Browse Forums Windows & Doors 1 Oct 05, 2010 1:57 pm Have just had bi-fold doors installed and the insects - flies and mozzies - are loving the easy access into the house! Aside from installing flyscreens, which I feel somewhat defeats the purpose of bi-fold doors, can anyone offer advice on what I can do to solve the problem? Perhaps some sort of insect repellant that plugs into the wall?? Re: Bi-fold Doors and Insects - Help Please 2Oct 05, 2010 5:34 pm on lush house she said lavender oil on a cloth wiped around your frames...they dont like the smell. also lemon essence /oil I think..as it is like citronella. what about an outside thing, (mortein have one I think, releases a mist) so they dont come near the opening...rather than once they are in and then killing them...? Re: Bi-fold Doors and Insects - Help Please 3Oct 05, 2010 6:07 pm This is an email I recieved a couple of weeks ago I do not personally know if it works but I figure its worth a try. I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared. The next year I filled?a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well.. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the childr en's swing area, and the standing water nearby. During the summer, I don't leave home without it....Pass it on. OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS: I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house. The Only Good Mosquito is a dead one!!! Cheers Janet Re: Bi-fold Doors and Insects - Help Please 5Oct 05, 2010 8:07 pm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ROFL I have but the little buggers just wont so its stinky breathe for my bugs Bahahahahaha But at least they wont be in the house with there stinky breathe OH and I save on Dentists bills Re: Bi-fold Doors and Insects - Help Please 6Oct 05, 2010 9:09 pm At the home expo few months ago we saw these retractable fly sceens. They are mounted in a vertical roller that live on one end of the doors, and then pretty much wind out like a roller door. May be a pretty good solution for a bifold opening. Google the term, and you may come up with the right product. Flashings over doorways and windows our carpenter has installed flashings that is buckled and short of the window frames and door frames is this right Is there a… 0 1152 Hi Stuey, think you’ve got a couple of options here you’d just need to decide your preference/which options suits best. You could recess the windows (just keep in… 1 3208 we have a standard size and often we have a lot of variety to choose 0 2633 |