It would be simpler to import ready-made fly screens in standard sizes, stack them in a warehouse, and sell them off the shelf. Many sellers in the UAE do exactly that. We chose the harder path: a workshop in Dubai where every screen is cut, joined, and meshed to order.
This article explains why. It is the business decision behind how fly screens are made, and it affects everything from the fit of your screens to how repairs work years later.
UAE windows are not standard sizes
The strongest reason is the simplest. Imported screens come in the sizes the factory chose. UAE windows come in the sizes dozens of developers chose over several decades. The two lists rarely match.
A workshop-made screen starts from your window’s actual measurements. An imported screen starts from a catalogue. When the catalogue size is close but not exact, you get gaps, or trimming on site, or a screen forced into an opening it was not made for. Our workshop exists so that never happens.
No shipping damage, no shipping delays
Imported screens travel thousands of kilometres before reaching a customer. Aluminium frames are light and rigid, which makes them vulnerable in transit: a stack of frames strapped too tightly arrives with bowed corners, and the damage is not always visible until fitting day.
That is the logistics advantage of workshop made fly screens: they travel from our bench to your window, usually on the same day they are finished, carried by the technician who will fit them. There is no container, no warehouse handling, and no month-long wait for a shipment.
Turnaround measured in days
Because everything happens under one roof, a normal job goes from the free measurement visit to fitted screens within a few working days. An importer waiting on a factory slot and a shipping schedule cannot promise that. When you need screens before the hot season or before guests arrive, days matter.
Repairs are straightforward
This is the reason customers feel most directly, years after the fitting. Mesh tears when a child leans on a screen, and handles work loose with daily use. With an imported screen, the usual answer is to buy a new one, assuming your size is still in the catalogue.
With a workshop-made screen, the workshop that built it can fix it. The frame goes back on the bench, the old spline comes out of the groove, new mesh goes in, and the screen returns good as new. Handles, rollers, and corner cleats are all replaceable because the workshop stocks the parts it builds with. One phone call to +971 52 443 2655 starts the process.
Quality control stays in our hands
When you import, quality is whatever left the factory. You inspect on arrival, and anything wrong goes back into a shipping container for a weeks-long exchange. When you manufacture, every screen passes through the quality bay before it leaves, and anything wrong is fixed the same day.
Our inspection routine covers the measurement sheet, cut accuracy, frame squareness, corner joints, mesh tension, spline seating, hardware function, and a final visual check. That routine only works because the people inspecting are the people who made the screen.
Spare parts are on the shelf
A workshop that builds screens keeps the components it builds with: profiles, cleats, spline, mesh, handles, rollers. If a part of your screen needs replacing in five years, the part is likely still on the shelf, in the same profile your frame was made from. Importers depend on the factory still making your model. Workshops depend on their own stockroom.
Local accountability
Finally, there is a simple human reason. When something goes wrong with a workshop-made screen, you call the people who made it, and they come and fix it. There is no distributor to blame, no factory in another country, no “that model is discontinued”. The workshop is in Dubai, the phone number is +971 52 443 2655, and the WhatsApp is wa.me/971524432655.
The workshop behind the promise
Making our own screens is more work than importing them. It means a cutting station, assembly benches, a mesh store, and a quality bay, all staffed by people who do this every day. We think the result is worth it: screens that fit, last, and can be repaired. If you want the full tour, start with how fly screens are made in our workshop.
FAQ
Are workshop-made screens better than imported ones?
For UAE homes, the practical advantages are exact sizing, faster turnaround, and repairability. Imported screens work when your window matches a stock size; workshop-made screens work for every window.
Does making screens locally cost more?
Cost depends on the number of windows, screen types, and sizes. The quote is free at the measurement visit, so you will know the exact figure before deciding. There are no shipping or import costs baked in.
Can you repair screens you did not make?
Often, yes, depending on the frame design. Bring it up at the free measurement visit and the technician will assess whether the frame can be re-meshed or needs replacing.
How long does a workshop-made screen last?
The aluminium frame lasts for many years. The mesh is the part that ages, and it can be replaced in the same frame when the time comes, which the workshop handles.
Where is the workshop?
In Dubai. We serve Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi, and Ras Al Khaimah, and the measurement visit is free in all five emirates.
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