There were two tools to choose from: one expensive and the other was this one. It promised to not tear the screen. I was reusing spline I had just removed so that I could paint the door. I lacked the weight and strength to push the spline into the groove. My son also had difficulty. I ended up stapling the screen to the back side of the doors. I could only do this because I was using the doors as a panel, and not an actual door for my screened porch.