Extra-Wide Fly Screens in Dubai

In a home, the honest answer is that there's almost no opening we can't screen. We make screens that span up to about 12 metres across and 6 metres tall. A single retractable screen pulls across to about 5 metres on its own, a double covers more by meeting in the middle, and a tensioned plain mesh or a pleated screen can handle a wide fixed run.

When an opening is wider than any one screen, we divide it into sections that line up so neatly the joins are easy to miss, which means width stops being a limit at all. Height has its own ceiling around 6 metres, set by the weight of mesh and the frame needed to carry it. We confirm exactly what's possible for your opening at the free measurement, and we'll tell you straight if a particular idea won't work well.

The choice comes down to how you use the opening. If you walk through it often, like a wide patio door or a glass wall onto the garden, a double retractable screen rolls fully away and gives you the clear view back whenever you want it. If you rarely pass through, a fixed plain mesh is the neatest and most economical way to cover a big span, because it simply stays in place.

A pleated screen folds tidily to one side and suits a wide run you use now and then, and for the very widest openings we set several panels side by side. All of the moving options are part of the retractable family. We don't push one system for every job. We look at the opening, ask how it's used, and match the route to it.

The bigger the screen, the more it has to deal with wind, because there's more mesh for a gust to push against. This is the part of a wide job that's easy to get wrong and the reason cheap, oversized screens sag or flap. We keep the mesh flat with tracks top and bottom and by setting the right tension for the span, and on an exposed garden opening we choose a system and a frame built to take the load. Keeping insects out also matters for health, as the World Health Organization's notes on dengue explain.

We use fine fibreglass and polyester see-through mesh that holds its shape, and a charcoal or grey colour that almost vanishes against the daylight and gives the clearest view across a wide opening. How exposed your opening is guides the system and tension we recommend, which is something we judge on site rather than from a catalogue.

Usually not, and we always try to avoid one, because a post in the middle of your view is the thing most people want to keep clear. On most wide openings the tracks and the right tension hold the mesh straight on their own, and a double screen carries its own weight from each side without anything in the centre.

On the very widest or most exposed spans, we might use a slim intermediate upright, or more often divide the run into sections that meet at a neat join, which keeps each part an easy size without a heavy post. We work out the lightest way to keep your screen steady at the measurement, and we'll always explain the trade-off so you can decide what you're happy with.

When an opening is wider than a single screen can comfortably cover, the answer is to split it. We set two or more screens side by side, sized so they line up exactly and meet at slim joins, which keeps each part taut and easy to use while the run as a whole covers any width you have.

This is how a courtyard run or a very long garden opening gets screened end to end. We plan where the joins fall so they sit naturally, often lining up with a mullion or a door post so they're barely noticed. Because each section is a sensible size, the screens glide nicely and the mesh stays flat, which a single huge screen could never manage. We map all of this out before anything is made.

A double-height window or a full-height glass wall is wide and tall at once, and that combination needs a bit more thought. We make screens up to around 6 metres high, but a tall screen carries a lot more mesh, so the frame has to be sturdier and the system chosen to handle the weight and keep it gliding or sitting flat.

For a tall fixed span a tensioned plain mesh often works best, while a tall opening you walk through suits a sturdier retractable. Where it's both very tall and very wide, we'll usually plan the frame and any sections carefully so the screen stays steady and looks right against a big feature window. It's exactly the kind of opening we like getting right, and we'll talk you through what suits yours at the measurement.

A big opening needs careful measuring, because a small error grows across a long span. We measure the width and the height at several points, check whether the opening is level and square, and look at where any sections or cassettes will sit. On older or uneven openings, which are common, we note any lean or dip and account for it when the screen is cut.

All you need to do is show us the opening. Getting the measurement right is what lets a wide screen sit flat, glide evenly and meet cleanly at any joins, with no gaps for insects at the edges. It's the difference between a large screen that works beautifully for years and one that never quite sits right, which is why we always measure a wide opening ourselves rather than working from a number over the phone.

A wide screen has more mesh and more track than a small one, so there's a little more to wipe over, but the routine is the same and just as simple. The main thing on any moving system is to keep the bottom track free of grit and sand, since a smooth glide along a long track depends on it. A brush or a wipe along the track, with a vacuum nozzle for anything stubborn, keeps it running.

Wipe the mesh and frame with a soft cloth and mild soapy water when they gather dust, more often near a building site or a busy road. On a fixed plain mesh there's even less to do, just an occasional rinse and wipe. There's nothing to oil, and if the tension or the glide on a big screen ever feels off, we'll come and set it right under the warranty.