This screen was used to screen in my 25 year old deck - with all the warped pieces, settled footings, etc.I purchased a 50 foot roll. It is at least 60 feet! a good thing, because my requirement was pretty close to 50 feet - and you must cut a bit oversize for installing.I don't know why some report this as being fragile. It's pretty darn tough!I was going to use one of the commercial systems to add a splining system. I played with some sample pieces for a few days, and found it was a real PITA just to cut pieces EXACTLY to size, remove "burrs" left by the cutting, and aligning PERFECTLY at the ends. If not perfect, it looked pretty bad.I opted to construct a wooden stapling surface all around the deck "window" perimeter that is on the the same plane as the surface of the 4 X 4 deck uprights to the roof. I stapled the screening to this and the 4 x 4 uprights, covered the staples with strips of wood painted to match the house color. These strips not only hide the staples, but should prevent them from pulling out if the screen is pushed by wind, an errant elbow, etc. Then, it was easy to trim off the excess screening along the edges of the wood strips with my trusty pocket knife.I purchased a high quality cordless Makita stapler for this project. It worked flawlessly. Staples all driven in properly (except one that I pulled the trigger on before it was aligned properly), no jams, no double strikes, etc. It was pretty expensive, and is fairly heavy, but is a well worthwhile piece of equipment. MUCH better than the corded electric stapler I bought for about $35 a few years ago.