rowland Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 This year we seem to be plagued by flies which door curtain and sticky things for windows do not deter. Is it possible to buy those electronic blue light zapper things in France? I know it is possible to get battery versions for camping so thought we could try one of those.Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I've seen the the mains versions in Lidl and Aldi from time to time. The problem with their "special buys" is that they never seem to have things when I want them - usually just after I have paid twice as much for the same thing somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 We tried a suspended "blue light" zapper and it was hopeless. I always assumed that the ones you see in shops etc work OK, but those cost an awful lot more.Flypapers work for us but they look horrible!Aerosols: limited succes with those too, some flies seem totally resistant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Every door of the house and the gite has light-grey mesh panels and every window has fine mesh stapled to the frame.Very few insects make it inside and those that do get zapped with the tennis-racket zapper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Your defence system sounds so uncompromising, Clair, that I would think that those "very few insects (that) make it inside" deserve to be made welcome?[:P]Joking aside, I will be doing something similar next year. I just want to ask here whether anyone has seen mesh "roller blinds" (working on the same principle as volets roulants) that you can fit to your windows?I have only seen them in a house we stayed at in Sardinia but they are great because they allow you to open and shut your existing traditional shutters (if you have them) as well as open and shut your windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]I just want to ask here whether anyone has seen mesh "roller blinds" (working on the same principle as volets roulants) that you can fit to your windows?[/quote]Yes, we had some fitted a couple of years ago and they are very effective. I think they need to be accurately fitted, for obvious reasons.The only disadvantage we've seen is that when there's an invasion of cluster flies (as I think they're called) the flies seem to like to gather inside the box that houses the roller, and when you roll the roller up and then down, a lot of flies fall out, most of them dead. Fortunately the cluster flies don't visit us very often.It doesn't seem to happen with ordinary flies or other insects. Perhaps it's because the cluster flies are very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks, allanb. May I ask whether you bought them in the form of a kit perhaps and fitted them yourself or whether you got them done by a roller blind man?[:D]I think the summer's too advanced now to try and get them done if they need fitting by a tradesman and, in any case, I suppose that I'll have to start saving for them now in time for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 If they are cluster flies in the house then a brico will sell fumigation 'bombs' that work well. For flies from outside, get yourself a Red Top Fly Trap (you can get them on Ebay) - make sure they are Red Top and not those imitation ones from the brico wagons that fall apart. Red Tops trap the female flies and stop them from laying eggs and more flies, and really work. You have to put them in the garden, away from the house, and be warned as they stink to high heaven but they work for flies from outside the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I took the coward's route and had them fitted by the company that sold them. I do some domestic bricolage, but having watched the man at work I think that - for me - it was the right decision. They look neat and they fit properly. Having said that, it's not an impossible job for an amateur; if you can drill into whatever material your house is made of, and if you measure very carefully before you order them, you could do it. You might have to be a bit creative if your window opening is not rectangular. Insects don't mind crawling through small gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Thank you, allanb, it'll be a job for some artisan then. We are less than useless ourselves, hence my previous post about saving up for them to be installed next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 On our last trip out we went to a show room for double glazed windows and shutters , He was selling very strong framed roller blind type fly nets , he offered them for free for each window we had fitted, none of the others offered this , but then again he was one of the more expensive quotes But this maybe a good place to start looking for some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 So, Pads, what is the name of the company, SVP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 I had some info some time ago about fly screen roller blind kits but not sure if still relevant.Contact details are:-Tel/fax 0033 (0)2 33 37 46 74Email davy@pesthelp.co.ukWe just haven't got round to doing anything about it because never had such a problem before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 rowland, many thanks. I can't tell from the phone number which area he's in? What department is 02, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 01 Paris02 North West03 Northe East04 South East05 South West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Merci, Pacha. Too far for me then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 [quote user="pachapapa"]01 Paris02 North West03 Northe East04 South East05 South West[/quote]Strange, I now have an 04 number and I'm decidedly South West! Oh well, if it deceives some people who want to come and visit me, it's all to the good! (good friends excepted, of course [:D]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]So, Pads, what is the name of the company, SVP?[/quote]Your asking me who can hardly remember her own name in the morning ???I meant double glazing companies in general may be a good place to look ... sorry ... ;( Now who said that ????8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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