Expensive fly screen failed on the cat - is that a defect?

  • Erstellt am 2021-05-13 11:13:45

kati1337

2021-05-13 11:13:45
  • #1
Howdy!
We finally treated ourselves to some "decent" fly screens in the new house so we can open the window in the evening without bloodsuckers coming in.
We had them measured and installed by a professional company. For 1 window and a swinging door on the veranda, about €500.

What we didn't consider was our cat. She saw "oh, window open! cool, I want to get in." - followed by "oh, what's that?" - followed by standing upright on the fly screen with extended claws.
Now the screen has several damaged spots from that - even a hole in one place. :(

I probably can't blame the installer if our cat stands on the fly screen. It probably wasn't made for that. On the other hand, I'm a bit disappointed, considering the price, that it is made of such weak and thin material. Is that normal / do we have to accept it?
I assume the screens can be recovered, but they are only 2 months old, and considering the price we paid, I'm a bit apprehensive about asking now what it costs to replace them.
 

seat88

2021-05-13 11:20:13
  • #2
Of course you have to accept that. Or did the service description say anything about "scratch-resistant house tiger"?
 

kati1337

2021-05-13 11:23:27
  • #3
No, of course not. The offer was not described that precisely overall. I am just a bit disappointed with the quality of the material. I had hoped that insect protection from a specialist company would be qualitatively better than the net from dm for 1.99. But that does not seem to be the case.
 

Zaba12

2021-05-13 11:59:12
  • #4

I would have expected this subject from any other "newbie" but not from you. However, I also believe that you don’t quite mean the term defect seriously.
 

motorradsilke

2021-05-13 12:07:53
  • #5
We discussed this recently with our window installer and he immediately said that even the more expensive screens cannot withstand cats. At the mention of cats, he immediately advised against installing [Fliegengitter].
 

Bertram100

2021-05-13 12:11:13
  • #6
With cats, you can hang individual magnets at cat height. Then they see the fly screen better and don’t have to be so annoyed. Otherwise, it is also possible not to have a fly screen for the cat at the bottom on the ground floor. The mosquitoes hardly fly up the stairs (at least they definitely don’t in our case, which I find a pleasant phenomenon).
 

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