Fitting stainless steel insect mesh into door

Nov 04, 2009 2 Replies

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Tim 16 years ago

I need some advice on the best way to fit stainless steel insect mesh into a softwood timber door. The door is a two panel design and the mesh is going in the top panel.

Size of opening is 430 x 1285mm with a 35 wide x 15mm deep rebate to fit the panel of mesh in. The mesh spec is, Stainless Woven Wire Mesh Size 16 mesh - 1.2 mm aperture

I'd like to stretch the mesh like a canvas to get it taught and flat but haven't a clue how to do it in a way that can be hidden in a rebate that size. Has anyone done something like this before?

Thanks for any help

Tim

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David WE Roberts 16 years ago

The insect mesh on our camper door (fabric, not stainless) is stretched by pushing a round rubber strip into a channel all round the edge. This both tensions and holds the mesh. This might work with a very flexible and light steel mesh.

Alternatively you could decide to use a heavier weight of steel mesh so that it is rigid and doesn't need stretching, in which case I assume you would fit it just like a pane of glass.

Cheers

Dave R

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Tim 16 years ago

Thanks Dave that's given me a couple of ideas.

Cheers

Tim

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