What do you call that stuff that's like hardware cloth but doesn't...

[LAS14]

... have the plastic. Just the litle squares of heavy wire.... I want to be able to see through it and have air circulate. You can see why I'm not able to Google this.

Please see restatement of the problem.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10181380800

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[Laelth]

1. Screen.

As in “material for a screen door.”



-Laelth

[LAS14]

5. No, much bigger squares and heavier wire.

[Laelth]

8. Chicken wire? n/t

-Laelth

[Ptah]

2. Mesh or Wire cloth

https://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Wire-Cloth/b?ie=UTF8&node=6469724011

[LAS14]

7. Thanks!

[soothsayer]

3. Chicken wire? Mesh?

[LAS14]

11. Yup, "Mesh" does the trick.

[NurseJackie]

4. What is the size of the critter that you're trying to keep out? (Or keep in?)

Birds, raccoons, flies and mosquitoes, gnats?

[LAS14]

10. Deer. But just cones around individual plants. "Mesh" seems to be the secret.

[Yonnie3]

6. Hardware cloth is correct

The brands on Lowe's website are Blue Hawk and Acorn International. Adding the word "Galvanized" may help get rid of the plastic ones.

[LAS14]

9. Thanks. I don't know why my previous searches only got that stuff with plastic filling in..

... the squares. "Mesh" may be the secret.

[Fla Dem]

12. Click on this, hundred of options to select from.

Click on "images" at top of page. You can see all the different types. Hope this helps.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wire+mesh+screen&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiHqMSc7sLqAhUPU1MKHWQsC5gQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=wire+mesh+screen&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDFAAWABghPgHaABwAHgAgAEAiAEAkgEAmAEAqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=l3YIX8eAHo-mzQLk2KzACQ&bih=579&biw=1261&hl=en