You may have seen that a common safety initiative is to apply what are known as ‘manifestations’ (window safety stickers) to large expanses of glass such as patio doors and glass curtain walling. The last thing that you want once you have installed your new fly screen door is for it to become ripped or damaged in this way. In much the same way that people can accidentally walk into the glass panels or patio doors, the same can happen with fly screen doors. The open weave of the mesh often means that when positioned against an opening with daylight in the background, the mesh can seem more or less invisible. One of the benefits of our range of fly screen doors is that they are very discrete. What can you put on my screen door so you don't walk through it? This mesh isn't indestructable, but will stand up to a great deal more punishment from your energetic furry or feathered friend than a standard mesh would. Howeverk, the mesh is a tough, hard-wearing mesh which is more claw-resistent and ideal for installation where you would be concerned about the durability of standard mesh. As with standard mesh, the purpose is to let fresh air in through your door opening but keep the insects at bay. Pet Mesh: Pet screens aren't actually designed or intended to keep pets inside.Pollen Mesh: An extremely fine guage mesh, which in addition to providing a barrier to all types of insects also acts as a protective filter against pollens which cause allergies such as hayfever.Midge Mesh: Keeps out the above, but also midgies which are found in some areas for the UK such as the Scottish Highlands.Standard Mesh: Keeps out flies, wasps, hornets, bees, mosquitos and larger creepy crawlies.We offer a choice of mesh types our door screens, including: Whilst flies are irritating and quite unhygeinic, fly screens also have the advantage of keeping out other insects, depending on the mesh chosen. What types of insects do fly screen doors keep out? An alternative to mesh, is a chain screen which consists of lengths of chain hanging from an aluminium headrail. Our most popular system is the roller fly screen for single or double doors, where the mesh is housed on a roll within a spring loaded cassette and is only deployed when the door is open. Mesh can be held within a rectangular frame - like a hinged or sliding door, or it can hang in strips or panels from a headrail allowing the user to walk through the screen.

Fly screens usually consist of a mesh, whose weave is wide enough to allow air-flow circulate, but tight enough to prevent certain insects from passing through. F requently Asked Questions about Fly Screen DoorsĪ fly screen door is a protective covering for a single or double door, that allows you to leave the door itself open, allowing fresh air into your home or business premises, whilst keeping out flies, wasps and other insects.

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