TO FLYSCREEN OR NOT TO FLYSCREEN - THAT IS THE QUESTION
 If you are the typical conservatory owner you have certainly experienced the
following two problems: heat build up on warm days, and annoying insects coming
in (that can also sometimes be dangerous), if you open the windows and doors
to cool things down.
There are only two solutions that address both problems. The first is to air-condition
the conservatory and keep the windows, roof vents and doors shut. This can
be expensive to buy, install and run, generates some noise, plus prevents a
direct connection to the garden environment that conservatories provide. The
second is to install flyscreens on at least some of the windows and/or the
door.
A flyscreen is simply a nearly invisible fibreglass mesh held taut in an aluminium
frame fixed over the window or door opening. The screens can be hinged, sliding,
magnetic or fixed with turn-buttons. The suitability varies with each application.
For conservatories, open outwards windows are usually screened on the inside
with hinged flyscreens. Open inwards windows are usually screened on the outside
with flyscreens fixed with turn-buttons.
Conservatory roof vents are best screened with magnetic or turn-button fixing,
and preferably screened with tough polyester mesh to resist rodents and birds.
Some flyscreens require screw holes in the conservatory framing and others
do not. The doors can be screened with a sliding, hinged, hanging "walk-thru",
or pull across roller/cassette style flyscreens. Most flyscreens are offered
with white or brown framing.
A third problem, that is important to many conservatory owners, is keeping
pets from escaping when the windows or doors are open for ventilation. Standard
flyscreens solve this problem in most cases. For the more adventurous house
pets an optional tough "Pet" mesh is also available, though more
difficult to find.
 The costs of the different styles of flyscreens vary greatly both in original
cost and the cost to repair if needed. Both fully built to size and kits are
available, with kits being the most economical approach. In normal use, flyscreens
will last many, many years before the mesh needs to be replaced. Some have
a simple DIY mesh replacement, while others require a dealer to repair. For
those that have added flyscreens to their conservatory and experienced the
change in the conservatory environment they create, it becomes hard to imagine
their conservatory without flyscreens.
This article by Andy Ross
Andy Ross is the owner of Windowscreens UK, the UK's only supplier
of flyscreens exclusively for residential use. Find there website at http://www.flyscreensUK.co.uk
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