{ "id": "chain-door-curtain", "sku": "chain-door-curtain", "title": "Chain Door Curtain", "slug": "chain-door-curtain", "price": 198, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "magnetic-screens", "category_label": "Magnetic Screens", "tags": [ "door-curtain", "chain-curtain", "fly-screen", "commercial", "room-divider" ], "colors": [ "Black or Silver" ], "materials": [ "Oxidation-treated aluminium chain" ], "dimensions": { "width": 90, "height": 210, "unit": "cm" }, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/main-best-chain-door-curtain.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-chain-door-fly-screen.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-chain-door-screen-for-busy-doorway.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-chain-fly-curtain.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-chain-fly-screen.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-door-chains-for-flies.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-fly-chain-door-for-kitchens.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-fly-chain-door.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-metal-chain-curtain-room-divider.jpg", "https://magneticscreen.net/product-images/magnetic-screens/chain-door-curtain/best-metal-fly-curtain.jpg" ], "description_short": "Oxidation-treated aluminium chain curtain, 90 cm by 210 cm, on a header strip that hangs on two screws and lifts off in seconds for cleaning.", "description": "What a chain curtain is for\n\nA chain curtain is the commercial answer to a doorway that never stops being used. There is\nnothing to open and nothing to close. You walk at it, the chains part, and they hang straight\nagain behind you.\n\nThat is the whole argument against a hinged screen door in a busy doorway. A screen door in a\nkitchen or a shop gets propped open by the second week, and once it is propped it is not doing\nanything. A chain curtain can't be propped open.\n\nAluminium, and why the finish matters\n\nThe chains are aluminium with an oxidation-treated surface.\n\nBoth halves of that are worth understanding. Aluminium does not rust, which already puts it ahead\nof a steel chain in a doorway. The oxidation treatment then makes the surface highly resistant to\ncorrosion, which matters because the places these get hung are warm and damp: back doors,\nkitchens, conservatories, anywhere with steam or weather.\n\nThe result is a curtain you clean rather than maintain. Wipe the chains down and that is the job.\n\nPutting it up\n\nThe header strip hangs on two screws. Mark the positions, check they are level, drill, and lift\nthe strip on. Five minutes with a drill.\n\nTwo hanging hooks come in the box, so there is nothing else to buy. The one thing to note is that\nit does need those two screws, which rules it out if you rent somewhere that allows no holes at\nall. The string curtain hangs on a tension rod instead and needs nothing drilled.\n\nTaking it down again\n\nThis is the part that gets overlooked and then appreciated. Because the strip sits on the screws\nrather than being fixed to them, the whole curtain lifts off in seconds.\n\nCleaning a chain curtain in place means scrubbing at head height in a doorway. Cleaning one you\ncan carry to a sink takes a couple of minutes. The same applies if you want the doorway clear for\nan evening or you are moving it to another room.\n\nAs a room divider\n\nPlenty of these get bought with insects nowhere in the reasoning. As a divider, chain marks out a\nzone without walling it off, and it keeps light and air moving between the two spaces.\n\nIt also gives a degree of privacy: enough to shield a back-of-house area from a casual glance\nwithout shutting it away. In cafes, bars and shops it usually ends up doing both jobs at once.\n\nChoosing black or silver\n\nSame curtain, same price, different room. Silver reads industrial and bounces light around, which\nsuits a kitchen or a retail space. Black recedes, so in a domestic doorway it draws less attention\nto itself. Neither performs better than the other.", "llm_summary": "Chain Door Curtain, an aluminium chain fly screen for doorways measuring 90 cm wide by 210 cm tall. Crafted from durable aluminium chains with an oxidation-treated surface that resists rust and corrosion, suited to damp or warm settings such as kitchens, back doors and conservatories. Mounts on a header strip that hangs on two screws, so it can be removed and reinstalled in seconds for cleaning. Supplied with 1 aluminium chain curtain and 2 hanging hooks. Available in black or silver at the same price. Easy to walk through without catching or tangling, quiet in movement, and also used as a beaded or metal chain room divider that maintains ventilation and adds privacy. Common in homes, bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, retail shops, bakeries and conservatories.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14-day right of withdrawal under EU consumer law", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Magnetic Screens", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://magneticscreen.net/product/chain-door-curtain/", "canonical_url": "https://magneticscreen.net/product/chain-door-curtain/", "json_url": "https://magneticscreen.net/api/products/chain-door-curtain.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-08", "compare_at_price": 220 }