Retractable screens
Slide the mesh over while the doors are open, then let it spool back into a slim cassette when they are shut, so nothing breaks the line of the glass. The usual pick for a balcony door. More on retractable fly screens.
Downtown Dubai
Fly Screens in Downtown Dubai
Slide the balcony doors open, let the air move through the apartment, and keep mosquitoes and flies out, even forty floors up. We make and fit custom fly screens all across Downtown, from studio windows to penthouse terraces and the towers that line the Boulevard.
- For every Downtown apartment, studio to penthouse, made to each opening
- Held on tape, so no drilling and nothing fixed to the building facade
- Fine see-through mesh that leaves the Burj and Fountain view clear
- Free measurement in any tower, with no obligation
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1,200+ homes fitted across the UAE since 2017
1,200+ homes fitted across the UAE since 2017
Made to measure · No drilling
See It In A Tower
Screens on real Downtown apartments
Watch the mesh work on a high-rise balcony, a tall window and a sliding door. Tap a clip to play it.
1,200+Homes fitted since 2017
2017Serving the UAE
No drillClean tape fitting
FreeHome measurement
5 yrsFrame warranty
Screen Types For Downtown Apartments
The screens that suit tower living
Downtown living is almost all apartments, from a studio on a mid floor to a penthouse near the top, so the openings run from a single window to a wall of glass. These are the screens we fit most across the district.
Sliding panel screens
A meshed panel that runs in its own channel next to a sliding balcony door, gliding at the touch of a finger. Suited to the broad glazed openings of a Downtown flat. See sliding door fly screens.
Pleated screens
The mesh draws to one side in soft folds, which handles a wide living-room opening more neatly than a single long panel. See pleated fly screens.
Magnetic screens
Two halves that meet and seal on a magnetic strip, closing themselves behind you with no track underfoot. Useful on a kitchen or utility door. More on magnetic fly screens.
Window screens
Screens cut to each frame, either fixed or opening, for the bedroom and living-room windows up the tower. See fly screens for windows.
Door screens
Screens for an apartment entrance or a terrace door, cut to the opening and taped on so the frame keeps its finish. More on fly screens for doors.
Around The Towers
Where screens go in a Downtown apartment
Life here is lived upstairs, behind a lot of glass. These are the openings where a screen makes the difference between a stuffy flat and an open one.
High-floor balcony doors
The balcony off the living room is the heart of a Downtown flat. A sliding or retractable screen lets you keep that door open to the air and the Boulevard below without the insects coming with it. Related sliding door fly screens.
Floor-to-ceiling living glass
The living room here is often one long sheet of glazing. A pleated or panel screen reaches right across it, so the room breathes while the daylight and the outlook stay put. See pleated screens.
Bedroom windows up high
People assume the bugs cannot reach a high floor. They can, and a bedroom window cracked open at night is an easy way in. An openable window screen keeps the night air moving and the mosquitoes out. See window fly screens.
Penthouse terraces
The larger apartments near the top open onto private terraces through tall doors. We size screens to those wide openings so the terrace stays usable in the evening when the insects are out.
Kitchens and utility rooms
The kitchen window and the laundry door take only a moment to handle. A fixed or magnetic screen on them keeps the back-of-house corner free of insects right through the year.
Serviced and let apartments
Many units here are serviced or let short term. Because our fitting drills nothing and lifts off cleanly, it suits owners and managers who cannot mark the apartment or alter the building.
Why Choose Us In Downtown
Made for high-rise living
A tower apartment brings its own quirks, the wind, the building rules, the view you paid for. We fit screens with all three in mind, and we know these buildings.
Right for high-rise
Up a tall tower the wind is stronger, so we tension the mesh and seat each screen firmly to stop it flapping or working loose on an exposed balcony.
Your building stays happy
Downtown towers have strict facade rules, so we drill nothing. Held on tape, a screen shows nothing from outside and lifts away cleanly, which keeps the owners association on side.
The view leads
The whole reason to live here is the outlook, so we keep the frame narrow and steer you to a deep-tone mesh the eye passes through. The Burj, the Fountain and the Boulevard stay sharp behind it.
Three systems to pick from
Where most suppliers stock one mechanism, we keep three on the shelf, letting us pair the right running gear with each door and each budget.
Genuinely free measure
The call-out is free and binds you to nothing. We jot down each size, let you compare mesh in your own daylight, and put a firm price to you before anything goes into production.
Repairs as well as new
Got a screen that has ripped or seized in a Downtown flat? We patch and re-mesh them, including ones put up by someone else. More on fly screen repair.
Downtown Pricing
Clear starting prices
Every screen is made to its opening, so the cost reflects the size and the system picked. The figures here are honest starting points for Downtown apartments, ahead of the five percent VAT.
Fixed window screenTrim fixed panel for a window or vent that stays shut
from AED 300
Opening window screenA sliding or hinged screen on an everyday window
from AED 400
Double or balcony screenTwin-panel screen for a broad window or balcony door
from AED 450
Living-room and terrace door screenTall sliding openings and penthouse terrace doors
from AED 700
Larger openings and dearer systems push the price up, so a broad living-room slider lands well above a lone bedroom window. The complete figure comes at the free measure, with nothing slipped on later. Settle by cash or online.
Step By Step
How a Downtown job runs, start to finish
The same easy path for a mid-floor studio or a top-floor penthouse.
1
Free measurement
WhatsApp us your tower and unit number and pick a time. We come up, measure each window and door right there, and explain which screen and mesh fit the apartment. The visit is free and no one will push you to buy.
2
Made to your size
Each screen is then made up to your measurements, in the system and mesh colour you settled on. Allow four to eight working days, because nothing here is a stock size.
3
Fitted with no drilling
Then we return to install, fixing each screen to the inner frame with an industrial tape, roughly fifteen minutes for an ordinary opening. No drilling, so the building face and your frames are left untouched.
Where We Work
Downtown and the rest of the UAE
Downtown is one of the busiest addresses on our books, and we work across Dubai and the wider UAE. Close by we screen apartments in Dubai Hills and out on the Palm; the full map is on our services page.
Recent Work
Screens fitted in Downtown towers
A few of the screens we have built and fitted in apartments across Downtown.
Living Up High
What a tower apartment asks of a screen
There is a belief that you leave the bugs behind once you are a few floors up. Downtown proves otherwise. Mosquitoes and small flies are carried up the warm face of a tower, slip in through the shafts that every tall building has, and breed in the planters, the landscaped podiums and the water that surrounds the Fountain. By the time you open the balcony door on a still evening, plenty have already found the floor. A screen is what lets you have the open door and the night air without sharing the room with them.
The second thing a tower asks about is the building itself. Most Downtown addresses are run by an owners association with clear rules about the facade, because the look of the tower from the outside is part of what makes the address. Drilling into the structure or bolting something to the balcony is usually off the table. That is precisely why we fit on tape: the screen grips the inside of the frame, shows nothing from the street, and comes away without a mark whenever you want it gone. It keeps the building uniform and keeps you out of an awkward conversation with management.
Then there is the wind and the view, which pull in opposite directions. High up, an exposed balcony catches a real breeze, so the mesh has to be tensioned and the screen seated properly or it will rattle. At the same time the outlook is the entire point of being up here, the Burj over the Boulevard, the Fountain after dark, so the screen has to stay invisible. We square the two with a narrow frame, a tight fixing and a deep-tone, fine mesh that grips in a gust and melts into the skyline. Tell us your tower and floor and we will bring the right samples up to you.
Downtown Screen Guide
What to sort out before screening a high-rise apartment
Plain pointers for tower homes in Downtown, covering the building rules, the wind up high and the outlook you want to protect.
Downtown apartments scale up from a single-room studio to a sprawling penthouse, and the screen list scales with them. A studio is often one window and a balcony door, sorted with a window screen and a retractable or sliding screen. A two or three-bed adds bedroom windows and sometimes a second balcony. A penthouse brings wide terrace doors and tall glass that suit a pleated screen across the span. The rule that holds throughout is simple: put an opening screen where you step in and out, and a fixed one where the glass mostly stays shut.
It is the question we hear most in Downtown, and the honest answer is that height is no shield. Mosquitoes drift up on warm air against the glass, hitch a ride in lifts and service ducts, and breed in standing water and greenery, of which there is no shortage around the Fountain lake and the Boulevard planting. Floors in the teens and twenties get them readily, and even higher up an open door on a calm night is an invitation. Screening the openings you actually use is the difference between airing the flat and feeding the mosquitoes.
This is the part that catches a lot of Downtown residents out. The owners association on most towers protects the look of the building, so anything bolted to the balcony or drilled through the frame, anything visible from the street, tends to be against the rules. Our screens sidestep that entirely. They are held by a strong bonded tape on the inner frame, so there is nothing on the outside of the building and nothing driven into the structure, and they peel away without a trace if you move or restyle. You get full insect protection while the facade stays exactly as the building wants it.
Two things matter more up a tower than at ground level: the wind and the outlook. A high balcony can catch a strong, gusty breeze, so a screen has to be tensioned and seated firmly or it will buzz and tug. We set the mesh tight and anchor the track or cassette so it stays put. The view is the other half of the brief, since the Burj and the Fountain are why you are up here, so we keep frames narrow and steer you towards a dark, fine mesh that reads as almost nothing against the bright skyline. You end up with a screen that holds in the wind and stays out of the picture.
The running gear varies from screen to screen, and the best fit hangs on the door. Our three system families, from German, Italian and Turkish makers, let us pair the mechanism to the task instead of using one type throughout. A broad, busy balcony slider calls for a strong, smooth runner; a little bedroom window does fine with something simpler and less costly. During the visit we walk through the workable picks for each opening, list a price against each, and lay the trade-offs out clearly so you make the call.
A large slice of Downtown is given over to serviced apartments and holiday lets, and screens are an easy win for the owners and managers who run them. Guests want to open a window without a room full of insects, and the building still has its facade rules to honour. Because our screens drill nothing and lift off cleanly, they protect the unit and the building at once, and they can be removed or moved between apartments with no damage. For a managed portfolio we can measure and fit several units in a stretch to keep the disruption down.
Less street dust reaches a high floor, so screens up here stay cleaner for longer, though an occasional wipe of the mesh and a sweep of the track still help. When wear sets in, a tight runner, a loose panel, a worn roller, it is generally fixable rather than a throwaway, and we re-mesh and refit every brand, not just ours. Photograph the one in your apartment and we will give you a straight verdict. More on our repair service and mesh replacement.
Why It Matters
Comfort, and your health too
Fitting screens is part comfort and part health. The World Health Organization names window and door screens among the simple barriers that keep out disease-carrying mosquitoes. High above the Boulevard the insects still climb, drawn up by the water features and the planting, so a screen lets you air a Downtown apartment without letting them in. The same thinking guides care around illnesses like dengue, where keeping mosquito bites down at home is a sensible daily habit.
Downtown Questions
Frequently asked questions
What Downtown residents most often ask before they book a free measure with us.
Yes. We work right across Downtown, the towers along Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, the residences around Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall, and the low-rise homes by Souk Al Bahar and Old Town. Almost every job here is a high-rise apartment, from a studio to a penthouse, which is exactly the work we do day in and day out. Send your tower and unit number across and one of us will come up to measure at no charge, with no obligation to take it further.
They do, more than people expect. Mosquitoes and flies ride the warm air up the side of a tower, slip in through lift shafts and service risers, and breed in the planters, water features and greenery along the Boulevard. The lake around the Dubai Fountain and the landscaping nearby give them plenty to work with. Height helps a little, but an open balcony door on the twentieth floor will still let them in, which is why high-floor screens are some of our most common Downtown jobs.
Yes, and in Downtown this matters more than almost anywhere. Most towers here run an owners association with firm rules about the facade, and you cannot drill into the structure or alter how the building looks from outside. Every screen here sits on an industrial double-sided tape, so nothing is bored into the structure, nothing shows from outside, and it all peels away cleanly later. That keeps the building uniform and keeps management on side.
It hinges on the door type. For a sliding balcony door we usually fit a sliding panel that runs in its own channel; for a hinged door, a retractable screen that winds away when it is idle. Either keeps the air and the Burj or Boulevard view coming in while insects stay out, and neither clutters the glass. We check how yours opens during the visit and steer you to the screen that suits it.
Yes. Wind is stronger up high, so we tension the mesh and seat the screen firmly in its track or cassette to stop it flapping or pulling loose. The frames are aluminium and the fixing tape is industrial grade, made to hold on a tall, exposed balcony. If your apartment is very high or particularly windy, we will talk through the sturdiest system at the measure so the screen sits steady whatever the weather is doing outside.
Yes, and keeping it is the whole point up here. The netting is finely woven and you can see clean through it; in a deep shade it barely registers against a bright skyline, so the Burj, the Fountain and the Boulevard stay fully in view. A slim aluminium frame toned to your glazing keeps things understated at the glass. Compare our colour samples against your own outlook at the visit and choose whichever fades away most.
Roughly speaking, fixed screens begin near 300 dirhams, opening window screens near 400, and door screens near 700, each ahead of the five percent VAT. With the big glazed spans and premium systems common in Downtown, a broad living-room slider runs higher than one bedroom window. We quote every opening free at the outset, so the full cost is laid out before work begins and nothing is added later.
Yes to both. Plenty of Downtown apartments are serviced or let short term, and our no-drill, fully reversible fitting suits owners and managers who cannot mark the unit. We also fix and re-mesh screens already in place, including those another company put up, so a torn panel or one off its track gets repaired instead of thrown out. Photograph the screen in your apartment, send it over, and we will tell you frankly what it needs.
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