Made-to-Measure Fly Screens NZ: Order Online

Fly screens made to measure for New Zealand openings

A window that is just too wide, a sliding patio door, a crooked roof light or an arched top: not every opening fits a standard size. A made-to-measure fly screen from Moskera is cut and sewn to your own measurements, to the centimetre. You get a screen that follows the opening exactly, so a real barrier against mosquitoes, with no gap and no slack.

In practice, going custom changes three things. First the tension of the mesh: an oversized screen creases, and insects slip through those creases; an undersized one leaves a gap down one side. Then the seal at the bottom, the most common weak point of off-the-shelf sizes. And finally how long it lasts, because a taut mesh does not rub or distort. Fibreglass mesh, MagnetX™ magnetic closure, fitted without drilling in about ten minutes.

How to order your made-to-measure fly screen online

The configurator above walks you through it in a few steps:

Choose the shape: rectangular, arched, round or asymmetric.
Set the type of opening: window, door, sliding patio door or pergola, roof window.
Choose the colour and the mesh: black, white, light grey or brown, with three levels of mesh transparency.
Measure according to your fitting method: each fitting (on the frame, inside the reveal, on the facade, with a top return) has its own measuring method, shown on screen. Not sure? Follow our guide to how to measure your opening.
Add to basket and order online: your fly screen is cut to your dimensions and delivered to your door.

Unsure about sizes? See which size to choose. Prefer a ready-made standard size? Those are in the configurator too.

Window fly screens, made to size

This is the most common request, and the one where the gap between standard and custom shows up fastest. Window frames are rarely true, especially in older housing: a few millimetres of difference between top and bottom is enough to leave a way in. A custom window screen is therefore built to your real measurements and held by a self-adhesive magnetic strip around the frame. No hook-and-loop on this model, nothing to drill, and it comes off without a mark at the end of the season.

It suits casement and sliding windows alike, single or double, and lifts off in seconds so you can clean the glass. It is the most requested model in rented homes, precisely because nothing is altered. See the magnetic window screen, from $59.99. For a roof window the fixing differs; we covered that case in our guide to a made-to-measure roof window screen.

Fly screens for ranchsliders, stackers and doors

On a doorway you use ten times a day, what matters is no longer just the fit but the self-closing seal. Our door models carry magnets down the full height: you walk through with your hands full and the screen shuts tight behind you. Standard sizes from 70 to 120 × 210 cm, and three custom formats beyond that (up to 150 × 230, up to 200 × 260, then no limit). See the magnetic screen door, from $59.99.

Beyond roughly 150 cm wide you move up a range. A custom sliding patio door screen then works as several panels joined by magnetic seams: from 1 to 5 separations and more, depending on how many walk-throughs you want. Two details make the difference at those widths: MagnetX™ magnets of 15 cm instead of 4, and galvanised steel gravity bars along the whole bottom edge, which stop the mesh lifting in the wind. The format runs to 600 cm wide and high, with an unlimited size beyond that. See the large opening range, from $199.99.

Arched, round and unusual shapes

Made-to-measure earns its keep on unusual openings, where no ready-made screen fits: rectangular (the most common), arched (rounded top, our original craft), round (bullseye, porthole) and asymmetric (trapezoid, different heights or widths, typical in loft conversions). On those shapes the cut is based on a precise survey: the configurator tells you which measurements to take in each case.

Roller, fixed frame or magnetic: which fly screen for a Kiwi home?

Let us be straight about it: we do not make roller fly screens. It is a frequent question, and the honest answer depends on how you live with the opening, not on our catalogue.

A roller screen makes sense if you want the mesh to disappear completely for part of the year and you accept drilling to fit a cassette. Expect several hundred euros per opening, fitting included. A fixed frame suits a window you rarely open, but it screws on and you cannot walk through it. A magnetic fly screen needs no drilling at all, is walked through hands-free, comes off in minutes and stores flat out of season. That is what we make, and it is what makes sense on a daily doorway or in a rented home.

Made-to-measure fly screen prices in New Zealand

The price depends on the type of opening and on the dimensions, not on a flat rate. Entry prices start at $59.99 for a window or a door, and at $199.99 for a large multi-panel opening. The exact price appears in your basket as soon as you confirm your configuration, and you order straight away online.

Two levers bring the bill down: quantity discounts (−10 % on 2 screens, −20 % on 4), and starting with the openings that are genuinely exposed rather than doing the whole house at once. We set out the real ranges, item by item, in our article on the price of a made-to-measure fly screen.

Why New Zealand homes choose a Moskera custom screen

Built to your exact measurements, with no middleman.
Fibreglass mesh, fire-retardant and UV-stable: it does not rust, does not yellow, and lasts 8 to 20 years.
Fitted without drilling (MagnetX™ magnets and adhesive hook-and-loop) in about ten minutes, fully reversible, without damaging your frames. See our fitting guide.
Quantity discounts: −10 % on 2 screens, −20 % on 4.
30-day money-back guarantee « 0 bites » (made-to-measure excluded).
4.86/5 from 1,052 reviews on the door range, 4.85/5 from 435 reviews on the large opening range.

Made-to-measure fly screens: questions answered

How long does a made-to-measure screen take?

Configurable models can be ordered directly online. For a special configuration, describe it in the configurator's comment box: we make it to measure.

How do I measure my opening?

It depends on your fitting method. The configurator shows the exact method at each step, and our guide walks through how to measure your opening step by step.

How much does a custom fly screen cost?

From $59.99 for a window or a door, and from $199.99 for a large opening. The exact price appears in your basket as soon as you confirm your configuration, and you order straight away online.

What is the difference with a standard size?

A standard size works if your opening happens to land on a common format. As soon as it is a few centimetres off, the mesh creases or leaves a gap, and that is exactly where mosquitoes get in. Made-to-measure removes that compromise.

Do you make custom roller fly screens?

No. We make magnetic fly screens, drill-free and removable. A roller screen needs a permanently fitted cassette, so drilling and a much higher budget. If that is what you are after, better to know straight away. Want the full side-by-side? Read our retractable vs magnetic comparison.

Can it really be fitted without drilling?

Yes. The magnetic strip and the adhesive hook-and-loop go on without tools and without holes, and come off cleanly. It is all covered in our fitting guide.

Is it suitable for a rented home?

Yes, and that is the most common use case: nothing is drilled or altered, the strips leave no residue, and the screen moves house with you.

Which shapes are possible?

Rectangular, arched, round and asymmetric, for windows, doors, sliding patio doors, roof windows and pergolas.

Made to measure for New Zealand homes

Kiwi joinery runs to its own sizes, and the insects that get through an ordinary screen here are not the ones the catalogues talk about. Here is what to check before you order.

The openings that need a custom size

Ranchsliders and stacker doors: measured wall to wall, not per leaf, and made in one piece with magnetic splits so no panel is left bare.
Awning and louvre windows: the frame sits proud, so the screen goes on the outer frame rather than in the reveal.
Bifolds and wide indoor-outdoor flow openings: the spans that no standard size covers.
Villa and bungalow sash windows: fitted to the outer frame so the sash still slides behind.

Sandflies, not just mosquitoes

On the West Coast, in Fiordland and anywhere near the bush, the biting insect that ruins an evening is the sandfly, and it walks straight through a coarse screen. Our weave is tight enough to stop sandflies and midges as well as mosquitoes and flies, while still letting the air move through.

Renting, and damp frames

No drilling, no screws, no holes: nothing to make good at the end of a tenancy, and the screen comes with you to the next place. One tip for our climate: wipe the frame and let it dry completely before pressing the strip on. Adhesive grips poorly on a damp aluminium joinery frame in the morning; give it a dry, mild part of the day.

Delivery and returns

Standard sizes are dispatched within 24 to 48 hours, then 5 to 7 business days with NZ Post. Made-to-measure is manufactured to your dimensions first (up to 7 days) then the same 5 to 7 business days. Delivery is free on orders over NZ$50.

Standard sizes can be returned within 30 days. Made-to-measure cannot: it is cut to your numbers. Measure twice, and use the guide above for arched, asymmetric or recessed openings.

The bach, and houses that sit empty half the year

A bach or a holiday house at the coast spends months shut up, then gets opened in one weekend in December with every door and window flung wide. That is the worst possible moment to discover the screens do not fit. It is also why an adhesive fixing suits these places: the panels come off at Easter, get stored flat and dry, and go back up in ten minutes at Labour weekend, instead of a fixed frame slowly corroding through the off season.

Weatherboard, timber joinery and openings that are not square

A lot of New Zealand housing stock is timber framed with weatherboard cladding, and the joinery moves with the seasons and with the ground. Two consequences when you measure. First, take the width at the top, the middle and the bottom of the opening, and work from the smallest of the three. Second, check that the frame gives you a flat run to stick to: on older painted timber, a bead of paint build up along the stop can be enough to lift an adhesive strip at one corner, and it is worth taking a blade to it before fitting rather than after.

Wide ranchsliders onto the deck

The standard New Zealand indoor outdoor opening is a two or three panel ranchslider onto a deck, often two and a half metres or wider. Screens sold in a box stop well short of that, which is why so many households end up leaving the slider shut on the exact evenings they built the deck for. Measure the clear opening with the sliding panel pushed fully back, take the height at the track rather than at the head, and expect the two numbers to disagree by a centimetre or so on an older unit.

Awning windows and the summer that runs the other way

Awning sashes that push out from the bottom are common here and they change the fitting slightly: the screen sits on the inside face of the frame so the sash can still open outwards against it. Worth thinking about before December, because the New Zealand season runs from roughly November to March, the opposite of the northern calendar. Ordering made to measure in spring means the panels are on the house before the first warm still evening, not three weeks after it.

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