Maybe where David camps that kind of screening works, keeping out the Chihuahuas and Pekinese, but out here on the west coast of Canada(and I am sure other parts of the world) you can be, a certain times of the years, plagued by no-see-ums that easily easily get through that kind of screening and the stock screening found in the camper poptop, rear hatch screen, and window screens. I replaced all my screening with a finer mesh no-see-um proof material (sourced locally). Its a very fine weave, and has a strand that runs diagonally across the tiny square formed in a regular warp- woof weave. It is a really fine weave, trade off is that air flow is reduced compared to the stock stuff. But crimny, if you have ever been exposed to the clouds (no hyperbole) of no-see-ums that come out at dusk, especially near a river on the west coast, then you accept that trade off. yes, the teeny tiny buggers bite. how they manage to give you such a hit, a very palpable hit :) with mouth parts that must be measured in microns, is beyond me.
alistair
On 20-May-10, at 8:41 AM, David Beierl wrote: The netting material we used on that, btw, was/is ordinary Fiberglas-core window screening. Much sturdier than regular 'skeeter net and rolls up very nicely around the batten that stretches the vertical part down to the lip of the companionway. |
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