In a message dated 1/4/2000 5:11:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Bent or folded mesh can do good things ... but remember to get joints
laced - I require stainless steel wire to lace the joints at corners and
junctions of sheets.

 PS  Any opportunity to use stretched fabric mesh (hail net or bird net)?
This can be very effective too. >>

David,

Many thanks for your as-usual good counsel. Don't you get bored being the
smart guy all the time?  Or do you stay away from the Pinheads when you've
gotten through your daily case of Foster's?

Part of the Contractor's excuse for not wanting to use the woven stuff is
that he's afraid it'll unravel at the perimeter, and since I didn't know
enough to require him to reinforce/bind/hem the edges, it would probably be a
tough fight.  He says he'll look for 1" (25.2 mm, for the internationalists
among us) welded mesh.  In your opinion, will that do the job, or do I need
to insist on the 3/4"?  I take it the lacing you refer to is some sort of
post-manufacture operation to prevent unraveling; can you tell me how it's
done?

We will have some "fabric" netting in relatively accessible parts of the
building, but I want the stainless in two particular locations around cooling
towers and at the top of a tank house which will (God willing) never need to
be worked on again, so I don't want to stick the Owner with a maintenance
problem on even a 10 or 15 year cycle if it can possibly be avoided.

Thanks.

Ralph