How do I connect hardware cloth to hardware cloth?

[ragingowl77]

I would overlap the pieces and put a piece of wood over the overlap pieces of hardware cloth. Also make sure you staple the pieces in place before you cover it up

That's what I ended up doing

 

[MRVWyo]

I've used hog rings. Seems to hold so far. And it was quick.

 

[twoquinns]

My local feed store told me to use rabbit cage clips. Those hog rings look like they might be tougher than these...

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/lixit-rabbit-cage-clips-1263802

We use these cage clips on hardware cloth. They do require a special tool but work well and are plenty strong.

 

[lifein1840]

I use zip ties. I overlap 4 squares and zip tie in different patterns to make sure I have the strongest connection. Also, when I'm attaching hardware cloth to wood (fence posts, coop structure) I use screws and fender washers.

How do I "seal the seam" between 2 sheets of hard cloth? I was using wood on the few places I needed to do this when I was building the coop, but now I'm going to start building the run. The hardware cloth is 4 ft. high, the run is going to be 6 ft. high. So, there's going to be 2 layers of the cloth and a lot of seams, which would mean a lot of wood just to seal those seams. Is there a different way to do it, or someplace to get the hardware cloth in 6 ft. high rolls (I bought my old hardware cloth from ebay, so if there's a better place in general please let me know)

 

[Ted Brown]

Caution re Hog Rings

I used hog rings along the seam to attach lengths of HC together (see above). Thought they were the cat's meow until today.

In the past month I have lost three hens to a raccoon who had found it's way into my run. Each time I tracked down the entry "hole", each time it was along seams that I was convinced I had sealed using the rings, each time the seams were open and without rings.

Today my chicken buddy was over and told me that there were more holes into the run. i looked and they were along a seam 4 feet off the ground.

I scratched my head before I realized that the rings can be loosened and then shaken off by a persistent strong critter such as a raccoon. My seams were not covered with wooden strips as some of the folks above have described, this would prevent the problem.

I repaired using short lengths of 19 gauge wire tied along the seams and tightened with a pliers. Tedious.!!

As the Sergeant used to say "Be careful out there!".

 

[raingarden]

Caution re Hog Rings

I used hog rings along to attach lengths of HC together (see above). Thought they were the cat's meow until today.

In the past month I have lost three hens to a raccoon who had found it's way into my run. Each time I tracked down the entry "hole", each time it was along seams that I was convinced I had sealed using the rings, each time the seams were open and without rings.

Today my chicken buddy was over and told me that there were more holes into the run. i looked and they were along a seam 4 feet off the ground.

I scratched my head before I realized that the rings can be loosened and then shaken off by a persistent strong critter such as a raccoon. My seams were not covered with wooden strips as some of the folks above have described, this were prevent the problem.

I repaired using short lengths of 19 gauge wire tied along the seams and tightened with a pliers. Tedious.!!

As the Sergeant used to say "Be careful out there!".

I wish I knew their secret. I have the devil of a time getting 3/8" SS or galvanized hog ring crimps off of hardware cloth and usually end up mangling the wire trying to remove them. Maybe use a game camera to spy on their methods.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Caution re Hog Rings

I used hog rings along the seam to attach lengths of HC together (see above). Thought they were the cat's meow until today.

Yikes. I guess the last raccoon that left evidence of their visit wasn't trying very hard, because they managed to pry the HWC seam apart, until it hit the next hog ring. There was a peel back along about 1" of the seam but the rings didn't budge.

 

[lleeme]

How do I "seal the seam" between 2 sheets of hard cloth? I was using wood on the few places I needed to do this when I was building the coop, but now I'm going to start building the run. The hardware cloth is 4 ft. high, the run is going to be 6 ft. high. So, there's going to be 2 layers of the cloth and a lot of seams, which would mean a lot of wood just to seal those seams. Is there a different way to do it, or someplace to get the hardware cloth in 6 ft. high rolls (I bought my old hardware cloth from ebay, so if there's a better place in general please let me know).

Hog rings.

 

[raingarden]

Yikes. I guess the last raccoon that left evidence of their visit wasn't trying very hard, because they managed to pry the HWC seam apart, until it hit the next hog ring. There was a peel back along about 1" of the seam but the rings didn't budge.

They were tearing the wire? The next step up would be one-inch welded wire. or something like that.

But, if there is an overlap on two ajoining pieces of hardware cloth then there are two lines of crimps to spread the load.

I don't know how close the spacing on the crimps would have to be. If you put them every inch then the seam would be stronger than the mesh, but way to tedious to install. If the spacing was a every foot then maybe the villain could pry it apart.

 

[rosemarythyme]

They were tearing the wire? The next step up would be one-inch welded wire. or something like that.

They pried up the seam between 2 pieces. What I do is overlap, then do a double line of hog rings that are spaced like a zig zag. But the hog rings all held in my case and the seam got flattened back down, with a couple extra hog rings to keep it in place.

We have chain link fencing behind all of this, the HWC is to stop reachthroughs.