Mosquito Nets in Al Dhaid
Al Dhaid is Sharjah's inland town in the middle of the desert, an oasis with farms and gardens. The sea is far away and there is almost no humidity, but sand is a constant companion here, and it decides everything to do with a screen.
01A DRY CLIMATE CHANGES THE PICTURE
Hardware lasts longer here: no salt, no constant damp, the metal does not seize. The mesh, though, wears out faster.
02UV MAKES THE STRAND BRITTLE
That is the first reason for a call inland. Second is a track packed with fine sand.
03FARMS THROW UP NON-STANDARD OPENINGS
The old screen was fitted approximately and a gap remains along the edge. Such an opening is taken with a template, not a tape.
04WHAT THE BUILDING STOCK DICTATES
- Houses, farms and outbuildings, windows often barred
- Rectangular openings — a framed screen covers most cases
- Almost no corrosion, hardware lasts well
- A visit inland is set for a specific day
What is built here
The building is low-rise: houses, farms, outbuildings. The windows are ordinary, often with grilles, and the openings rectangular.
The dry climate changes the picture compared with the coast. Hardware lasts longer here: there is no salt and no constant damp, and metal does not seize. Fabric, on the other hand, wears faster from abrasion and ultraviolet: the sun in open country is harsher, and fibreglass becomes brittle over time.
Second: farms and gardens mean greenery and irrigation, so in dry country the water and the insects concentrate exactly there. There are mosquitoes in the oasis, and more of them than in bare desert.
Third: sandy winds are regular here. Fabric packs with fine sand deep in the weave and has to be rinsed rather than brushed. A fine aperture in those conditions stops breathing soonest of all.
Fourth: on farms and in outbuildings the openings are sometimes non-standard, and there made-to-measure screens are needed more often than stock ones.
What we have done here
For Al Dhaid we have no separate statistics on jobs. The survey is free; we come and look.
Without speculation: in inland districts it is worth asking about the fabric's resistance to sun, not only about the aperture size.
Getting to you
Al Dhaid lies inland from the coast and the drive takes time. The visit is planned for a specific day.
Access is unrestricted, there is parking by the houses and on the farms, and passes are not required.
What breaks here most often
An inland dry district: first place goes to fabric made brittle by ultraviolet, second to guides packed with fine sand. There is almost no corrosion and hardware lasts a long time. On farms you separately meet non-standard openings where an old screen was fitted approximately, and the gap along the edge appeared not from wear but from the very beginning.
Common questions
Why has the fabric gone brittle?
Ultraviolet. In open country the sun is harsher and fibreglass dries out over time.
How do I clean sand off it?
Rinse it rather than brush it: fine sand sits deep in the weave.
Are there mosquitoes in the oasis?
There are; near gardens and irrigation there are more than in open desert.
Does hardware last here?
Longer than on the coast: there is no salt and no damp.
Do you make non-standard sizes?
Yes; on farms and in outbuildings it is an ordinary job.
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