Making & Fitting a Mosquito Net in a campervan conversion
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- Making & Fitting Mosquito Net in a campervan conversion
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Yay... we live full time in A camper van ER...something to share !
I gave up with a fly screen on the door but here’s a hack I have a 12v fan only small and it blows across the doorway , no bugs or those mosquitoes ever come in . Big advantage you don’t get caught up in the bloody mess 😃😃 glad you are moving about better too
Thank you buddy 👍
Strange enough we were trying to work out how we can make fly screens as not paying as you say 100 plus thanks for showing you test …..
I had the same idea Mel, ordered 2 sets from the local supplier, but only 1 came as they'd sold out. One problem I had was the end of the kitchen unit caught the screen, even after I rounded the corner. My plan was to sew 2 together for the slider end.
To be honest mine didn’t last very long but did last the summer when I took them down in the winter they was quite tattered having not been anywhere this summer I never bothered to replace them. 👍🤓👍
@@BigVanSmallWorld I will put mine up for the Summer for some places that are bad for mozzies and sand flies (think monster midges on steroids), but am going to replace the clunky plastic/magnets with some small rectangular neodymium ones sewn into the flyscreen edging.
@@linz_in_NZ that sounds like a great idea i guess the bigger the bugs the easier it is to keep them out 😂🤣👍
Great idea. I'm glad to see the both of you look happy and healthy.
Thank you buddy
Hi i bought the wider one for my crafter tucked the edges behind the door seal and trimmed off excess takes a bit longer but finishes it off better....
Well done 👍 😊👍
Great hack Mel.
Thank you 🙏
We bought two 158cm x 201cm nets for our van and they fit perfect across both the side and back doors
Beauty and the beast. Don't put yourself down love lol loving the videos yous put out :-)
Thank you ☺️
Did the same thing, worked great.
Brilliant 👍
We have done the same on the back doors of our van.
Wow I just had the same idea. The ones for your house are 20$ but the ones for your van are 200$!
Hey Mel and Rebecca,
I've tryed those in our Iveco too...
Being absolutely terrified of getting bugs and wasps in our van, i've tryed everything, yes also these exact same curtains.
After one holiday wasnt so content with them and planned for a better way to keep the bugs out.
From the beginning of the new build I kept enough space for the best domestic products there are because we sell those to our customers and now I not only are able to show them in their full glory, we can even have breakfast without having uninvited guests.
But im happy to see you're both pleased with the result.
Little advise on those curtains, best let them hang as strait as possible and saw them together where they dont need to open and stick them to the walls with some strips.
After you are done with the ons you have now, you might want to consider the ones made out of that fluffy aterial, a sort of fluffy ropes hanging from above.
They are not expensive either but more robust for van-use.
Lots of love from Mascha and me.💕
Cheers buddy I appreciate the tips
Good timing you put out this vid. I just fitted the same to my van only a few weeks ago. Used the ones from Amazon and have stronger magnets. BUT the velcro supplied with the nets is far too wide. You need to grab a roll of 10mm off ebay so it fits the rubber door trim neatly and some on the bottom edge of the step. On the nets only use small 2" bits of velcro spaced out and a dab of super glue to keep them stuck. its a bugger to get them off if you fit too much velcro to the nets. Yes they work in Scotland keeps out 98% of the midges. They only problem is getting in and out of the van. The midges wait outside for you in droves then attack ;)
Oh my goodness me what time of year is midg session I’ll wait till it’s over 😂👍
Hurt back or not you can still call yourself lucky with such a spirited "princess" in the neigborhood Mel! Love the vid!
Thank you buddy 👍😊👍
Hello Mel and Beck van is looking great Mel
Hay buddy thank you 😊
Nice one Scrooge and The Princess. What a useful, simple and cost effective way of putting up a fly screen.
I bet many will be copying this one
All the best Mal, Dave and Sally the Lab
Thank you that’s a great name for a channel lol 😂 👍👍
Brilliant Mel
clever idea!
Stay safe you two what a team!
👍😎
Thank you
Well done you guys! Love a tip that's saves 💰. I could tell you stories of Canadian mosquito, some were big enough to carry small children away !
Haha 😂 👍😊👍
Good to see you up and about again mate
Thank you buddy 👍
I use a net curtain 😁
Brilliant what a great team you too make that works well all the best donny
Thank you 😊
Your cat is going to love those nets !
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Right propper jorrb mate .. now furr the acid test ..boil up some cabbage and iffins no flys get in .. your on the money.. udder wize the marordin mozzies will ave ya ..pip pips 😍😎😁
Brilliant 😊👍
Those screens won't stop midges, you need proper sized midge netting. I bought some from Totally Herby based here in Scotland, but I'm having trouble working out a system for a Vivaro side door due to the top sliding door hinge. The material I bought will make proper screens for the side windows. Visit the Totally Herby midge products site and read all the info you need on how to keep the blighters out.
Thank you I’ll have a look 👀
Love watching your videos plenty of useful tips.👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you
Brilliant idea
Thank you 😊
I didn't expect the scooby-doo ending.
Thanks for watching to the end appreciated 😊👍
Haha, loving the banter, we had those at home, one summer season before the UV rays get them & they fall apart, quite literally. I was always tripping over them too. I would stitch the two together behind your cooker, and I would buy two smaller ones for £12 than a big one for £30, us scrooges gotta stick together Mel
Great job guys 👍
Thnk thank you 😊
That was magic, cheers 👍
Thank you 🙏
Good solution thanks guys! I happen to have only one of these lying around, didn’t think of adding another panel. Ha! I’ll get another.
Won’t the four panels “stitched” together stretch across the rear doors?
I need a kitchen roll holder solution too. I’ve seen magnetic/ratchet ones in US vans - apparently from IKEA - but I can’t find them anywhere. That needs a Scrooge video too 😄
I also need a kitchen roll holder. Mel crack on with a good solution.
I keep looking don’t worry I’ll find something 👍😊👍
I’ll keep an eye out for a roll holder 😉
I have always just used net curtain with either a wire, velcro or magnets. Velcro is best. And I have a full mosquito suit - about 10-20 quid amazon for cycling through some places. It's see through so you have to remember to wear shorts ! Yeah. Net curtains matie. 👍
Brilliant 👍
A light wood frame held in with velcro, with a door and curtains sewn together.
Less danger of tripping over.
Great job great video well done guys awesome idea.👍🇬🇧🤘☕️
Thank you buddy 👍
All you need now is the music from ghost or titanic in the back ground. 😂😂😂🤣
Ghost busters lol 😂
Mel bit of chemistry going on there in between you two
Not bad for £12 😊
Thanks 👍😊👍
Bargain you have to love eBay sometimes, cracking video 👍🇬🇧
Thank you ☺️
The more expensive ones on Amazon are bigger than the door on my Ducato and the magnets are in strip form and NOT individual ( Bec was right) and are £25 with velcro all around.
Ha ha - thanks Terry (I knew I’d seen some somewhere!?)…
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Mel, if you need to replace them look for patio door screens on ebay.
Thank you buddy that’s really helpful
Such a nice rig, and a cat. 👏
Better magnets?
Thank you 😊
Interesting video but how come you didnt think of just getting a net curtain and setting up a rail, it would be porbably just as cheap and more practical
Thank you buddy that’s really good idea 👍
Being a Yorkshireman l was thinking of trying the same thing on the motorhome when l saw them at £6 at a show last week. Then l worked out it was cheaper to stand the girlfriend at the door with a fly swatter 😁
Hahaha I’m sure maz wouldn’t be to happy 😂👍
Do they come with aluminium magnets 😉. They would work a treat on my doors at 710mm wide👍
I’m not sure about that click the link and ask the seller 😂👍
Seriously???!!!aluminum magnets,love it!!!!
Aren’t we crazy! 🤣🤪 xx
Yes you are 😂😂🥰👍
Beauty and the beast... Just keep that village idiot in check though, eh? Lol. Just joking Mel. You would never have the qualifications for that job.
Live full time in 'A' campervan, have I missed something
No you haven’t missed anything
Couldn’t you use Velcro Mel?
I did round the outside 😊👍
Your face on the end bud 😂.
That’s brilliant :) I’m be Scrooge too then 😂 I rather buy a cheaper set.
Great vlog buddy :) so great seeeing you out about more but still need to take it easy tho :) I know what you mean about the midges in highlands I had my run in before with those horrible little things.
I have a question what’s that black thing on the side of your kitchen? :) 🤗🤗🍺😊😊
Cheers buddy do you mean my TV 👍
@@BigVanSmallWorld no bud :) sorry on the side of your kitchen when you open your side door the black round thing? Looks like a fuel cap? :)
Ohhh that’s my LPG gas filling point 👍
@@BigVanSmallWorld aww like to get one of those fitted one day :) I thought it went to your diesel heater :) did you manage to drive your van the other day? :) 🤗
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If you bought one wide kit and one narrow between you, you would achieve the desired door gap without cutting and wasting a wide curtain. Team-work.
That’s brilliant idea 👍
When did you go full time Mel you sold the house ?
I have lived under a railway in a mortuary and yes i live in a van my last house I lost through divorce that was over 10 years ago I’m happier now than I have ever been 👍😊👍
@@BigVanSmallWorld ahh right always thought the house you worked on the vans at was yours I’m agency Hgv driver work away and stay in my van house Is being sold and it’s so tempting to go full time
@@popestar100 no I’m always parked up on someone’s drive since I started helping out with building vans I used to be HGV driver like you so you know where the showers are you must be accustomed to sleeping in park ups it’s a no brainier you will be shocked at how fast you get used to it it just becomes normal and if you carry on working full time you are crazy you don’t need to work full time and you can actually do what you want to do trust me go for it you only get one life 👍👍👍
I didn't realise how just tiny Bex was compared to you Mel lol
So cute lol
I may be tiny, but I am fierce! ☺️
@@SACREDTRAVELLER 😆 I can quite beleave that lol
that velcro will make a right mess of you nice carpeting though
I think you could be rite 👍
Are you two a couple yet? You should be.. life's too short ;)
they sold screens in Aldi or Lidl...
I must have missed them 🥲👍
Resident feline creature + flipsy cheap *ss flyscreen + a little bit of time = a definite and unavoidable disappointing mess
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Thank you 🙏
Has Mel got himself a girlfriend?? :)