Fly screen, insect screen, mosquito net — three names for one thing. If you grew up saying fly screen, you are in the right place: we make them to measure in our own Dubai workshop and fit them on every kind of opening.
01One product, three names
Fly screen, insect screen and mosquito net are the same thing: one workshop, one mesh, one fitting standard.
02Choose by the opening
A window, a door you walk through all day, a balcony exit and a panoramic span each take a different system.
03Pick the mesh for Dubai
Standard mesh for most homes, anti-sand near open ground and construction, a finer weave where sandflies get in.
04Order in one visit
Free measurement in all seven emirates, made to size in our workshop, fitted with a 2-year warranty.
Fly screen, insect screen or mosquito net?
In the UK and much of the Commonwealth the word is fly screen. In the Gulf most people say mosquito net, and suppliers tend to write insect screen. It is one product, and the name changes nothing about how it is made or fitted.
What decides what gets through is the aperture of the mesh, not the word on the order. A standard weave stops flies and mosquitoes alike; the finer weaves exist for sandflies and fine dust. All of them are compared on the mesh types page.
We have been making them in Dubai for 12 years and have fitted more than 5000.
Choose by the opening, not by the name
Half of all disappointing orders start with a mechanism somebody liked rather than one their opening takes. Look first at how the opening is used — how it opens and how often — and most options rule themselves out.
Each system has its own page: pleated, sliding, roll-up, fixed frame, hinged and magnetic. For a detailed look at window systems specifically, see screens for windows.
| Opening | What usually works | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Casement or sliding window | Fixed frame or sliding | Opened a few times a day; nothing to wear out |
| Entrance or kitchen door | Hinged with a closer, or pleated | Used dozens of times a day, often with hands full |
| Balcony sliding door | Sliding or pleated | Runs alongside the door on its own guide |
| Panoramic span up to 6 m | Pleated | Folds away into a narrow side cassette |
| Rented flat, no drilling allowed | Magnetic | Held by tape and comes off by hand |
What Dubai does to a fly screen
Flies and mosquitoes do not leave with the summer: the winter here is mild, and they stay all year. Dust and sand do the rest — they settle in the guide and on the fabric, and they are what shortens a screen's life.
For most homes the standard mesh is right: a 1.2 × 1.2 mm aperture that lets through 80% of the light. Near open ground and building sites, anti-sand mesh sheds dust instead of trapping it. Where sandflies are the problem, the answer is a finer weave — the article on sandflies explains how to tell.
Care is simple: vacuum the track monthly, wash the mesh once a season, and never run a vacuum over the mesh or oil the track. Two rounds a year is enough for most flats; near the sea or a construction site, four.
Call it a fly screen or a mosquito net — the survey, the workshop and the warranty are the same. What changes the result is the opening, not the word.
How ordering works
Send an enquiry or call. A specialist calls back and agrees a day, and the survey is free in all seven emirates — there is no need to come to the office.
At the survey the opening is measured in millimetres and the price agreed. Manufacture takes one day in our own workshop, where a single screen is built in 10 to 15 minutes. Fitting is one visit, and most orders close in the same week as the survey. The warranty is 2 years on both the product and the fitting.
