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Mosquito netting
   

Quality Mosquito Netting Mesh
quality mosquito netting
  • Our most popular mesh for durability
  • Highly recommended especially around masonry
  • Best visibility of all mesh types
  • None of us are able to rip even a raw edge... and there is no raw edge. We bind the entire curtain!
   

Quality No-see-um Mesh

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  • If you don't have noseeums, use the heavy mesh
  • Blocks a tiny biting fly called a no-see-um
  • This mesh has NOTHING to do with visibility
  • Denser and must be secured better for wind.
  • Black no-see-um has interesting optical qualities
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 Cheap insect netting -

Sorry, Not us!

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Mesh
Heavy
Mosquito

No-see-um
Clients Choose
89%
11%
Max height
12ft
10ft
Max width
150ft
150ft
Holes/ sq inch
230
800
Weight / sq yard
2.93 ounce
2.03 ounce
Hole size
1.7 x 0.8(mm)
0.6 x 0.6(mm)
Thread Denier*/3x
150/450
75/225
Air flow
85%
65%
Clarity Black shade
98%
94%
Clarity Black sun
98%
99%
Clarity White shade
80%
75%
Clarity White sun
60%
45%

Quality Quality & More Quality

* Thread Denier is the thread weight. Our netting is woven whereby each visible thread is actually 3 threads woven together such that our heavy mesh has an effective denier of 450.

As a point of comparison, the cheap gazebo kit nets you may have seen at home improvement stores have a single weave denier of only 50 which is why cheap netting tears easily and doesn't last.
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Optical Science - Light Attenuation

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As you probably already know, light is a wave and has qualities similar to water waves. Imagine tossing a pebble into the still water of a pond. The impact of the pebble would create concentric waves that would radiate outward. The waves themselves consist of peaks and troughs.

If you were to place a slotted gate in the path of the radiating waves, smaller wavelets would emerge on the other side of each of the slit holes. As these wavelets emerge from the slit holes, they too would consist of peaks and troughs.

As these wavelets radiate into each other, the wavelet peaks will cancel the troughs of adjacent wavelets. If it is a perfect collision of equal magnitude, the waves would disappear completely. However, it is more often an imperfect collision and the intensity of the wave is only reduced. The result is what is called a "wave interference pattern."

If you were to throw a handful of pebbles into the same pond, you would have a momentary disturbance; but, the peaks and troughs will quickly cancel each other and the disturbance will settle quickly.

Our no-see-um mesh has 800 holes per square inch. And two factors reduce the intensity of light. The first is that the threads themselves physically block some of the light. In addition, the interference pattern reduces the intensity of the light that passes through. In fact we sell to the film industry who makes giant outdoor "butterfly screen" light filters for outdoor scenes and to the military for urban camouflage.

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Troughs and peaks cancel
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No-See-Ums and No-see-um netting

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Our no-see-um netting has nothing to do with visibility. It has tinier holes (800 holes per square inch) to keep out a particular biting insect called a no-see-um.

A No see um, also known as a midge fly, sand fly, or micro-gnat is a tiny relative of the mosquito. They are about the size of a ridge and a half of a finger print ridge. If you have never heard of no-see-ums you probably don't have them in your area. No-see-ums live generally within 500 yards of lakes, rivers, ocean, or marshy wetlands.

Our no-see-um netting mesh is gorgeous, but the drawback is that it is denser and catches the wind more, so it needs to be better secured. Our system is frameless and is designed to operate with wind speeds less than 22 mph. Above 15.7 mph, biting insects are unable to fly.

Our tracking attachment option enables you to draw the curtains open under heavy winds to enjoy the fresh air without the worry of bugs. If no-see-ums are not an issue for you, we recommend the heavy mosquito mesh.

 

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800 holes/in (15x actual)

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Screen In Porch

Mosquito netting curtains will differentiate your home from those with a permanent DIY screen in porch and create an eye catching improvement to your home. Protect your family from mosquitoes, black flies, no-see-ums, yellow flies, bees, and other flying insects with attractive mosquito netting curtains for a screen in porch enclosure you can be proud of. With a mosquito netting curtain, you can enjoy a warm summer day without the constant bother of bugs. A vibrant and alluring addition to any home, a screen in porch does more than provide protection from the relentless pestering of hungry bugs.

A DIY screen in porch is a versatile addition to any home, especially if you can remove it during the cooler months. With a screen in porch you are able to enjoy the beauty of nature without the burden of outdoor discomforts. Any area around your house with a covered roof can be converted into valuable outdoor living space with a mosquito netting curtain. A DIY screen in porch does much more than just add value to your home. Use your mosquito netting curtain to add living space, enclose a gazebo, deck, or patio. Save money with this new DIY screen in porch idea.

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