It is a hassle replacing screens that "lovers" escape through. It is not simply a one time purchase.
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so why the Dominicans....
The issue is probably not moquitos, but sand flies. They are sometimes small enough to fit through the mesh and will still bite like mosquitoes do.
This reminds me of an American who asked me why Dominicans preferred motorcyles to cars. And also, a poster here asking why Dominicans don't use tupperware or aluminum foil for better food storage.
Anyway, one of the reasons is that nets are definetively expensive. Plus, we're not only talking about mosquitoes, and the windows are not the only points of access for insects. If you live in a tin roof house, and depending on where you live, you?ll have cokroackes, spiders, frogs, rats, beetles, moths, and lots of other bugs that get in through spaces usually left between the roof and the walls. They come up at night and will jump on you if you don't have a mosquito net. A well tucked in mosquito net offeres a better overal protection.
Anyway, one of the reasons is that nets are definetively expensive. Plus, we're not only talking about mosquitoes, and the windows are not the only points of access for insects. If you live in a tin roof house, and depending on where you live, you?ll have cokroackes, spiders, frogs, rats, beetles, moths, and lots of other bugs that get in through spaces usually left between the roof and the walls. They come up at night and will jump on you if you don't have a mosquito net. A well tucked in mosquito net offeres a better overal protection.
I live on the second floor and have glass in all the windows and no screens, although I've often thought about putting them in. There just isn't enough mosquitos to bother with. If I lived on the ground floor I would put in screens, and when I build my
caba?a on my finca I'll definitely put screen on the window as the bugs on there will eat you alive, even in the sun.
caba?a on my finca I'll definitely put screen on the window as the bugs on there will eat you alive, even in the sun.
The less you put in a toilet with a septic tank, the fewer problems you will have. If all that goes into it is human waste, bacteria will liquefy everything and it will seep out into a drain field below the surface. Paper may dissolve, but it will result in the drain field being clogged sooner. In Miami, where the soil is mostly sand over coral rock the call oolite, a drain field is good for about 30 years. If you pump the tank every ten, it can last for fifty, based on a neighbor's experience.
The biggest problem with putting the paper in a bin is that people do not use a bin with a lid on it, and this causes the bathroom to stink in a very short period.
The biggest problem with putting the paper in a bin is that people do not use a bin with a lid on it, and this causes the bathroom to stink in a very short period.
When Lorenza la Cubana left my house several years ago, TP consumption declined from two rolls a week to one a month. Women tend to use vastly huge amounts of TP, I have discovered. I have not done sufficient research to establish that this is a necessity.
First thing I did was bring down treated mosquito nets.
Most places have too many holes and then there's the open door policy, to speak not of the vandalism, to consider screens in a Dominican household.
Whenever I caught someone not using the mosquito net for my kids - they got on the 'no luxury food/presents/trips' list for the entire stay. It helped
Most places have too many holes and then there's the open door policy, to speak not of the vandalism, to consider screens in a Dominican household.
Whenever I caught someone not using the mosquito net for my kids - they got on the 'no luxury food/presents/trips' list for the entire stay. It helped
oh yes, they are. few big Presidentes or small portion of samsung galaxy.
I asked from the perspective of other tropical countries when they are installed frequently.... not US or European.
Anyway - I live now on the second floor, have no mosquito nets - and have also no mosquitos. which is good. but the fan is always working when I am in the room and the windows are open in the night only when the light is off
I stayed in around 30 various hotels, rooms and flats in this country and maybe 3 or 4 of them had mosquito nets
and I'm not talking about wooden shacks here, just normal concrete/stone buildings
I asked from the perspective of other tropical countries when they are installed frequently.... not US or European.
Anyway - I live now on the second floor, have no mosquito nets - and have also no mosquitos. which is good. but the fan is always working when I am in the room and the windows are open in the night only when the light is off
I stayed in around 30 various hotels, rooms and flats in this country and maybe 3 or 4 of them had mosquito nets
and I'm not talking about wooden shacks here, just normal concrete/stone buildings
Yup poop and throw toilet paper in my house and mostly everywhere else in the DR bc I always forget you aren't supposed to! Sorry to the many peoplewho I have ruined the plumbing!
I could not live somewhere with a no throw toilet paper toilet!!
depends on what you have already. you may have to change all the plumbing in and out and put a new septic tank. so it may include breaking floors and major digging.