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Strange, draught excluders have been on our list also, the aluminium screw on type with the brushes.

OH thinks they will only brush dirt indoors, but very handy to keep the mossies out, and those flying ants on the few days in the year they seem to come to life in swarms and then disappear.

We have a resident family of gheckos who are no problem except for their droppings, and they seem to be able to get in our out of the house without difficulty. I'm told they're quite useful in keeping the ant population down. Quite fascinating watching them make love; takes a hell of a long time, very slow and rhythmical.

Bit sad that, getting "cheapies" watching gheckos copulate; scientific interest only, you understand. Ahemmm!:ohmy:;)

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Our new and expensive 'monsoon blind' (the see through plastic one) was fitted outside our side patio doors where the rain comes most. They were done by Habitat and we were told they would last at least 4 to 5 monsoons.
This was May. By the begininning of August they were shredded in pieces and scattered all over the place. :ohmy:
Apparently not even been a particularly bad monsoon either. (we are in the UK at the mo) We are still waiting for a replacement:frown:

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Well Babu, whatever turns you on. :wub:

The draft excluder has also stopped the frogs coming in.
As for Mossies, we have an industrial mossie zapper, bats (love them), draft excluders, spray, proper mossie screens on the outside of the windows. etc. and they still come in.
I expect they are waiting at the airport for us, as we speak.

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We have mossie screens on all opening windows and on the balcony and they still get in. We thought it may be the light showing under our front door which was attracting them through the gap which is why we got the draft excluder (with brushes). Keeping my fingers crossed that it works as our son, daughter in law and three grandchildren are using the apartment for 3 weeks in November. We are moving out and into a friends apartment while they are there.