Hardware cloth prices

[Kysam]

Can everyone post what they payed for hardware cloth. I am trying to get a general idea of cost. How wide how long and gauge of wire.
I am looking for the average price for 6 foot X100 foot 1/2" mesh. Thanks

 

[bburn]

Don't quote me because I am not 100% sure on the length....but mine was two foot tall and I think 100' of hardware cloth and I paid right at $60 for it. If everyone goes wild I will ask my DH when he comes in. I did a chicken tractor, an eight foot smaller holding pen (8x2) and have used it for windows in two coops and still have quite a bit left.

Wear long sleeves and gloves when working with it! I was really scratched up after working with it. Don't know the gauge.

 

[secuono]

20ft I believe, by 36in for $30. Too expensive for me, but I had to get it for making rabbit cages. All else they had was chicken wire and that stuff sucks.

 

[elizabethbinary]

I live in Australia where it's like $120 for a frickn 10m (30~ ft) roll.

I can build an entire chook pen for like $40 if I use scraps... but the mesh always costs me twice that.

 

[gumbii]

at my feedstore, i got 36" tall 15' long for 10 bucks... i forgot what gauge... but i'll check later today...

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Eighty cents to a dollar a running foot is typical depending on the width. Gauge varies with the manufacturer. I've gone to buying it in the hundred foot rolls from a local farm supply. Not because it's appreciably cheaper than what I can buy in shorter rolls from places like Lowes and so on, but because it's a heavier gauge than I can find anywhere else.

As a general rule with any sort of wire or fencing the more metal in the given square foot the more it's going to cost whether it's wires per square foot, gauge of the wire, and especially both.

I use a lot of hardware cloth because it has great predator resistance and usually lasts a good long while.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I pay $100.00 to $110.00 per roll at Agri Supply or Southern States by buying multiple rolls(48"X100'..19ga). Last year I bought about $1200.00 worth. Worth every dime. I look at it like this...Hardware cloth is a one time investment_Having to keep replacing birds due to insufficient housing/pens is a ongoing expense.

 

[elmo]

Another factor affecting price is whether the wire was galvanized before or after welding. Galvanized After Weld wire (GAV) is usually more expensive and is a better product than Galvanized Before Weld (GBW) wire. When the wire is galvanized before welding, the welding process can remove some of the zinc at the weld points, making it more prone to rust there.

 

[gavinandallison]

Try ebay, there is a company from Greensboro NC on there, it is not cheap, but worthwhile in the long run!

 

[churchx3]

Something else to consider is what I have used....galvanized metal panels which I have affixed to the bottom of the chain link panels. A bit more $ I believe but it forms a solid barrier on the bottom of the fencing. And if something should decide to try and dig in, they would get sliced up on the metal panels. And it lasts forever! My fence panels are 12 feet long and I bought 12 ft galvanized panels then drilled a hole in the top and bottom of the panels and zip tied them to the fence panels. Very secure.