Replacing your Fly Screens

Thanks John.

Actually I stumble upon it while trying to find out how the heck to clean all the dead bugs off.

Mita and I have had discussions about replacing the screens and after finding this info, it's happening next week........so I've been told.

Read your article in "On The Road". Pretty good read.

Leigh

G'day Leigh & John

We are in the process of fitting midge screens to the Dometic–Seitz windows in the BT. The removal of the frame and the cleaning and installing of the midge screens went well.

Brian does all the measuring and cutting (Margot does not have the patience) so considering Brian is a surveyor, they are all straight as and while we have the frame with screens fitted on the bench, the screens (both midge and privacy) work well with a little drag on the midge screen, but not drastic.

We have come up with a glitch on the large windows (kitchen, lounge, bedroom) once the unit is back together again. The Privacy Screen works as it should.

It appears that the centre of the screen (midge) roller is getting interference from somewhere. When we try to pull the screen down the centre of the roller is being pulled down as well, as though the screen (on the roller) is catching on the window frame and cannot unroll.

It appears that the midge screen is thicker than the standard white one, so we have cut the length of the screens to a minimum to try to prevent drag. Not much luck unfortunately.

Was this a challenge at all. We have been using silicon spray on all the rolling/moving/brushes.

At a loss and very frustrating.

Any suggestions?

Your input would be appreciated

I thought you had Mick.

Was it a big drama or a relatively painless task????

Leigh

No drama's but my mate Geoff did his 1st and then together we did mine so I cannot take all the credit.

Main thing you have to be very accurate with is cutting the mesh straight and square otherwise if it's out even slightly it won't roll up properly. Also cut the width wider than standard so the mesh goes to edge to edge, it won't shrink like the standard mesh.

When we 1st did it we did not sew or glue the edge of the mesh which stops it from pulling out of its groove, so I had that happen on a few windows, I ended up removing some again and had my daughter sew the small pocket that the 'whipper sniper cord' slides into. The others I used craft glue along the edge.

At the same time I installed the felt caterpillar strip along the 4 sides,

They do restrict the airflow compared to standard, but the bugs & insects are stopped.

We used the link you put up, that explains it better than I can.

Thanks Mate

The "fun" starts today.

Leigh