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Beatlelvr

(677 posts) Fri Sep 22, 2023, 09:50 AM Sep 2023

No Window screens in England

Asking for a friend considering moving from Nevada to England: she has 3 cats. How do folks in England open windows for fresh air and yet keep pets from jumping out and keep bugs from coming in without window screens?

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No Window screens in England (Original Post) Beatlelvr Sep 2023 OP

I had none back in the sixties MOMFUDSKI Sep 2023 #1

Screenless life is the norm in Ururguay; mosquitos have no line between inside and out sanatanadharma Sep 2023 #2

I live in England. But used to live in Michigan. Layzeebeaver Sep 2023 #3

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)

1. I had none back in the sixties

Reply to Beatlelvr (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2023, 10:06 AM

Sep 2023

and my cat came and went at will. The earwigs were the worst

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)

2. Screenless life is the norm in Ururguay; mosquitos have no line between inside and out

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Fri Sep 22, 2023, 10:38 AM

Sep 2023

I had made and installed custom screens.
Others here screen in balcony spaces with mesh to separate indoor cats from outside birds.

Layzeebeaver

(1,866 posts)

3. I live in England. But used to live in Michigan.

Reply to Beatlelvr (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2023, 11:14 AM

Sep 2023

We have no window screens here.

The windows open outward.

When they are open, the bugs get inside all the time. Especially spiders. And mosquitoes. And flys.

My wife was bit on the side of her face back in 2009. Necrosis set in and she had an itchy scalp for 6 months. It took a year to heal.

Worse than the lack of window screens is the total lack of sense in the population (Brexit). It’s easier to get used to the bugs.

Btw, you can buy fly screens on-line in custom sizes if you want to.

As to the cats, just tell her to leave them behind with a friend.

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