Browse Forums Eco Living 1 Oct 09, 2009 12:44 pm Our kids have a flyscreen tent and I'm always astonished at how much hotter it is in there compared with outside because the screen blocks the breeze. Living in northern queensland, flyscreens are an absolute must, but what are the added effects of security screens? The standard diamond grilles wouldn't have any noticeable effect, but what about the "invisible" styles - woven SS mesh or punched SS. Is one better than the other? Kylie Re: Security Screens: Do they block breeze? 2Oct 09, 2009 3:34 pm kb46 Our kids have a flyscreen tent and I'm always astonished at how much hotter it is in there compared with outside because the screen blocks the breeze. Living in northern queensland, flyscreens are an absolute must, but what are the added effects of security screens? The standard diamond grilles wouldn't have any noticeable effect, but what about the "invisible" styles - woven SS mesh or punched SS. Is one better than the other? Kylie Purely my personal opinion ... but I thought the woven SS mesh type looked far nicer/classier than the punched SS type. And we never even considered the diamond grille type . Ours was an aesthetic more than a security driven decision. Sure, I like the idea that I can leave the main doors open over night or when I pop out - and these will act as a somewhat reasonable deterrent. But if someone really wanted to get in (with the added risk of spending lots of time and making lots of noise doing so)...they still could I reckon. I think each product manufacture will claim that they have the best/strongest/etc.. so you will need to shop around and take that information with a grain of salt. I can't say there is any measurable "blocking" of breeze from these compared to regular flyscreens. Re: Security Screens: Do they block breeze? 3Oct 10, 2009 7:02 am JilaMint Purely my personal opinion ... but I thought the woven SS mesh type looked far nicer/classier than the punched SS type. And we never even considered the diamond grille type . We're having louvre windows throughout so I would imagine the diamond grilles would make it look really busy. In our last house with louvres we just had normal flyscreens and relied on the alarm system. Not sure that will be practical now with kids sleeping at the other end of the house. One thing I definitely don't want to do is design this house to maximise crossflow and then block it with a poor choice of security screen! With the stainless mesh, is it pretty much the same weave as normal flyscreens? Similar hole size and strand thickness? From the pictures on the internet the punched SS looks like it blocks a fair bit compared to normal woven screens, but that may just be an optical illusion... Kylie Hi everyone. I am a single mother with little daughter, living in a small tourist town in WA Australia. I am thinking to install security screens to all the doors and… 0 22582 Building Standards; Getting It Right! We are building on a zero-lot. The first-floor windows on the zero-lot side is 1.2m away from the boundary. There are 3 windows on that side of the house in the first… 0 930 It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. If in doubt find a contract… 1 8501 |