Service Profile · Retractable Mosquito Net

Mesh when you need it. Gone when you don’t.

A spring-loaded mosquito net that pulls across the window when you need it and rolls back into a slim aluminium box when you don’t. Open the window in monsoon, sleep with the AC off, sit on the balcony at dusk — Mumbai mosquitoes stay outside.

Send the dimensions

Or call Suraj — +91 98703 08481

Mesh

18×16 fibreglass

Aperture

1.5 mm

Cassette

25 mm slim

Span

Up to 3.6 m

Closure

Magnetic

Mesh life

7+ years

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Chapter 01 · The Problem

The fixed net is the
thing nobody ever uses.

A fixed mosquito net is one of the most quietly hated items in a Mumbai apartment. It’s permanently in the way, traps dust, tears at the corners, and after one monsoon it looks tired enough that nobody opens the window behind it any more. The window stops being a window.

The small detail that decides whether a finished interior actually gets used in monsoon.

The fixed-frame mesh

Permanent, rigid, in the way of the view. Tears within two monsoons and stays torn until somebody finally takes it down.

ii.

Velcro mesh stuck to the frame

Comes off in the wind, leaves adhesive marks, and looks improvised on every elevation it touches.

iii.

Or simply nothing

And the AC runs all night with the window shut, or the family wakes up to a bedroom of mosquitoes by morning.

iv.

The fourth answer

A spring-loaded mesh in a 25 mm aluminium cassette. Pull across in two seconds. Roll back into the side of the frame when the season is over.

Chapter 02 · How it works

Three parts.
One spring.

A side cassette

A slim 25 or 30 mm aluminium box, mounted to the window or door frame. Inside it, a roller wound with the mosquito mesh.

The mesh on a top-and-bottom track

18×16 fibreglass mesh draws sideways across the opening. Top and bottom rails keep it taut from edge to edge.

A magnetic catch at the leading edge

Snaps shut at the meeting point. Single pull to release — the spring inside the cassette rolls the mesh back in under three seconds.

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No zip.
No Velcro.
No bottom rail dragging.

When the mesh is rolled back into the cassette, you can’t see it. The window is just a window again.

Chapter 03 · Material

What it’s made of.
Down to the spring.

Same family of aluminium as our window systems, mesh specified for Mumbai humidity and salt air, every fastener stainless. The cassette finishes to match the elevation — not stand out from it.

Material 01

The mesh — fibreglass.

Standard 18×16 fibreglass with a 1.5 mm aperture — fine enough to block the dengue mosquito and the Asian tiger mosquito. UV-stable. Soft enough to roll into a 25 mm cassette without creasing. SS 304 mesh option for homes with cats or large dogs.

Material 02

The cassette — architectural aluminium.

6063-T6, the same alloy family as our slim-section windows. 25 mm slim cassette as standard; 30 mm heavy-duty for spans over 1.8 m. Anodised silver, champagne, black — or powder coat to any RAL.

Material 03

The hardware — all stainless.

The spring is SS 304, sealed against humidity. The leading-edge magnet is neodymium — it doesn’t lose tension. Every fixing and screw is stainless. No MS, no zinc-plate, nothing that will rust onto a freshly painted wall.

Chapter 04 · Where it’s installed

Real homes.
Real openings. Real monsoons.

Balcony sliders. Bedroom windows during AC season. French doors and Juliet balconies. Kitchen windows. Bathroom vents. Anywhere a window opens occasionally and the mesh should disappear when it isn’t in use.

Modern apartment balcony with sliding door

Balcony slider · Bandra

The most common install.

Replaces the half-broken fixed net most Mumbai balcony sliders are still wearing. Specced as a sister to a (2+2) or (1+1) Synchronous Sliding Door.

Bedroom · Worli

AC season, fresh air

French doors · Juhu

Centre-meeting double panel

Kitchen · Powai

Fine 20×20 mesh

Children’s room · Khar

Paired with an Invisible Grill

Bathroom vent · Lower Parel

Single-panel, low-profile

South Mumbai · Sea-facing

SS 304 mesh and a sealed spring for salt-air openings

Chapter 05 · Comparison

A direct read on the
seven decisions that matter.

Fixed mesh net

No net

Aditi Retractable Net

Mosquito blocking

Yes

Yes — dengue-rated 1.5 mm aperture

Visible when not needed

Permanently in the way

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Hidden inside a 25 mm cassette

Window operation

Restricted by the panel

Free

Free — net retracts first

Cleaning the glass

Net must be removed

Free

Roll back, clean, roll out

If the mesh tears

Replace whole panel

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Mesh-only swap, frame stays

Visual impact on elevation

Heavy frame on elevation

Zero

Near-zero when retracted

Monsoon ageing

Mesh sags, frame rusts

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Sealed cassette, SS spring

Chapter 06 · Benefits

The retractable net pays
for itself in small ways.

Disappears when you don’t need it.

Pull the mesh back into the side of the frame and the window is just a window again. Six months of the year, you wouldn’t know it was there.

Stops the mosquitoes that matter.

1.5 mm aperture blocks the dengue mosquito, the Asian tiger mosquito and most insects you’d want to keep out of a bedroom. Same mesh used in WHO-recommended bed-net programs.

The window opens fully.

The mesh retracts before the window does. No fighting with a permanent net every time you want to open the balcony slider, no twisted hinges, no wedged tracks.

Easy to clean — both sides.

Want to wash the outside of the glass? Roll the net back, wash, roll the net out again. With a fixed net you’d need to unscrew the whole panel.

Replace the mesh, not the system.

If a cat tears the mesh or a child puts a foot through it, we open the cassette and re-wind a new mesh onto the same spring in 30 minutes. The frame stays. So does the install.

Pet option that actually holds up.

For homes with cats or large dogs, we switch from fibreglass to SS 304 mesh on a heavier 30 mm cassette. It’s tear-proof under a paw.

Quiet, smooth, no fiddly hardware.

A magnetic centre-catch — not a Velcro strip or a plastic clip. Snap shut. Single pull to release. Three seconds back into the cassette.

Designer-spec finish.

Anodised silver, champagne or black; powder coat to any RAL. Mesh in charcoal, black or off-white. The cassette matches the window frame the same way our other systems do.

Designer-direct.

Suraj reads the drawing. No franchise, no call-centre, no rep filtering technical questions. The relationship is the brand.

Chapter 07 · Common questions

The questions a designer
asks before the quote.

No. The standard 18×16 mesh has a ~1.5 mm aperture — fine enough to block the dengue mosquito (about 3 mm long) and the smaller Asian tiger mosquito. It’s the same mesh specification used in WHO-recommended bed-net programs.

For sand flies and the smallest midges, ask for our 20×20 fine mesh. Aperture drops to about 1.2 mm. Airflow is reduced slightly but it’s the right call for ground-floor flats and gardens with planting.

The spring is rated for 20,000+ pulls before it needs servicing. At 4–6 pulls a day, that’s ten years of normal use. If it ever does loosen, re-tensioning is a service call — we don’t replace the cassette.

A toddler can pull the leading edge — the magnetic centre will release without damage. A cat can paw at the mesh and over time fibreglass will tear. For households with cats or large dogs, we switch to SS 304 mesh on a heavier cassette. Tear-proof.

Standard cassettes are straight-rail. For curved bay windows or angled openings we use a pleated retractable system — a different mechanism with the same magnetic close. Send the drawing.

7–10 working days from drawing approval to install for a typical 3 BHK with 4–6 openings. Single-opening installs can be faster.

Pricing depends on mesh type, cassette weight and the number of openings. Send the dimensions or the drawing and we’ll quote within two working days.

Send the dimensions

Send the dimensions.
We’ll quote in two days.

No site-visit fee. No call-centre. No quote written before measurement. Suraj reads the dimensions himself and walks the site within 48 hours of enquiry on flats inside Mumbai.

If a balcony slider is the opening, ask about pairing the retractable net with an Invisible Grill on the same frame — child safety and mosquito control on one install, one workshop, one fabricator.

Phone

+91 98703 08481

surajgudhka@gmail.com

Web

www.aditienterprise.org

Workshop

Santacruz (East), Mumbai

aditi enterprise · Aluminium fabricators for Mumbai's interior designers, architects and HNI residences.