RESIDENTIAL
CHAIN LINK FENCE
A chain-link fence (also referred to as wire netting, wire-mesh fence, chain-wire fence, cyclone fence, hurricane fence, or diamond-mesh fence) is a type of woven fence usually made from galvanized or LLDPE-coated steel wire. It is formed by weaving a series of spirals together to make a diamond pattern that is available is a variety of sizes and gauges. The wire is galvanized to reduce corrosion.
Chain-link gained popularity because of the relatively low cost, and because it is open and does not obscure sunlight from either side of the fence. Chain-link can be turned into a semi-private fence by adding vinyl slats into the mesh. In the United Kingdom, the firm of Barnard, Bishop & Barnard was established in Norwich to produce chain-link fencing by machine. The process was developed by Charles Barnard in 1844 based on cloth weaving machines.
The Anchor Post Fence Co., established in 1891, bought the rights to the wire-weaving machine and was the first company to manufacture chain-link fencing in the United States. Anchor Fence also holds the first United States patent for chain-link. The machine was purchased from a man in 1845 from Belgium who originally invented the wire bending machine. Chain link fences have a skeleton made of posts and rails, held together by caps. Chain link mesh is stretched tightly across the skeleton after the skeleton is installed. A metal bar, called a tension bar, is woven into the end of the mesh and attached to the end posts with tension bands. The parts of a chain-link fence are: Chain link, top rail, line post, terminal posts (ends and corners), tension band, brace band, rail end, eye top, post cap, tension bar, tie wire, nuts, and bolts.
