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Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on June 06, 2023, 11:44:11 pm ---Cats and cheap screens made of fiber material may not mix, but screens made of aluminum, or even better copper should shrug off cat attacks.  I would think the extra (very significant) expense would not be an issue for those wanting to get their beloved pets a bit of fresh air without exposing them to the dangers of the outside world.

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I can tell you that a cup's worth of water on the cats belly when caught hanging on the screen is the best way to fix it. Especially if you've got two cats and the 2nd is thinking about doing it.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: james_s on June 06, 2023, 10:55:33 pm ---I find it unlikely that the UK didn't have flying insects until recently.

Yeah the screens can be a challenge with cats, but that can be mitigated by not opening the window that the cat likes to sit in, and put some double sided tape on the sills of the windows you do want to open. Most cats hate stepping on anything sticky and will quickly learn to avoid those windows. Mine are geriatric at this point and can no longer jump up to most of the windows.

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Back in 1971, I was sitting in a "bed-sitter" in Southampton UK, on a rare, pleasant summer's day, with the windows open.
A bumblebee flew in, bumbled around loudly, then flew out again.
I was chuffed, having never seen one before, as we don't have them in Oz.

In turn, they didn't seem to have anything like our annoying bushflies---a few houseflies, for sure, but not in huge numbers.
I remember some sandflies, but not mosquitoes.

TimFox:
I don't remember the exact year of my German trip mentioned above, but it was during the governmental transition while the Soviet army was still around.
Besides the abnormal heat, even in Berlin (quite a bit north), there was an unprecedented plague of wasps.
Screens would have been useful.

Someone:

--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on June 06, 2023, 11:44:11 pm ---Cats and cheap screens made of fiber material may not mix, but screens made of aluminum, or even better copper should shrug off cat attacks.  I would think the extra (very significant) expense would not be an issue for those wanting to get their beloved pets a bit of fresh air without exposing them to the dangers of the outside world.
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Stainless Steel, insignificant price increase over the poly/fibre/filament/plastic alternatives.

RoGeorge:
We rather rarely have them here, in Romania/EU.  Most often called "mosquito nets".  Almost nonexistent in the past, when the window frames were made out out of wood.

Slowly the wooden frames were replaced with plastic frames (popular name "Termopan", which is a brand AFAIK, with plastic frame and double/triple layers of sealed glass).  The plastic frame windows often have insect-screens, but not always (screens can be eventually ordered after installing).

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