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Villa vs apartment: which mosquito screens does your home need?

In a Dubai apartment the job is a sliding balcony door and a few windows: a pleated or sliding screen on the door, roll-up or frame screens on the windows. A villa adds wide terrace glass, a kitchen exit to the garden and more openings facing grass and water, so it needs wider pleated systems and hinged screen doors.

Villa terrace in Dubai Hills with pleated mosquito screens on wide doors by the pool
AED 1,550per patio door
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Andrei MorozAndrei Moroz · Head of installation
Published 2026-09-28 · 6 min

Three Dubai homes, three sets of screens

Marina apartment balcony door with a pleated mosquito screen closed across it

Apartment

  • Balcony door and a few windows
  • Wind on high floors, sand on the rails
  • Building management may want to know
from AED 380Open →
Sliding mosquito screen on a townhouse terrace door facing a small garden

Townhouse

  • Patio door to a small garden
  • Kitchen or side door to the yard
  • Balcony doors upstairs
from AED 670Open →
Two pleated mosquito screens meeting in the middle of villa garden doors

Villa

  • Wide terrace glass and garden exits
  • Openings facing lawns, pools and water
  • Several doors used all day
AED 1,550 per patio doorOpen →

Mosquito screens by opening and home

OpeningApartmentVilla
Sliding door to outsideBalcony door: Centra or Uno, AED 1,550Glass wall: Proxima or Double Centra, up to 8 m
Corner openingCorner balcony: PVL CornerCorner terrace with no post: PVL Corner
Small windowKitchen or bathroom: Vertica, up to 1.5 × 1.5 mThe same, plus maid's room and laundry
Bedroom windowRoll-up at AED 1,000 per m² or a fixed frame at AED 400 per m²The same, denser mesh near grass and water
Door used all dayBalcony door: pleated, low flat trackKitchen to garden: hinged door with a closer

Pleated window screens start from AED 380. Corner terraces and glass walls get a price on the free survey.

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Kitchen window of a JBR flat with a pleated mosquito screen and the sea beyond

What changes in a tower

High floors catch strong wind off the sea and the desert. Pleated and roll-up screens fold or roll away when open, so nothing flaps on the balcony in a shamal.

Many towers want work in a unit cleared with building management first. Screens fitted inside the frame and powder coated in its RAL colour leave the facade looking the same.

Plan the screens for your home

Do you have a garden, a pool or a lawn with sprinklers?

Screen every door to the garden and the ground floor windows first.

Start with the balcony door and the bedrooms.

Is any glass opening wider than 3.5 m?

It needs Proxima or Double Centra, which PVL makes up to 8 m wide.

Single pleated screens or sliding panels will do.

Does a cat or a dog go in and out?

Pet mesh at AED 800 per m² on the doors they use.

Standard mesh at AED 400 per m² covers the house.

Villa kitchen door to the garden fitted with a hinged mosquito screen door and closer

What changes in a villa

A villa has more openings at ground level, and most face grass, a pool or watered beds. That is where mosquitoes breed, so the garden side of the house comes first.

The kitchen exit opens all day with full hands, so a hinged screen door on a closer suits it. Wide terrace glass takes Proxima: PVL makes it up to 8 m wide.

Every opening is measured on site

The measurer checks a villa door opening and fixes the profile

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Straight answers

Common mistakes with mosquito screens

Both homes go wrong in the same few ways.

One type for every opening

A pleated screen on a window you never open is money spent for nothing. A fixed frame at AED 400 per m² does that job.

Windows first, doors later

Garden and balcony doors stand open longest in the evening. Doors first, then the bedroom windows.

Mixed frame colours

Every profile is powder coated in a RAL colour, so ask for the colour of your frames across the whole house.

Google reviews

What our clients say

5.0★★★★★Google · Damac Hills 2 · 7 reviews
AAnderson AteufackGoogle★★★★★

“The roller mechanism on our existing net broke. They replaced it with a new upgraded system that rolls smoother and locks in place better. Much better than the original.”

HHamza KhokharGoogle★★★★★

“Added nets to all winds and doors throughout the houset was a big job, but they completed in one day. Team of workers, very effiant. Photos attached.”

GGhulam FaridGoogle★★★★★

“Quick installation of nets in the kids! room. They were careful not to wake the baby during nap time = very considerate. Small jeb but they treated it with the same care es a big project.”

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Questions

What people ask

Do I need approval to fit screens in a tower?+

Ask building management first. Some towers want a permit or NOC for any work in a unit; screens inside the frame and in its colour leave the facade unchanged.

Can a tenant fit mosquito screens?+

Yes, with the landlord's agreement, since screens are fixed to the window or door frame. Send the landlord our quote and photos of the openings before the survey.

What does screening a whole villa cost?+

It depends on the number and size of the openings: windows from AED 380, French doors from AED 810, a pleated patio door AED 1,550. The free survey gives a full quote.

Does a high floor need a stronger mesh?+

On a windy balcony door, reinforced mesh at AED 600 per m² holds its shape better than standard. The measurer suggests it where the wind is strong.

Can the screens match my frames?+

Yes. Profiles are powder coated in the RAL colour of your frames. Repainting existing screens is AED 250 per running metre.

Which comes first in a villa, doors or windows?+

Doors to the garden and pool, then bedroom windows. Those are the openings used in the evening, when mosquitoes are out.

Villa terrace in Dubai Hills with pleated mosquito screens on wide doors by the pool
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