Future coop help :)

[shelbyw]

I am wondering how tall can hardware mesh get? I have some that I am currently using on their temporary coop, but I am planning on making the coop taller and bigger. I would like to know how tall the hardware mesh can be. Thanks

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

19 GAUGE
Size of Mesh: 1/2 x 1/2
Length of Rolls: 50' , 100'
Width of Rolls: 24", 30", 36", 48", 60"

So 60" tall by 100 foot long from this supplier.

This is pretty standard (what you can expect to find at your farm supply store or a hardware store or Big Box store).

To completely cover say a 8 foot tall run you would just overlap and fasten.
The best method would probably be to run the roll vertically so you can fasten with screws and washers to your posts if you got the 5 foot (60") roll your posts could be 5 foot on center, that way you would have a bit of fudge factor when fastening the wire runs to the posts.

 

[shelbyw]

19 GAUGE
Size of Mesh: 1/2 x 1/2
Length of Rolls: 50' , 100'
Width of Rolls: 24", 30", 36", 48", 60"

So 60" tall by 100 foot long from this supplier.

This is pretty standard (what you can expect to find at your farm supply store or a hardware store or Big Box store).

To completely cover say a 8 foot tall run you would just overlap and fasten.
The best method would probably be to run the roll vertically so you can fasten with screws and washers to your posts if you got the 5 foot (60") roll your posts could be 5 foot on center, that way you would have a bit of fudge factor when fastening the wire runs to the posts.

Our roof on the coop is sloped so snow and rain fall off. The tallest wood posts are 7ft and the smallest posts, which are the front ones, are 6ft. There will be 2 more 6 ft posts to hold up more roof when we expand the coop. When we upgrade the coop we will most likely nail/screw them in. What do you recommend to do for the bottom of the mesh? Like wood all the way around the bottom and then nail/screw the mesh to the wood?

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

It is a good idea to use a rim board all the way around the bottom for security, it also gives you a way to bend the mesh out so you can "dig proof" around the perimeter of the run. If you have 16" of wire below the surface, so the critter digs and hits the mesh, they usually stop and move on, 16" out means they won't find that edge they usually start digging right next to the run fence. The best fastening system is with screws and washers, this holds the mesh very well and you don't have to worry so much about breaking the mesh wires. Distance between screws can be 8-10" up the sides but I like 6" along the rim board so there is no slack or way to get slack there.

 

[shelbyw]

It is a good idea to use a rim board all the way around the bottom for security, it also gives you a way to bend the mesh out so you can "dig proof" around the perimeter of the run. If you have 16" of wire below the surface, so the critter digs and hits the mesh, they usually stop and move on, 16" out means they won't find that edge they usually start digging right next to the run fence.  The best fastening system is with screws and washers, this holds the mesh very well and you don't have to worry so much about breaking the mesh wires.  Distance between screws can be 8-10" up the sides but I like 6" along the rim board so there is no slack or way to get slack there.

Thanks! I will use your advice I can't wait to start making a bigger coop!