12' X 14' screen?

[sjptak]

This is probably about as off topic as it can get. I've googled, googled again and then regoogled and can't find what I want. Anyone know where I can buy an 18/14 mesh 12' X 14' piece of fibreglass insect screen? Best I could come up with is all the Chinese manufactures that will sell to retailers. Someone here in the states should be able to get me a pice of screening......

Thanks.

[Sonetpro]

Try a fabric store.

[sjptak]

Like Jo Annes?

[Sonetpro]

Yea I've got it from there before. I don't know how big though.

[53clipper]

Is this different from the screen that they sell at Lowe's and Home Depot?

[Sonetpro]

It's like tent screen. When I hunt and the skeeters are bad I'll cover my deer blind with it.

[sjptak]

It's pretty much the same stuff at HD and lowes with the exception of size. The 18/14 mesh is a common pattern. 12' X 14' is where I'm having a problem. I'm looking to cover up an ornamental pond with the screen being supported by a PVC frame. I suppose I could get 4' X 50' if I could find it, and then mount the screen on each pole. I was hoping to only mount it on the two outermost poles making it easy to roll up for storage.

I could also use bird netting for fruit trees, but the pond is located close to a white ash, which drops seeds in the spring that would fall right through the bird netting.

My quest continues......I will check with the local fabric shops later this week.

[53clipper]

You know, come to think of it, they had camo colored mesh screen at a fabric ship I was in one time. Usually 54" wide though.

[sjptak]

Camo would work. I'm not at all fussy about the color. Like I said, I could do with 4'. I'd just prefer the full nut,

[Ken A Hood]

Something like this?

LINK

[madjack]

http://www.seattlefabrics.com/mesh.html#Cargo%20Netting

http://www.fatiguesarmynavy.com/store/item/FA2810

these are the best netting links I have...besides the box stores...
madjack

[bledsoe3]

Like Jo Annes?

No, likes Dougs.

[sjptak]

Ken,
I looked at that stuff in a local pond place. Although the size is perfect,the 3/8 openings are too large. The little seed things that fall from the ash tree would easily make it through.

MadJack,
Looks like a 5' width X 10 yds long is going to be my best bet. There were a couple sites I found that had larger but they were pricey cause they were "garage door screens". I guess they fancied up the edges a bit.

Bledsoe,
Ya think some lil ol quiting lady has a 12'X14' piece in her stash?.

Thanks guys. I may settle on the 5' piece.

[madjack]

Stan, I didn't think of this earlier...around here, we have a big greenhouse/nursery industry and they cover their greenhouses with what is known as "shade cloth", a woven FG screen in various weaves...so a greenhouse supply place may be a good source...
madjack
http://www.catalogclearance.com/depts/shadecloth.html/

[sjptak]

MadJack,

That was it. I was able to find a retailer on the weband and I could buy 137" Wide by the linear foot. It'll be about $100, but worth it to me.

Thanks