Flies have made their appearance already. I'm thinking of getting a retractable screen professionally installed for our ranch slider as we like to leave the door open in summer, but the amount of flies that get in is too high.

All the DIY options don't look very good or won't span the whole door. Anyone had one done before or know how much it costs?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We got a sliding screen door fitted over our ranch slider before last summer. We went for the marine grade steel security mesh so technically we could sleep with the door open (but I'm not game enough to try it deliberately) and it made a huge difference. It was about $1500 and a morning off work while they installed it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this mounted on the outside or inside of the door? Do you think security mesh made it more expensive?

That’s a bit much for me, but we don’t intend to leave it open when we’re sleeping or not home, just mainly for insects.

I’m looking at something like this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would definitely do the job for bugs; we went heavy duty because we have no fence on that side of the property and people like to walk on the inside of the street trees instead of right on the kerb. The second photo here is what we went for.

It's always worth hitting that Quote button; worst case you'll have a much better idea of how soon you can save up for one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That definitely looks more heavy duty that what we’re looking for. But I got to say it looks nice. Yup I’m planning to get a quote once I get some other stuff out the way. Hopefully before summer starts