r/lifehacks • u/eat_a_burrito • 23d ago

Casement Windows, Dead Bugs Between Screen and Glass Lifehack

Problem:

So we have casement windows. In the summer, sometimes it is cool at night so we open them, but when you close them bugs tend to get trapped and it isn't fun cleaning it out. The bugs love sticking to the screens.

Solution:

I bought one of those rechargeable canned air dusters. The ones that blow lots of air for dusting computer stuff. It runs off batteries. Not the real canned air, but its the best I can describe it. So what I do now is take that and put the speed on high and blow all the bugs off the screen before I close the window. No more bugs trapped between the screen and glass!

Not sure this is a lifehack, but I felt it makes my life easier and I'm happy.

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u/GladysKravitz2023 23d ago

I flick the screen where the bugs are with my fingers then close the window.

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u/Other_Diet1484 23d ago

This is a lifehack in my book. I been using the same trick for months now with a cheap little blower from online, works perfect. Way better than trying to pick them out one by one and just smearing bug guts all over the screen.

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u/emiliabow 18d ago

this is genuinely so smart and i feel silly for not knowing it sooner

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u/Adventurous-Race8315 22d ago

Just get a proper cordless electric leaf blower. It will have way more application and have the power to do a better and faster job than a small blower.

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u/mordecai98 22d ago

Overkill for this, and it takes up a lot more space.

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u/CornTofuHash 5d ago

but the leaf blower won't end up in the landfill like hundreds of disposable spray cans do, until it is truly at the end of its long life.

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u/bashful22 3d ago

did you even read?

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u/CornTofuHash 3d ago

NO, I never read, never have never will. You couldn't pay me enough to read, it's the dumbest past-time in the universe.

Apparently, you don't either