrinsville
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Captured edge · sliding door
Morrinsville
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Captured edge · ranch slider
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Ngāruawāhia
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Captured edge · sliding door
Ngāruawāhia
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Captured edge · sliding door
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Tauranga
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Captured edge · patio slider
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Te Kauwhata
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Captured edge · sliding door
Whangamatā
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Captured edge · sliding door
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Hamilton
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Captured edge · sliding doors
Morrinsville
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Captured edge · stacking doors
Tauranga
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Captured edge · stacker door
Tauranga
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Captured edge · bedroom slider
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Tauranga
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Captured edge · sliding door
Te Miro
Best fit for ranch sliders
The aluminium ranch slider is the classic Kiwi patio door, and it is one of the most common openings we screen. A retractable screen retrofits to the existing joinery, so the doors you already have keep working - you just gain the option to leave them open through summer without flies, mosquitoes, or spiders coming in. Our captured edge range covers small and wide openings, with 45, 60 or 80 mm housings selected for the span, height and mesh. The mesh is zipped into the top and bottom tracks, then rolls away beside the frame when not needed.
Sliding and stacking doors
A ranch slider is New Zealand’s everyday sliding door - two panels, with one sliding panel crossing a fixed one. The same screens cover wider configurations: multi-panel sliders and stacker doors, where two or more panels slide and stack to one side. For these, openings up to about 9 m are screenable - with standard insect mesh a single 80 mm captured edge screen carries up to about 4.5 m, and two screens meet in the middle of a very wide opening. If your doors fold right back rather than slide, see our bi-fold door screens.
Mesh and finish
Choose mesh to suit the opening and system: standard insect mesh for most homes, midge mesh for coastal and estuary properties, and pet mesh for households with dogs and cats using the door every day - see our mesh options for every weave. Hardware is powder-coated and colour-matched to the Dulux range so the cassette blends into your joinery - see colour options. See the system comparison on our door screens page.
What affects the price?
The clear opening width and height, screen system, mesh, colour, access and number of openings all affect the quote. A wide stacker with two screens is not the same configuration as a single everyday ranch slider. We confirm installation details and the final price before manufacture.
Photos to send
Send one photo of the whole doorway, one of the handle and frame, and one of the bottom track. Include the approximate clear opening width and height, your town, and whether pets use the door. You do not need to take final manufacturing measurements.
Brio 612 Pleated Screen uses dedicated pleated mesh and has no pet-mesh option. For captured edge size limits by mesh and height, see the door range specifications.
Getting a price
Send a photo of the slider and a rough opening size through the quote form and we will come back with an indicative price - we only book a measure-up once you’re happy with the solution and product.
Specifications
- Captured edge span
- 45 mm housing to 1.22 m; 60 mm to 2.0 m; 80 mm to 4.5 m per screen with standard mesh and suitable height
- Wider openings
- Two suitable units can meet across openings to about 9 m; mesh and height limits apply
- Systems
- Captured edge door screens; Brio 612 Pleated Screen
- Mesh options
- Standard, midge or pet on compatible captured edge units; Brio has its own pleated mesh only
- Fit
- Retrofit to existing joinery or new build
Ready for a quote?
Send photos and rough sizes for an indicative price - no visit needed. We only book a measure-up once you're happy with the solution and product.
Warranty by product
Phantom screens carry our limited lifetime warranty. Allegion's Brio 612 warranty provides five years of mechanical cover for interior installations and one year for exterior installations. MagicSeal magnetics carry their own product-specific warranty. Ziptrak backs genuine system components for five years through the retailer; Visiontex mesh, when specified, has a 10-year performance warranty subject to its conditions.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can you screen my ranch slider? +
Almost always, yes. Ranch sliders are one of the most common openings we screen. Our captured edge range has 45, 60 and 80 mm housings. The 60 mm unit reaches 2.0 m wide; the 80 mm reaches 4.5 m per screen with standard mesh and suitable height. Two suitable units can meet across a wider opening. Send a photo and rough sizes so we can recommend the fit.
Can a screen be retrofitted to my existing ranch slider? +
Yes - most ranch-slider installs are retrofitted to existing aluminium joinery with a tidy surface-mounted cassette, so there is no need to change your doors.
Will the screen block the view or the breeze? +
No. The mesh is high-visibility, so daylight and your outlook stay largely unchanged, and air flows straight through. The screen retracts fully into a slim cassette at the jamb when you are not using it.
How does a ranch-slider screen handle wind? +
Captured edge screens keep the mesh zipped into the top and bottom tracks, which resists the blow-outs that catch loose-hanging screens - useful on the exposed openings ranch sliders often serve.
We have a dog and a cat - is there a tougher mesh? +
Pet mesh can resist light damage from small pets on compatible captured edge screens. It is not pet-proof or a containment barrier. Brio has no pet-mesh option.
Do you screen sliding and stacking doors too? +
Yes. A ranch slider is the most common version, but the same systems cover wider multi-panel sliders and stacker doors up to about 9 m - one 80 mm captured edge screen spans up to about 4.5 m with standard insect mesh, and two screens meet in the middle of a very wide opening.
Are you the same company as Phantom Screens in the US or Canada? +
Phantom Screens NZ is New Zealand owned and run, and part of the wider Phantom Screens family. Phantom in Canada leads much of the group's research and development, and a few of our door and outdoor ranges are made to measure by Phantom in Australia, where our New Zealand volumes are too low to make them here. Most of our screens are made to measure in our own Tauranga workshop.