how to keep cold air out of mesh windows
Standard window mesh offers zero thermal insulation, allowing freezing drafts to pour straight through into the room. This makes it impossible to maintain indoor temperatures during cold weather without sacrificing the bug protection that the mesh provides.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Placing wire mesh over indoor AC vents
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Does putting wire mesh over indoor ac vents increase ac workflow aka the bill? Trying to prevent bugs from coming through because my wife is scared of them until we get pest control to take care of it”source ↗
dovelol · r/hvacadvice · 1 upvotes
“if i replace plastic with mesh, how to keep cold air out ?”source ↗
Silent_Heron_6518 · r/HomeMaintenance
Where this came up
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