#Garden arch factory how to#

If you don’t have an angle grinder, then you can see if the company you’re purchasing from can cut if for you. If you have an angle grinder, then you can easily cut the panel yourself at home giving you more freedom to figure out exactly what size you need after you see your reo mesh panel in person. Once you get your reo mesh panel delivered on your property, you will need to work out your measurements and get it cut to size. Possibly even cut them to size if you don’t have an angle grinderĪll you have to do is call up and ask + make sure you have somewhere to store your reo mesh panel (of 6 metres~ length) like a carport. Well it turns out, you can indeed buy reo mesh in urban cities too! Check out garden & building supply companies near you - there are various companies around Melbourne depending on where you live that sell reo mesh panels and will also be happy to It seems that most of the people I saw online making garden arches like these were often doing this on farm properties etc and owned their own utes or whatever and would shop for similar panels from rural farm supply stores & then drive their own 6 metre panels home. So if you’re an urban dweller like me, how are you meant to buy such a thing, let alone bring it home? This was probably my second road block when it came to progressing with this project. Now if you’re going to be buying a panel 6 metres in length well yes, that is going to be very very large.

#Garden arch factory how to#

WHERE TO BUY REO MESH & HOW TO GET IT HOME? 82mm reo mesh is on the thicker side compared to say a 62mm reo mesh and I was personally pretty worried that it would be too thick to bend, which is what stopped me from going ahead with this DIY for ages as I didn’t want to order in some huge panel only for it to be too rigid to use! But I assure you it’s more than fine to work with and exactly the thickness you need. This will usually be noted in the product name with numbers 62, 72, 82 etc to denote mesh that’s 62mm thick, 72mm thick and so on.Īfter doing some research and asking around, it seems that 82mm thick mesh is best for making garden arches.

When shopping you will see that reo mesh comes in varying thicknesses. But what differs is the thickness of the mesh panels. Reo mesh typically is made out of squares that are 20cm in size - so in terms of the size of the grids, 20cm is generally the standard size you will get for this. The pieces I used were 2.4 m x 6 m in size.Ĥ x 1.8 m tall star posts / steel fence posts per arch that you createĪngle grinder if you’re cutting it yourselfĢ people (including you!) to manoeuvre and bend the arch Reo mesh comes in a variety of sizes both large and small but the size you are looking for is one that is at least 5 metres (yes!) in length and in whatever width you want your arch to be. The magical item in question that you need to get your hands on to make your own garden arch is concrete reinforcing mesh panels, also commonly known as reo mesh or reo panels.

I’m sure you’ve seen pictures of garden arches all over Pinterest and the Internet but perhaps like me, you have always wondered exactly what that square gridded thing is called.