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One of the most common uses for screens is to provide a bug-free solution for a porch. Unfortunately, conventional screens, the wire mesh type you buy in a roll from the hardware store, are limited when it comes to keeping out the bugs, and the sunlight, for that matter. The traditional wire mesh screens don’t provided any type of glare protection and quite often stretch and tear, leaving you to deal with pesky mosquitoes and the like. Fortunately, there’s a practical solution to keeping the bugs out that doesn’t require constant maintenance and frequent replacement. They’re called retractable screens, and they are to screen porches what smart phones are to telephones. They’re a technological breakthrough to outdated and cumbersome screens of yesteryear. Like conventional screens, retractable screens can enclose an …