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Default aluminum or fiberglass screens - and bugs

Could someone please help settle a debate before a fight breaks out?

If you wanted window screens that would prevent the tiniest of tiny
insects from getting in, is standard aluminum or standard fiberglass
better? Or are they both the same?

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The important aspect is the seal around the edges. Also, an ant can get
through standard screening material. Here's a website of a company where we
ordered weep hole vents a few years ago, to prevent ants from getting inside
through the weep holes in the brick. They send a free fridge magnet too, to
keep them before your eyes. heh
www.wildlifedamagecontrol.com I don't know if they have that material big
enough for screens, but maybe you can find some useful info about windows
there.
We haven't had a pest problem inside, but we used to get one waterbug once a
blue moon.. and we haven't had one since installing these.
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.c...re_Code=WDC001
Hope this helps,
lucy


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Could someone please help settle a debate before a fight breaks out?

If you wanted window screens that would prevent the tiniest of tiny
insects from getting in, is standard aluminum or standard fiberglass
better? Or are they both the same?



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