Do you have SCREENS on your home?

[Freedom]

Here in the Northeast, screens are REQUIRED. To keep out flies, mosquitoes (doesn't always work); and other insects. When you buy or sell a house, you make certain there are screens for each window. If you rent an apartment, the only way the landlord can get the occupancy permit which allows the rental is if there are screens on all windows.

I know other parts of the country do not need screens.

And I've always wondered, don't birds just fly in if you don't have screens?

So: do you have screens where you live?

[Alysser]

Yes, I have screens. I am in the Northeast as well.

[cali]

we do have screens here, I have no clue if they are required lol but all the newish variety windows, doors with windows, and patio doors here have screens. so at my house the only windows that have screens are the windows we put in after we moved in, the rest of the windows are a really really old style that hardly lets anything in even when the windows are open lol they are just 3 golf ball sized holes covered with a board that you lift off and wala your window is "open"

[gemini9961]

Yep, I have screens. I live in FL, but it's not that often that the windows are open since it's so hot. I don't see any houses in FL without screens. When I was in Wisconsin in May I noticed that a lot of houses did not have screens.

[Taz_Zoee]

We have screens here too. And I have no idea if they are required, but they sure are a good thing to have. Here we have lots of bees and wasps and those kinds of insects. Not to mention mosquitos and flies.

[IRescue452]

I'm in WI and I've never been in a house without screens in my life.

[mrspunkysmom]

In SC, I've lived in several places without screens and with the windows painted shut. The rental laws in SC are practically non-existent, harkening back to feudal law.

My current place actually has screens, but these are not secure, so I am careful opening the window. I do not want the critters outside.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

There are screens on all of our windows. I couldn't imagine not having screens on them - my house would be full of mosquitoes. That, and with some of the windows so close to the ground in our house, they're a must with the dogs around.

[crow_noir]

I just assumed everyone in modern society uses screens. (And yes, we do.)

[BC_MoM]

I just assumed everyone in modern society uses screens.

Same..

[jenluckenbach]

Not only do my windows have screens, but I put a second, adjustable screen in front of them to make SURE the cats cannot get out. (today's new screens are flimsy compared to yesteryear's metal mesh) And not only that, I want all critters that are outside to remain OUTSIDE!!!

[Chilli]

The basement windows don't have any screens on them. The rest of the windows do.
A friend of mine has absolutely no screens on any of the windows in her house. Odd, seeing as there is a big mosquito problem where we live.
Other than that, the majority of the houses I've been in have screens.

[Smilla]

I moved to the Seattle area last December, and our rental had no screens. I thought that was an oversight on the part of the landlord, and then began seeing other houses without them. The house we just bought has no screens, either.

Initially I was hesitant to open the windows because of bugs, but it hasn't been much of a problem.

So...screens not required in the Pacific Northwest, apparently!

[critters]

My house has screens, but I've lived in a house that didn't (and yes, we got a bird once). My sister's new house is 50/50 on screens, and all these houses are in VA.

[Catlady711]

(today's new screens are flimsy compared to yesteryear's metal mesh)

No kidding! Our landlord just got new Pella windows put in our house. I always thought those were supposed to be good windows and I was looking forward to being able to open windows again when it got hot out.(our old screens/windows were shot) So they install the things and most of the screens are useless for people with pets or kids! The ones in the upstairs are the worst having only two small 'pins' that keep the screen from falling out, and the downstairs windows are only slightly better, but all of them install from the outside, meaning that if someone or some kitty, pushes on them a bit they fall OUTSIDE. My old beat up screens at least fit into a track that was firmly in place! So while I can now have no winter drafts, can keep the heat of the summer out better, and can clean all my windows from the inside, I cannot trust these screens with my cats unless I am home to watch them. Even after all this installation stuff, I STILL can't leave windows open for my kitties when I'm gone and that ticks me off! Heck they don't even fit tight enough to keep those gnats and noseeums out! Pella windows might be good, but their screens stink!