Pool Cage Rescreening Cost in Tampa, FL

Last reviewed October 2026. Every figure below is a published price with its date, not a quote.

Rescreening a full pool cage in Tampa, FL starts around $2,000 and most jobs land between $2,500 and $6,500 or more, according to a Tampa Bay screen contractor's 2026 price page. That wide band is normal: the same cage can be priced at half or double depending on how much screen it really holds, how high the panels go and which mesh you pick. This guide puts the pool cage rescreening cost Tampa homeowners are quoted into tables you can check against your own cage.

The figures come from screen contractors in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco, Florida-wide price guides and, for comparison, national cost sites. Where they disagree, the table says so rather than averaging the conflict away. For the job itself, what it involves and which screens suit which yards, see the pool cage rescreening service page.

Rescreening cost by cage size

A small lanai can be rescreened for under $2,000; a large two-story cage in premium mesh can pass $7,500. Most single-story pool cages fall in the middle. Here is every size-based figure we found from sources that work in Florida:

Your deck size is not your screen area

A cage over a 20 x 40 ft footprint holds roughly 800 to 1,200 square feet of screen once the walls and the sloped roof panels are counted, according to the same Tampa Bay contractor. That is why per-square-foot prices can mislead: $2 a square foot sounds like $1,600 on an 800 sq ft deck but closer to $2,400 on 1,200 sq ft of actual mesh. The most reliable way to compare quotes is the panel count. Count the wall panels on each side, then the roof panels, and ask each contractor to price the same number.

Rescreening cost by screen type

Standard fiberglass is the cheapest mesh; pet screen and solar screen run about double or more per square foot. One Florida contractor breaks its prices out by mesh, which makes the gaps easy to see:

Other sources price the upgrades as add-ons instead of separate rates. They agree on direction, not exact amounts:

• Polyester instead of fiberglass: about 20 to 30 percent more up front (Tampa Bay contractor, March 2026).
• 20x20 No-See-Um mesh: usually $10 to $20 more per panel (Central Florida company, 2026).
• No-See-Um or TuffScreen on a whole cage: $1,000 to $1,500 more (HomeGuide national, 2023).
• Premium mesh on single panels: $10 to $40 more per panel (Central Florida company, 2026).
• Heavy-duty Super Screen: $4.00 per sq ft vs $2.50 for standard fiberglass (Southwest Florida contractor, May 2025).
• Glas-Shield (often called Florida Glass): no installed price was published by any source we checked.

Mixing meshes is the usual way to control the cost of an upgrade. Phifer makes Glas-Shield, a vinyl-laminated 18x14 fiberglass, for the lower panels below the chair rail and for privacy walls, and says it is not made for roofs. So a quote with Glas-Shield on the bottom row, No-See-Um on the walls facing the water and standard mesh overhead prices each zone separately. Phifer's TuffScreen No-See-Um carries a 10-year warranty, the only manufacturer durability figure we found.

The pool cage screen types guide compares the meshes on visibility, strength and what each keeps out.

One-story vs two-story rescreening

A two-story cage typically costs up to 30 percent more to rescreen than a one-story cage of the same footprint. The extra comes from more screen per foot of footprint and from upper panels that need ladders or scaffolding. HomeGuide's national table shows the gap by footprint:

The per-panel rates show the same thing. A Central Florida company prices a ground-level fiberglass panel at $35 to $75 and an upper panel on a two-story or mansard cage at $60 to $120, roughly double. HomeGuide's national panel prices follow the same pattern by position: $25 to $35 for bottom panels, $40 to $50 for sides and $50 to $65 for roof panels.

Per square foot or per panel: why prices disagree

Florida contractors quote about $1.50 to $3.50 per square foot of screen; national sites quote anything from $0.75 to $9. The spread is not a typo in most cases. It reflects what each source counts as one square foot and what it folds in.

Per-panel rates in Tampa Bay and Florida

When repairing panels beats a full rescreen

A handful of torn panels is a repair; once you are paying for 25 or 30 panels, a full rescreen is usually the better buy. The math is simple with the published rates. At the common $45 to $60 per ground-level panel, 30 panels comes to $1,350 to $1,800, which is already inside the $1,500 to $3,200 range for rescreening an entire 20 to 40 panel cage, and the rescreen also renews the roof and leaves every panel the same age and shade.

• Repair: one area hit by a branch, a pet or a mower, with the rest of the screen still flexible.
• Repair: a door screen or kick-plate panel, priced alone at $90 to $180.
• Rescreen: screen that tears under finger pressure in several places, not just where it was hit.
• Rescreen: roof panels sagging or letting leaves through, since roof work is where per-panel prices climb.
• Rescreen: the fiberglass screen is past the 5 to 7 years Florida contractors give it in full sun.

Small jobs are covered on the pool screen repair page, and lanai-only work on lanai screen repair.

Add-ons that show up on a rescreen quote

The screen is only part of the bill when the frame, doors or fasteners need attention. These are the add-on prices Florida and Tampa Bay contractors publish:

Fasteners deserve a look on any cage near salt water. A University of Florida report to the Florida Building Commission found fastener corrosion more serious in coastal environments and saw the ceramic coating peel off stainless masonry screws commonly used on screen enclosures. On a cage in St. Petersburg, Apollo Beach or along the Pinellas beaches, replacing screws during the rescreen avoids paying for the panels twice. When paint is on the list as well, see pool cage painting, and for bad doors, pool cage door replacement.

What a rescreen costs per year of use

Spread over its life, a standard rescreen in Tampa Bay costs a few hundred dollars a year. Florida contractors put standard fiberglass at 5 to 7 years in harsh sun and 7 to 10 years in a typical Tampa Bay yard, with premium and pet-resistant mesh at 8 to 15 years.

On those numbers, a premium mesh that actually lasts longer can cost less per year than the cheapest screen. The catch is that the longer lifespans come from contractors, not from Phifer, which publishes no lifespan in years.

What a suspiciously low quote often leaves out

When one rescreen quote comes in far under the others, check what it actually includes. Ask each contractor to confirm in writing:

• Roof panels included, not just the walls.
• New spline in every channel, not old spline reused.
• The mesh by brand and weave for each zone (roof, walls, below the chair rail).
• Door screens, kick-plate panels and door hardware, or a clear note that they are extra.
• Loose, missing or rusted fasteners replaced before the screen goes in.
• Haul-away of the old screen and spline.
• The contractor's license, and whether your county or city needs one for screen-only work.

Permit and license costs on a rescreen

In most of Tampa Bay a screen-only job adds no permit fee, but that is written down in only six jurisdictions. Pasco County (outside flood zones), Hernando County, Manatee County, the City of Bradenton and the City of Venice name rescreening as permit-exempt, and Plant City exempts non-structural screen damage. Manatee still requires a licensed contractor, while Hernando and Venice let the work be done without one. Two smaller rules can catch a job out:

• Manatee County: screening an existing porch or lanai is exempt, but closing in wall panels or a kick plate taller than 12 inches needs a permit.
• Pasco County: the land development code says pool screen enclosures cannot be torn or in disrepair anywhere up to 4 ft from grade, so a ripped lower panel is a code issue, not only a cosmetic one.
• Flood zones: the Pasco, Hernando and Manatee exemptions, and the state's $7,500 HB 803 exemption, do not apply to properties in a flood hazard area.
• Everywhere else: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Sarasota do not say either way, so ask the building department.

Florida's HB 803, in effect since July 1, 2026, lets a single-family owner skip a permit for non-structural work under $7,500 on a written request, which covers the price of nearly every rescreen in the tables above if your building official treats rescreening as non-structural. The pool enclosure permit guide lists each jurisdiction's rules and portals.

Rescreening after a storm: who pays

Plan on paying for a storm rescreen yourself. Citizens' HO-3 coverage worksheet says aluminum-framed screened enclosures and screen pool cages open to the weather are not covered, and its hurricane flyer lists open enclosures as "typically not covered." Florida's Department of Financial Services describes a separate screened enclosure endorsement for hurricane damage, so check whether your policy has one.

Even with coverage, the deductible decides it. Florida law makes insurers offer hurricane deductibles of $500, 2 percent, 5 percent or 10 percent of the dwelling limit, applied once per calendar year. On a home insured for $400,000, a 2 percent deductible is $8,000. One Florida screen company puts it plainly: with $4,500 of cage damage and an $8,000 hurricane deductible, filing does not help; a $20,000 to $25,000 rebuild is a different calculation.

One exception to plan for: a cage engineered under the code's optional cut-screen method must come with replacement screen for one full replacement of the panels designed to be cut. If yours has the permanent labels that method requires, ask whether that screen is still on hand before buying new. Frame damage moves the job to hurricane damage repair, and the pool cage insurance guide covers policies in more depth.

HOA rules that change what you can buy

Several Tampa Bay communities limit the mesh, not just the color, so read your rules before pricing an upgrade.

• Lakewood Ranch, Country Club and Edgewater villages: charcoal screen only, in 18x14 or 20x20 fiberglass or PVC-coated fiberglass.
• Westchase: privacy products similar to Florida Glass may replace charcoal screen on no more than 40 percent of the screen height (2022 amendment draft).
• Starkey Ranch in Odessa: Florida Glass or spray-on vinyl laminate needs architectural approval first.
• Meadow Pointe in Wesley Chapel: smoke or gray screen, with white or brown frames.
• Venetian Golf & River Club in Venice: charcoal screen on bronze frames, with deviations only by prior approval.

Rules like the Westchase 40 percent cap set the most privacy screen you can price, which caps that part of the bill too.

Rescreening prices across Tampa Bay

Rescreening costs matter across the region, including Riverview, Land O' Lakes, Seminole, Palm Harbor and North Port. See every town on the service area page. Thinking about a brand-new cage instead? The pool cage cost guide covers new builds. Or ask for a free quote.