Looking for thicker gauge coated hardware cloth

[SweetieChicken234]

Just wondering if anyone has a source for hardware cloth closer to 14g. Coated if possible. Looking for 6ft height rolls. I see a lot of 19g and I'm not super happy with that

 

[StinkyAcres]

Just wondering if anyone has a source for hardware cloth closer to 14g. Coated if possible. Looking for 6ft height rolls. I see a lot of 19g and I'm not super happy with that

I'm curious - why aren't you happy with the 19-gauge? Are you looking for 1/2" spacing?

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I'm curious - why aren't you happy with the 19-gauge? Are you looking for 1/2" spacing?

I want to make some wire only temp cages for quails for transport or temporary holding.. with j clips. I want it to be strong and sturdy. 1/2" is great. 1/4" is good too. Everything else I build is wood framed but I want smaller cages without wood.

I just built this but it's 19g and pretty thin. I can't make a wire only cage with this stuff.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I want to make some wire only temp cages for quails for transport or temporary holding.. with j clips. I want it to be strong and sturdy. 1/2" is great. 1/4" is good too. Everything else I build is wood framed but I want smaller cages without wood.

I just built this but it's 19g and pretty thin. I can't make a wire only cage with this stuff.

I gotcha. The smaller spacing is definitely harder to find in a thicker gauge. I found some in 16-gauge, but it's not coated, just galvanized.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I gotcha. The smaller spacing is definitely harder to find in a thicker gauge. I found some in 16-gauge, but it's not coated, just galvanized.

16 is the best I've seen yet. Lol I feel like years ago it wasn't that hard to find thicker gauges. I'm not sure what happened.

 

[Derrick]

Not sure what gauge it is but this is where I got mine and it was the best price shipped to my house. They have different size openings and coated.

https://www.critterfence.com/critterfence-black-steel-1-2-inch-square-grid-6-x-100

 

[StinkyAcres]

Not sure what gauge it is but this is where I got mine and it was the best price shipped to my house. They have different size openings and coated.

https://www.critterfence.com/critterfence-black-steel-1-2-inch-square-grid-6-x-100

HERE it says "17GA after coating 20GA before coating minimum"

 

[Derrick]

If only I could read…. lol.

It may work as the coating makes it stiffer.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Ok so we are on the right track here!!

 

[McChooky]

I want to make some wire only temp cages for quails for transport or temporary holding.. with j clips. I want it to be strong and sturdy. 1/2" is great. 1/4" is good too. Everything else I build is wood framed but I want smaller cages without wood.

I just built this but it's 19g and pretty thin. I can't make a wire only cage with this stuff.

Anything bigger or smaller than 1/2" will be too flexible and weak for a cage. I built a cat catio out of 16 gauge coated galvanized hw cloth and it has 1" x 1" openings .In my opinion the size of the openings is as important as the gauge.Sorry but I couldn't find any 6ft tall rolls of coated 16 gauge hw cloth.