Recent content by joncro55

I usually buy from either http://www.mcmaster.com One thing about them - you have to watch their pricing - it can go up and down. Luckily enough for me though - I also have a local manufacturer of wire mesh material - http://www.bwire.com I am usually down there 2-3 times a year, looking...

Craigslist is not really good for this type of stuff - My rules with craigslist are - unless you are willing to take an absolutely POS - dont use it!!!

Curious - did you ever try to reinforce as previously discussed?

@ DMCLAIN --- Got my 1 x 1 welded material here - http://www.bwire.com/index.html Didnt rake me over the coles, although I am local and could pick the stuff up in my truck, if they have to ship it, it may add a significant amount to your costs - it is heavy stuff!

Could not agree more that hardware cloth is 100 times better than chicken wire. The chicken wire is so flimsy its almost usleless, which hardware cloth like they sell here - ( http://www.bwire.com/index.html - Galvanized or Stainless Steel) is tough for a small animal to move and tip/tear...

For this purpose, welded wire and woven wire cloth, will make virtually no difference. They both will hold up over the test of time, the weld of the wires will not break apart. Depending on how much you need, I know the way these places usuall sell this stuff in rolls of a width of either 36"...

What you need to do is measure the wire cloth openings....how many wires are there in the mesh per inch? How many openings per inch? Now get a caliper and measure the diameter of 1 wire. Most likely you are looking at one of the standard measuring wire mesh materials which can be found in...

There is a certain hardware cloth that is woven to have a finished edge. I believe this edge is called a "selvedged" edge or a "salvadged" edge wire cloth or wire mesh.... I have seen a few things about this in the past, but as of right now, I do not see it for sale on my usual wire cloth...

2" x 4" seems to be the correct and most popular size, but what alloy is best? I would think stainless steel to avoid the mesh from getting rusted (good list of alloys seen here: http://www.bwire.com/ ) but thats just my opinion. I am glad you pointed out that everyone here should bury the...

If you decide to go with the galvanized hardware cloth 48" roll, absolutely fold the bottom 12" and staple or fasten somehow into the ground. You migth not be worried about anything getting underneath for now, but pests are just unbelievably sneaky. Another aspect to watch will be the height...

Hey guys, just bought some wire mesh and after stumbling upon this forum, I figured I would throw you guys the name of the source in case anyone out there is still looking for rolls of this material.... Belleville Wire Cloth Cedar Grove, NJ 800-631-0490 Worth a call or visit their website...