Saturday, June 6, 2009

Mosquito Net


I ridiculed my cousin and his French wife when they were searching for a coat where they can fix a mosquito net, but I find myself in a mosquito net now as a lasting and a zero maintenance solution finally. While I was thinking about it for a while, a bad night where our daughter kept us awake throughout the night due to mosquito bites forced me into action quickly. A cotton 6x6 net was just Rs.300/= which is equivalent to a repellent instrument and the daily mats or a bottle of repellent.

We were depending on commercial products which seemed to loose steam after sometime. Most of the time we needed the fans to go all the time as well in order to beat the mosquitoes away. So this seems to be a simple solution that people have forgotten.
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Posted by Jayadeep(JDP) at 11:18 AM
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2 comments:

  1. Recently we moved to our own new place. My mom had come for visit, and insisted on putting nails for a mosquito net (We sleep on the floor with mattress). I didn't like the idea, as it would mean so many nails in a new house. But now after reading your blog I am doing a rethink, more from a sustainability angle. Probably I will switch to mosquito net soon.
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  2. Yes, that was my response to my wife as well. It may be a bit of hassle getting the net up every day, if you think about the positives about it, it sure is worth it. We have not yet nailed the walls for it, right now we are hooking on the ward robe and windows and making it work. I plan to fix some bamboo sticks to the coat and make it a bit more neat. Go for it!
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