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Vinyl Coated Hardware Cloth Is Best

July 12, 2010 | by Frank Langone

black vinyl coated welded hardware cloth

Galvanized After is Excellent, but...

Did you know that hardware cloth is available with a vinyl-coated finish? Many people think that these wire cloth meshes are only available with a galvanized after finish.

Firmly Bonded, Long-Lasting

Both ½" x ½" welded mesh with a 19 gauge "core" wire and ¼" x ¼" welded mesh with a 23 gauge "core" wire are available with a black vinyl coating. The coating is firmly bonded to the wire. The vinyl will not crack or split when the wire is bent. 100' rolls are available in 24", 36" and 48" widths.

If you need to use hardware wire cloth for your next project, consider the advantages of using a mesh that is black vinyl coated:

  • durable
  • longest lifetime
  • easy to work with
  • excellent for underground gopher barriers
  • double protection of galvanizing and vinyl coating resists rust and corrosion
  • attractive - black color blends with background, becoming virtually invisible
16 gauge hardware cloth chicken coop 3
 
Do you have any unique projects you would like to share that use these vinyl-coated meshes?
 
This great mesh offers a wide array of possibilities:
 
Beekeeping  Gutter guard    Soffit screens    Compost bins    Window guards    Small animal cages     Groundhog barriers    Plaster and stucco lath   Nuisance  wildlife  control    Ferro cement boats and structures (½")                                                              
 
black vinyl coated hardware cloth graphic
 
Vinyl Coated Hardware Cloth
 
 
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Topics: hardware cloth, vinyl coated wire, game bird

Top Netting for Flight Pens & Aviaries

June 1, 2009 | by Duncan Page

pheasant on grass

Keeping your pens safe--

Are you raising game birds, poultry or other birds as a business or a hobby? Then you want to make sure your birds are protected with a good netting for the tops of your flight pens.

Known variously as flight pen top netting, top rite netting, aviary netting and game bird netting, these woven and knotted products provide both the protection your birds need and the peace of mind you get from knowing your birds are safe.

This Strong Top Netting:

  • is lightweight
  • easy to work with and install
  • can be fastened together and repaired with hog rings, safety ties or lacing cord
  • large pieces are available for your convenience 
  • no need to piece together smaller sizes in order to cover a large area
  • will not rust
  • resistant to mildew
  • UV stabilized for protection from the sun
  • flexible to prevent injury to your birds
  • acts as a physical barrier to both keep your birds inside the pen and protect them from predators

Woven - Flight Pen Top Netting 

These are the netting products most commonly used. They are woven from multiple strands of black, UV stabilized polypropylene.woven flight pen top netting

  • Mesh sizes available: 1/2", 1", 1-1/2" and 2" hexagonal openings. 

  • Weights available (based on tensile strengths): Light , Medium and Heavy.

  • Widths available: 6', 6-1/2', 12', 12-1/2', 25', 50' and 100'.

  • Lengths available: 50', 100'' and 150'

Knotted - Flight Pen Top Netting

These products are the strongest and heaviest nettings available. Strands of polyethylene cord are knotted in a diamond mesh pattern.

  • Mesh sizes available: 1" and 2"knotted flight pen top netting

  • Weight available: Extra Heavy

  • Widths available: 26' and 52'

  • Length available: 155'

With so many sizes to choose from, you can be sure that there is a flight pen top netting product that will work for you.

 

White Netting

 

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Topics: top netting, game bird

Versatile Apron Fence (17 Gauge 1½ inch Hexagonal Woven Wire Mesh)

April 13, 2009 | by Duncan Page

drawing of apron fence with small animal digging

Apron Fence: Discouraging Diggers

A unique woven wire mesh that can be used in many applications. Use apron fence when you need to prevent animals from digging into or out of your fenced area.

This is a woven mesh fence. Heavy 17 gauge galvanized wire is woven into a 1½" hexagonal mesh. 17 gauge wire is much heavier than the 20 gauge wire used in ordinary galvanized poultry hex netting. Being heavier, it has a longer life expectancy than 20 gauge mesh. The 1½" mesh is small enough to keep most small animals from passing through.

Just Bend or Fold it

The unique feature of this woven fence is its apron. 12" up from the bottom edge of the roll, a continuous line wire is woven into the mesh. This line wire, which runs the length of the roll, acts as a guide for bending or folding the bottom 12" of the roll to make an apron. When bent at a 90-degree angle, this part of the fence can lay on the ground. Vegetation will grow up through the apron, securely fastening the hexagonal mesh to the ground. This eliminates the need for and extra labor of digging a trench and burying wire in the ground.

The Mesh Stops 'em

If you want to keep animals from digging into an area, such as a garden, place the apron to the outside. When they come up the edge of the vertical fence and start to dig, the wire mesh will stop them. If you are trying to keep animals enclosed within an area, place the apron to the inside. The apron will prevent digging under the fence.

Rolls are available in two sizes:

  • 60" (48" high with 12" apron) x 150'
  • 72" (60" high with 12" apron) x 150'

Apron Fence is available in galvanized and black vinyl coated finish.17 gauge 1-1/2 The vinyl coated rolls are custom coated with a thick and durable vinyl coating that is tightly bonded to the wire. It resists scraping and will not crack or split when the wire is bent. The coating is flexible across all temperature ranges. Although considerably more expensive initially, the vinyl coated wire will last far longer than the galvanized mesh. Black wire makes an attractive, virtually invisible fence. The view of your fenced-in area is not diminished by the brightness of the galvanized wire.

So many uses, including:

  • Securely fence in your beagle training pens and runs.apron fence
  • Build a perimeter fence for your game birds and poultry that can keep predators out.
  • Enjoy a garden fence that prevents the invasion of hungry wildlife looking for a free meal.
  • Build an inexpensive tennis court fence by doubling up two 60" rolls without using the apron feature.
Apron Fence

 

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Topics: woven wire, apron fence, game bird

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