For a quick, cheap but relatively effective fix, we used MagicMesh I got on ebay for $7.98 including free shipping from the USA. (The door probably isn't made in the US). It has been in Peanut and doing well for two years. We just redid our doggy gate as the girls figured out how to open the old one...so we needed to rethink the screen as well, and I had made some mods to the original one that aren't that great.
I put the magnets on the outside, sewing a closed seam down the middle. I won't do that again.
I liked that the MagicMesh on ebay can be found in several colors. I'll sew "sew-on" Velcro onto the sides and top, and staple "sew-on" Velcro to the door frame this time.
For $7.98 it can hardly get cheaper...it is surprisingly durable and if we had used it at Farewell Springs we wouldn't have been swarmed with killer moths. But I was sick that afternoon and between us neither even remembered we had it on there. I know--kinda stupid of us.
Paul says we have "everything" we need, but we forget what we have. We need a printed inventory to check when we have a "need."
Anyway, been watching online reviews of cheap magnetic mesh screen doors...MagicMesh isn't the very best, but it's not the worst, either, came in at #2 in one video, and at $7.98, wow. The BugOff is a nice door in some ways, but the overlap isn't tight enough and the price, $59.98 is steep for such a thing.
Now, if you're going to build or buy a "hardware" type door, then I admire your taste and equipment...but this might help while you're getting around to the better one. Ours will be easily removable this time, not unlike the picnic table cloth. We don't have much room by the door and can use all the clearance we can get.
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Kai
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