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Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:23 pm
by Loveourtroll (deleted)
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Just wondered if anyone has mad a door flyscreen" I have brought a magnetic fly screen to use in our troll but think it needs some sort of frame to hold it in place anyone done this or give me guidance


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:36 pm
by hampshireman (deleted)
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No we bought one to size for our Puck from a stand at the NEC show. Good luck.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:54 pm
by Poptop320 | 2.631 Posts

I had a generic one for my Puck, however due to the pot belly that the Eribas have you really need an internal frame to stop the flies from getting in from the sides...


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:32 pm
by Frantone (deleted)
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I fitted a Fiamma one. It was 3 or 4 vertical panels of mesh which I shortened. I fixed some small Velcro patches to the edge pieces and door frame to seal it. We just pushed through the centre part. Even the dog managed it.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:04 pm
by Loveourtroll (deleted)
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Can you post some photos of it please frantone


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:05 pm
by Loveourtroll (deleted)
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How do you fit the ones made to measure screens?


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:49 am
by hampshireman (deleted)
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They use Velcro along the top and just hang, with weights in the bottom seam.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:13 am
by Frantone (deleted)
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Sorry, no pictures. It was on an earlier van before the purpose made screens were available.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:30 pm
by crow (deleted)
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I had a go using plastic sliding door strips and velcro, it was not really deep enough,
to hold the edges. Frantones is the best DIY method, using the Fiamma screens.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:20 pm
by Old Rocker | 528 Posts

Our Triton had a strip of curtain rail attached inside the doorway and some very lightweight curtains fitted with weights in the bottom hem


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:08 pm
by BerylFfrangcon (deleted)
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how was the curtain rail attached please?


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:08 pm
by BerylFfrangcon (deleted)
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I find the Velcro I buy around here no good at all.


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:36 pm
by cabbie37 | 689 Posts

Funny this topic should crop up again today. I was in my local Aldi this morning and noticed they were selling 'caravan' door fly screens with 2 magnetic catches for £3.99 - https://www.aldi.co.uk/fly-screen-for-do...065493006923600


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:12 pm
by Randa france | 13.187 Posts

We bought something similar to this from Lidl last year to fit onto the rear door of our house. It works well.

I had the idea of building a lightweight timber door frame with a vertical flat back and shaped side cheeks, to fit inside the Eriba door frame, to accommodate something like this.

Haven't got around to it yet.

Randa


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RE: Has anyone made a door flyscreen

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:17 pm
by Frantone (deleted)
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Fiamma motorhome door flyscreens are 3 overlapping mesh panels with plastic weights at the bottom. A couple of pieces of Velcro on the Eriba door frame with the corresponding bits on the mesh panels will make a decent insect screen.
Another possibility would be a piece of household net curtain hung on the door frame with a similar method of making it follow the Eriba profile.


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