Fly Screens for Windows in Dubai

A house has more windows than anything else, and they are the openings you reach for when you want air or light. The trouble is that an open window is the easiest way in for a mosquito or a fly, especially after dark when the lights are on inside. In the cooler stretch of the year you really want the windows open, so the choice ends up being a stuffy room or an open window with insects, unless there is a screen in between.

There is a health side to it too, not only comfort. Mosquitoes carry a good deal of what the World Health Organization follows, the wide group of vector-borne disease and dengue among it. A screen on the window lets the air through and holds the insects at the mesh, which is why most homes we visit end up with screens on the windows that get opened.

For most windows the decision is simply fixed or openable, and it turns on how often you open the window. A fixed screen is a flat mesh panel set in a slim frame that simply stays across the opening. It has no moving parts, it costs the least, and it suits a window you rarely open or a tall feature window set high on a wall where you would not reach a handle anyway. You see straight through it and forget it is there.

An openable screen is the one to fit where a window is used. It moves with the window, sliding or lifting alongside it, so you can still work the window fully with the screen in place. Bedroom and kitchen windows nearly always want this kind. You can read more on the single-pull version on our retractable screens page, and we sort one from the other window by window at the measure.

Beyond fixed and openable, the shape of the window points to the rest. A sliding window, common in apartments and newer villas, gets a screen running on a narrow track of its own that covers the half that opens. A window that is wider than it is tall is better as a double-sided screen, two panels meeting in the middle, or as a pleated one where the mesh folds flat to the side. A small high window often suits a roller that winds down only when you want it.

You do not have to puzzle any of this out by yourself. At the measure we look at each window, how it opens and how big it is, and tell you which type fits. If a run of windows sits next to a door, a matching screen across the lot can look neater than a patchwork. Our door screens and the blind screens page cover those nearby options.

On a window the mesh is the very thing you look through, so it matters more than anywhere. Most people pick a fine fibreglass mesh in grey or charcoal. Both keep the view clear and let the air pass, and both turn away the everyday mosquitoes and flies. Charcoal tends to disappear against the glass and gives a touch more privacy by day, which people often prefer on a front-facing window.

A few windows call for something different. A kitchen or a child's window near a pet does better with a tougher pet-resistant net. Against the very smallest midges or fine dust, a denser weave shuts more out, though it dims the view a little. We bring samples to the measure so you can hold each one against the light, and the whole selection appears across our mosquito mesh and insect screen pages.

It begins with a free visit. We fix a time, come to the home, and measure each window you want covered down to the millimetre, since a screen seals only when it matches the frame precisely. We work through the home a room at a time so nothing is missed, note which windows open and which stay fixed, and write up the type and price for each before totalling them. There is nothing to pay for the visit and nothing to sign.

From there the screens are made to your figures and we come back to fit them, usually within four to eight working days. A single window screen takes a couple of minutes to fit, so a handful of windows is a short visit, and a whole villa of windows is a day. You are given firm dates at booking, so the fitting lands when it suits the household.

Almost every window screen we fit is held on with strong double-sided tape rather than screws. That means no holes in the window frame, none in the glass surround and none in the wall, and lift a screen off later and there is no mark to show it was ever there. The tape is built for the task and keeps its hold through the Dubai heat, fixing a screen to the frame year on year.

It works just the same on an aluminium frame or a uPVC one, the two you find on most windows here. For anyone renting, that is the part that counts: screens go on and come off without a mark, so there is no drilling to clear with a landlord and no deposit at risk when a lease ends. The frames keep their finish and the windows keep working as they did.

A window screen leads a hard life, catching sun, dust and the odd knock, so now and then one needs attention. If the mesh tears, a frame bends or a roller sticks, on a screen of ours or one already on the window when you moved in, we will come and put it right. Usually a repair or a new sheet of mesh puts it right again, for far less than a replacement would run to.

The call-out for that is free, the same as for new work. Message a photo of the window and the fault through WhatsApp, and we will come back with what it needs and the cost. Our fly screen repair and mesh replacement pages go into more detail.

Getting started is quick. Send a WhatsApp telling us roughly how many windows need doing and which area you are in, and we will set a measuring time to suit you. The visit is free and there is no push to commit, so you can let us measure and quote, then think it over in your own time.

On price, a fixed window screen opens at AED 300, an openable one at AED 400 and a double-sided one at AED 450, all before VAT, with a large window costing more than a small one. We settle the figure window by window at the measure, so it is clear before any work starts. Once you have decided, our contact page lists every way to get hold of us.