Attaching Chicken Wire To Metal Frame

I am making large and small animal enclosures.

Attaching chicken wire to metal frame.

How can i attach a wire mesh to a a metal frame of a large cat enclosure. Use a hand stapler or upholstery stapler to secure the chicken wire to the back of the frame. Use wire cutters to trim off any sharp edges along the edge of the chicken wire. Robin osborne feb.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. To add stability to a chicken wire panel stapled to a wooden post nail a length of one by two lumber over the line of. Have someone help you line up the piece of chicken wire on the chain link fence. For a project i am building a large cat enclosure i have to attach a wire mesh fence like thing to a steel frame.

How to hang chicken wire for your chicken coop. If using it as fencing attach the end of the chicken wire to the fence using 6 to 8 inch wire pieces that you have cut. Step 4 align and attach chicken wire on fence. If the chicken wire is not the exact same height as the chain link fence line up the chicken wire at the base of the fence.

Apply as many staples as needed making sure to get a staple in each corner and two on each side at minimum. Cut lengths of baling wire and wrap them around the metal t posts and through the chicken wire and twist the ends. Screws and washers to attach the wire work well at first but after a few years i find the screw holes or the screws rust so they don t withstand the test of time very well. I have used this wire by cutting a length of it and sewing it through the wire around the metal to reinforce corners and at about 1 foot intervals on the top bottom and sides.

I haven t made the small movable chicken runs using the smaller mesh but think the idea of danielm using screw cup thingies and pop riveting them through the. Attach the chicken wire to a good starting point in your frame or fence. How should i do it i do not have any welding tools and don t know anybody that has it.