After trying to fight a lone (losing) battle with the mosquito menace , using just a an electic bat and a torch light, decided to go for the netlon nets . These nets were placed in my place , since my childhood , but they just were too tough to maintain and most of it were cut and not usable now . It did have it perks , keeping me awake late into the night to write my blog , but this was taking a toll on my sleep and gym !!!
Called up a local fellow , who said he would charge around 30 per sq feet and said would charge for measurement to give a quote even. Tried another fellow on just dial and he said it would be around 23 and just 20 if it exceeds over 100sq ft . This is one time i wished i had bigger windows for other reasons.
Called up a local fellow , who said he would charge around 30 per sq feet and said would charge for measurement to give a quote even. Tried another fellow on just dial and he said it would be around 23 and just 20 if it exceeds over 100sq ft . This is one time i wished i had bigger windows for other reasons.
The guy took the measurement for free and mentioned our windows were more than 100 sq ft. The options he had was normal stiff netlon ones and the new saint gobain (the glass makers) , with their fibre mesh , which are flexible and allows more air and light too. Opted for black ones , even though the window frame is brown. They had grey , off white , brown and black too !!!
I was told they would get it ready in 3 days , but got it on the 2nd day. Though the guys came pretty late in the evening , they finished the work within the said 30 minutes. Seems quite simple too. They did not remove the previous netlon velcro on a few frames and stapled over it .
They did show a demo of how to use and wash it. Seems you shouldn't pull it out too hard .
Pros :
- Keeps mosquitoes out
- Allows good amount of air and light
- It works as a net , attracts the mosquitoes to sit on the net and makes it easy to hit with the bat !!!
Kons :
- Keeps moquitoes in . So you have to kill the ones inside your home , just one more sleepless night to go
- Rats !!! bit a hole through the one in the kitchen on the first night itself :( . We were warned of this. Just stuck tape on this for now. Might opt for stainless steel one for the kitchen.
- Did not fix the main door frame with this mesh , so still got few mosquitoes coming in and out at nights
Overall a must have for peaceful sleep at night. Not sure about the future though as it still gives me nightmares !!! Why , the product is called SkyNet !!!
