A cage is only as strong as its weakest fastener
Rusted Screw Replacement for Pool Enclosures
Here is the ugly secret of South Florida pool cages: the aluminum lasts decades, but the factory screws holding it together can start rusting within a few years — faster still near the ocean or the Intracoastal. Those brown streaks running down your frame are the connections quietly giving up.
- 5-Year Warranty
- Best Price Guarantee
- 24hr Estimates
What This Covers
Our rusted screw replacement service swaps every corroded fastener on the enclosure for marine-grade stainless steel, joint by joint — the same stainless we put in new work, not the coated steel that streaks and fails in about three coastal summers. It is unglamorous work that adds years to a cage, and it costs a fraction of the structural repair (or insurance fight) a failed connection eventually forces. Call for a free fastener check.
What’s in the Job
Every visible screw on the enclosure checked and counted, so you get the real number up front, not a guess.
Corroded fasteners replaced with stainless steel sized to bite fresh metal in each joint — built for salt air, unlike the coated steel that put you here.
Frozen and snapped fasteners drilled out properly, not left half-stripped in the joint for the next crew to curse.
Beam-to-upright and anchor connections done first — the joints that carry the load when the wind comes.
Once the source is gone, we will show you how to clear the existing streaks off the aluminum and the deck.
A fastener swap pairs naturally with a rescreen — same access, same trip — so we discount when you do both together.
Signs It’s Time
Fastener corrosion is the easiest cage problem to spot from a lounge chair:
- Orange rust streaks bleeding down from screw heads
- Screw heads that are flaking, swollen, or missing entirely
- White oxidation blooming around fastener holes
- Panels or members that shift when pushed by hand
- A cage over ~5 years old that still has its factory screws
Pricing, Straight Up
Fastener replacement is priced by cage size and screw count: we audit the whole cage, then hand you a firm number in writing before any work starts. It is a small fraction of what one failed connection costs after a storm — and the workmanship is backed by our warranty.
5-Year Craftsman Warranty
Every screw replacement job is backed by our 5-year warranty on workmanship — if our work fails, we fix it free. Paired with the best price guarantee, there is no cheaper way to do it right.
Our Process
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Count & quote
We audit the cage, count the fasteners, and quote the job flat — per-cage, not per-mystery-screw.
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Extract
Old fasteners come out cleanly, including seized and snapped ones, without wallowing out the holes.
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Replace with stainless
Marine-grade stainless goes in at every joint, correctly sized and torqued — no reused holes left loose.
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Final torque check
Every structural connection gets a second-pass check before we call the cage done.
Screw Replacement Questions
Why did the screws rust when the aluminum cage did not?
Most builders used carbon-steel screws with a thin coating. Salt air eats the coating, then the steel — while the aluminum around it survives just fine. Swapping them for marine-grade stainless removes the weak link for good.
How many screws does a typical pool cage have?
More than most owners ever guess — a mid-size cage commonly carries 1,500 to 3,000 fasteners. That is exactly why this is a specialized service call and not a Saturday DIY project.
Do rusted screws really matter if the cage looks fine?
Yes. Cages fail at the connections in high wind, not in the middle of a beam, and a rusted screw holds a fraction of its rated strength. Insurance adjusters check fastener condition after storm claims for that very reason — sound fasteners protect both your cage and your claim.
Often Booked Together
Screw Replacement Near You
Crews handle rusted screw replacement on regular routes through these cities — and everywhere between: