What is Reinforcing Mesh

Reinforcing mesh is generally used for concrete reinforcing on house foundations, floor slabs and brick walls. Reinforcing mesh is a welded wire fabric, prefabricated steel reinforcement material. It has a rectangular or square grid pattern and is produced in flat sheets. It is used to provide tensile strength and crack control to structural concrete elements. Standard sheet sizes of a reinforcing mesh are 4.8m x 2.4m. General purpose mesh is used for reinforcing flat concrete elements such as floor slabs and walls. Square mesh is manufactured from L grade ribbed wires (D500L) that are welded together with equal spacing in both directions to form square apertures. Square mesh available in sheets of two sizes: Full size mesh sheets are 6m x 2.4m with side lap wires to minimise the laps between sheets on large areas 4B2 Mesh is the same high quality mesh but produced in a handy 2m x 4m sheet, perfect for smaller jobs like driveways or DIY.

Galvanised Mesh:
Includes galvanised wire, mesh rolls and sheep yard mesh.

Galvanised Mesh – Industrial Mesh – Galvanised Wire
Industrial mesh and wire required for security and safety. These industrial meshes will cover such areas as safety mesh, mine mesh, tractor canopy mesh.

Galvanised Mesh – General Purpose Galvanised Mesh Rolls
As the name suggests a range of meshes available in a convenient roll form. General Purpose Mesh covers areas such as garden mesh, trellis mesh, and light weight security.

Galvanised Mesh – Sheep yard Mesh
Purpose made mesh with sheep safety in mind. Mesh used for yarding, sorting prior to shearing and slaughtering. Designed to minimise any injury to sheep and lambs.

Most modern houses met the Building Code’s performance objective of life safety, some experienced damage greater than expected and in some cases need for building replacement. Some of this damage may have been avoided if the concrete floor slabs contained reinforcing mesh steel to tie the foundations together, and the steel had higher ductility. Changes were then made to the acceptable solution requiring the use of high ductility (Grade E) reinforcing mesh in floor slabs in accordance with the Standard. This change had only marginal impact on building costs. Reinforcing mesh is used to strengthen concrete; providing added strength to the already strong cement. Often referred to as ‘re-bar’, the steel has a surface of raised lines and patterns to allow it to stick tightly inside the concrete. Flexguard reinforcing mesh are balanced, open-weave glass, fiber reinforcing mesh, twisted multi-end strands treated for compatibility with senergy base coats. A variety of flexguard reinforcing mesh types are available to meet the different requirements of impact resistance at specific wall locations. Flexguard reinforcing mesh conforms to MIL-Y-114OG.

Working on house foundations, floor slabs and brick walls, they are an integral part of construction projects. The Brisbane reinforcing mesh bars are used in various commercial applications due to their high quality and strength. For non-critical or budgetary purposes, it may be necessary to estimate metalwork based on building type and construction.