The conduit rods adds weight and rigidity to the bottom of the netting, which is something David knew he would need for the netting to be able to roll up properly. Next, David's wife sewed a piece of aluminum conduit into the bottom of the netting. When David needs to roll up the netting, he just slides each zipper open and lets the netting hang free. He started by stapling the top edge of the netting into the wood frame above the garage opening.ĭavid and his wife then sewed zippers onto both sides of the netting, sealing both sides from top to bottom. David is not just a talented painter, but also a great designer because his netting set-up is one of the most well-designed we have seen so far!ġ piece of Black Heavy-Duty Mosquito Netting - 12 ft x 12 ftĪfter being inspired by designs he saw on a now-defunct screening company's website, David ordered a 12 ft x 12 ft square piece of Black Heavy-Duty Mosquito Netting and got to work. When I called the door companies about this they had me walk out/check my garage door for a Hurricane compliance sticker, once I told them I had that sticker, they told me the law prohibits them from altering it and could only "repair" it.A gifted artist, Mosquito Nets USA customer, David, needed to keep mosquitoes out of his art studio without interfering with ventilation. No door company would sell me the panel or come to install it. I found out about that hurricane crap when I tried to buy a top garage door panel with windows to install myself. Sorry only pic I have of it, and the guy was dodging the Hurricane install/standards/specs back then and maybe out of business by now. It had switches to avoid trying to lower both garage door/screen door together. It worked a hoot and it had shade/privacy screen that you could not see thru. The screen opener was along 1 side outside of the track. He installed longer tracks (and door closer rail) for the garage door to open it further behind the corners at the top.Īnother track for the screen was installed under the door track horizontals with a flipper/track switch so the screen door used the garage door vertical track when down. I had this 3 panel double door screen in Florida. One more tip, I used a lot of those insect coils that you light that seemed to help too. Overall this worked well to,keep the bugs out and provide some cross ventilation. The excess screen material was used to make a screen for the walk out door on the opposite side of the shop. I just rolled the screen up from the floor side up to the bottom of the door and secured when not in use with bungee straps. I added several Velcro strips on each side of the screen (adhesive backed) and on the door jamb. I trimmed off about 8 feet on the long side, duct taped the cut side like the others. I adjusted the screen left and right to have some extra material on each side. I used some scrap 2 x 4s to hold the bottom down. I raised the door open to about 8 feet, leaving a few inches laying on the floor. I rolled the screen up on the 25' side, raised the door about chest high and clipped one edge to the bottom of the door with spring clamps. I ran duct tape along the edges of three sides on front and back of the material to create a hem. Yes, not the full height but opening the door up to 8 feet provided enough ventilation. I picked up a roll of screen material from Lowes, 8' x 25'. The shop had a roll up door that was about 18 feet wide and 14 feet high (commercial type building). OK, for my old shop I did make my own screen.
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