Frequently Asked Questions about Mosquito Nets in Dubai

A pleated screen folds like an accordion into a side cassette and closes openings up to 6 metres. A sliding one runs on its own guide alongside the sash. A roll-up winds onto a spring inside a cassette above the opening and disappears completely. A magnetic screen is held by tape and comes off by hand, with nothing drilled.

An ordinary window usually takes a fixed frame or a sliding screen. A balcony door you walk through every day needs something that closes behind you: pleated, or hinged with a closer. The difference is not size — a door is opened dozens of times a day, often with your hands full.

Yes, one product under different names. Fly screen and insect screen are the British and general terms, mosquito net is what people say here. Same workshop, same mesh, same fitting standard; which word you use changes nothing about the order.

Yes. Arches, circles, trapeziums and triangles are made from a template: the surveyor takes the outline on site and the screen is built to it exactly. Details are on the custom-shape screens page.

Because every screen is made to the size of the opening, and a few centimetres change both the price and which mechanisms are possible at all. We do not accept orders from figures sent to us: a one-centimetre gap devalues the whole purchase. The exact price comes at the free survey.

Yes, in all seven emirates and with no conditions: you owe nothing if you decide against ordering afterwards. A specialist calls back, agrees a day and comes to you — there is no need to visit the office, the whole order runs through the surveyor.

Manufacture takes one day: we cut the profile and assemble in our own Dubai workshop, and a single screen is built in 10 to 15 minutes. Fitting is one visit. Most orders close in the same week as the survey.

Vacuum the track once a month with a narrow nozzle, wipe it with a damp cloth and let it dry. Wash the mesh itself once a season: take it off, lay it flat, warm soapy water and a soft sponge on both sides, then dry it in the shade. Never run a vacuum over the mesh and never oil the track — the nozzle pulls fibres out of the weave and oil attracts sand. More in the article on looking after a screen.

Ordinary mesh will not. Reinforced fabric will: claws do not open it and body weight does not push through. In a tower it does a second job as well — a cat leaning on an ordinary screen on the twentieth floor goes through it. Details on the pet-proof screens page.

We do. Two things decide it up there: a rigid profile and fixing at two points, because on upper floors the sash bangs in the draught. We set the screen inside the opening and paint the frame to match the existing profile by RAL, so the elevation stays uniform from outside — which is what tower management asks for anyway.

Both the product and the fitting. If anything fails within that time we repair or replace it free of charge. The warranty applies to every screen we make and install.

If the frame is sound, a repair almost always costs far less than a new screen: re-meshing, rollers, brush seal and a handle fit inside the price of a new one with room to spare. The fitter arrives with the consumables, so the job usually closes in one visit, and the price is agreed before anything is taken apart. Details on the screen repair page.

Two things shorten its life: sand in the guide and sun on the fabric. Neither is repaired, but both are slowed considerably by cleaning. Two rounds a year is enough for most flats; near a construction site or the sea, four.

An ordinary mosquito screen is the wrong tool — it is rated for insects, not for birds. What is needed is reinforced bird-proof mesh: from the street it is barely visible, it does not injure the birds and it does not take the light. The whole problem is worked through in the article on pigeons on a balcony.

Yes, in all seven. The survey is free in every emirate, manufacture runs in the Dubai workshop and fitting is usually in the same week. There are separate pages for Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain.