[Strawbale] 2x2" galvanized welded wire mesh for SB house

[Rob Tom]

Kathy wrote:

> 2x2" galvanized welded wire mesh price quote ... about knocked our  
> socks  off!!! $747.50 for one roll 100' long, and 4' wide

Kathy;

Have you checked a local farm supply to see what they have ?
They often have stuff that is better quality and better suited to a  
particular building task (even though it may not be sold as such) and sell  
it a price that is several magnitudes less costly than the equivalent  
"product" that is sold at building supply outlets.

Or if you are in a more urban area, a steel supply house (ie a place where  
contractors go to get their structural steel, rolls of reinforcing mesh,  
rebar, bar stock,  etc.) would be the place to go.

Or have you considered not using steel at all and using a plastic mesh  
like one of the Tenax CintoFlex products ?  The contractors' desk at any  
building supply or a farm supply will be able to order it for you.  A 10  
ft wide x 330 foot long roll would cost about $300.

That being said, I hope that whoever designed your building and specified  
the mesh also provided explicit instructions on how the mesh should be  
installed and how to properly embed the mesh in the plaster.

Otherwise, it would just be money & effort spent for nought.

(You'd be surprised how many people do just that.)



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