Black Woven Aluminium Fly & Insect Screen

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Assuming that you would be looking to roll the insect mesh away when you pack up the awning, then the fiberglass insect mesh may be more suitable. It is very flexible (almost cloth-like), but it is a strong material.

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The soffit mesh is woven. The material is finely knitted together, which holds the strands of wire in place. However, if you pull the outer strand of wire then you can pull it out.

If you would like to see the material then we would be happy to send a small sample in the post.

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If it is just bees that you wish to keep out, we would normally recommend our woven stainless steel 8 Mesh as this is typically used for beekeeping. This product has an open area of 60% i.e. it will allow 60% of the airflow through – you may need to check that this is sufficient to allow the smoke to escape from your chimney. The advantage of this material is that it is a lot more rigid than insect mesh, due to the 0.71mm thick wire. The 8 Mesh is sold by the linear metre.

If you are also looking to keep out other insects, such as mosquitoes, then the stainless steel insect mesh would be a better choice than the woven aluminium. Stainless steel is typically used for chimney liners where a woodburner has been installed, so there shouldn’t be an issue with the heat.

Technically aluminium doesn’t rust, as it doesn’t contain iron - therefore, you won’t get red rust as you would on a steel product. However, it is possible for aluminium to corrode in certain circumstances, for example, exposure to salt or high levels of alkaline. Usually what happens when aluminium corrodes is that it forms a white, salt-like coating which then hardens and protects the alloy from further corrosion (you sometimes see this type of corrosion on aluminium shower frames).

Our aluminium insect mesh does, however, have a black epoxy resin coating which provides additional protection to corrosion.

Another insect mesh which would be a good option is our grade 316 stainless steel insect mesh, which is highly resistant to corrosion (link to grade 316 stainless).

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Thank-you for the e-mail.

Whilst the salt in the air in coastal locations can start to corrode aluminium, usually the aluminium forms a protective layer (it forms a white, salt-like coating) which then hardens and protects the aluminium from further corrosion – you sometimes see this type of corrosion on aluminium shower frames. Therefore, the insect mesh should be OK to use in coastal locations. The mesh also has a further protective layer of black epoxy resin.

Alternatively, you could use our Grade 316 stainless steel insect mesh, which is known as marine grade stainless.

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Dear Mr W.,

Thank you for the enquiry.

The black woven aluminium insect mesh can be cut with a sharp Stanley knife, however to avoid the blade slipping whilst cutting you may be better using a sharp pair of kitchen scissors.

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As we are only merchants, unfortunately we don’t have any experience with fitting. However, the best option may be to frame the insect mesh, and then attach the frame to the window or screw the frame into the wall around the PVC window frame.

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The black aluminium insect mesh can be bent to an angle, and it will retain this shape. Please note, however, that insect mesh is a light weight mesh and so the mesh will not be a rigid panel.

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We have a black epoxy coated aluminium woven fly screen which has a 73% open area.