Where can I find magnetic door screens?
Posted by Optimal_Fish_7029@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 9 comments
To preface: I don’t mean the curtain like ones. And I have spent ages scouring the internet with no luck.
We recently added magnetic window screens to stop the onslaught of flies and moths circling our ceiling lights.
The screens involved sticking magnetic tape the entire way round the window frame then adding the mesh and second magnetic strip over that. The screen lifts away easily enough but snaps tightly on the top, bottom, and sides.
I’d absolutely love to find the same type of screen for our patio doors as they’re the only “windows” in our living room but to open them up invites all the creepy crawlies and neighbourhood cats.
The issue I have is I can only find screens that attach at the top and sides, not the bottom, so a good shove from next door’s cat is going open it up, not to mention spiders etc
So ideally I’m looking for something that has a magnetic strip all along the bottom too
Anyone here found anything like this in the UK?
(I’m happy to cut adhesive strips and mesh down to make it fit)
Kezly@reddit
Could you not buy a regular screen and attach magnets to it?
You can get a pack of 30ish small round powerful magnets online. Attach one magnet on the inside and outside of each corner (so that magnet says on the mesh) turn attach that to your magnetic strip?
GrumpyHeadmistress@reddit
I’ve bought mesh and magnets from Amazon
Tio6791@reddit
Could you fit it upside down, so the magnetic bit is at the bottom?
Optimal_Fish_7029@reddit (OP)
I did consider it but then it would just flop at the top haha
Bull333t@reddit
Have tried looking on temu or similar sites?
Optimal_Fish_7029@reddit (OP)
Yeah, everything there doesn’t click shut at the bottom.
I can only assume it’s because most door frames don’t have a high enough threshold to attach it to so it’s not a popular enough option to be worth selling
Bull333t@reddit
You could buy some magnetic tape separately and glue it to the bottom.
Optimal_Fish_7029@reddit (OP)
I’m thinking that might be my best shout tbh, luckily have some left over from the windows
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