Wire Mesh and Posts

What Are Wire Mesh and Posts?

Chain link fence and posts are the oldest and cheapest way to enclose land. The system has two parts: mesh supplied in rolls and stretched between the posts, and the post that carries it. Against panel fence, the material costs less per metre and long runs go up far faster. On field, vineyard, orchard, forest boundary and mine perimeters running to hundreds of metres, chain link is still the standard answer.

AnkaraTel sells the whole group from its Ostim warehouse and ships across Türkiye. Site surveys are free of charge within Ankara; delivery is charged, including within Ankara. Installation is not a standard service, and our team attends site only on projects of approximately 1,000 metres and above.

Which Product Suits Which Need? (Selection Guide)

This category covers three jobs: the mesh that closes the face, the post that carries it and the deterrent wire on top. A correct order plans all three together.

Face mesh follows the damp. In dry inland regions, and on long runs where cost leads, Galvanized Chain Link Fence is enough. For irrigated gardens, coastal sites, animal shelters and anywhere in contact with manure, use PVC Coated Chain Link Fence; the PVC layer shields the galvanizing from damp and chemicals like a second skin, and is safer where animals touch it. Where the face must be small, welded and rigid (poultry house bases, stopping rabbits and birds escaping, backing under plaster), the right product is Welded Mesh Panel; it is not tensioned like woven mesh, it works like a panel.

Post choice follows the ground and the budget. Concrete Post takes no paint, does not rust, needs no maintenance for decades and gives the lowest cost per metre on long rural runs, but it is heavy and awkward to transport and handle. Steel Tube Post is light, bolts to concrete ground in its flanged version and suits urban projects and fast builds; if the galvanizing is poor, though, it corrodes at ground level over the years.

Risk level decides the top deterrent. For farmland and stock control Barbed Wire is cheap and sufficient. Where theft is a risk, move to razor wire: Flat Wrap Razor Wire on narrow flat surfaces such as wall tops, and on critical sites where the bulk can be given up, Concertina Razor Wire, which is far harder to get through.

Technical Selection Criteria

Three figures must be asked for on chain link: wire diameter, mesh aperture and roll height. Thicker wire resists cutting and breaking better, but the roll gets heavier and the price rises. A smaller aperture closes the face and uses more wire per metre, so the cost rises too; small mesh holds small animals, large mesh only marks a boundary.

PVC coated products carry two dimensions: inner wire diameter and outer diameter after coating. Ask for both, because two products with the same outer diameter can hide different inner wire, and strength depends entirely on the inner wire. On galvanized product, zinc coating weight per square metre sets the life; lightly coated wire looks fine the first year and pits with rust within a few.

Post Spacing and Tensioning Details

Woven mesh only works under tension, so post spacing and line wire are critical. On level ground the posts are set at equal spacing, and posts at corners and beside gates are braced. Corner posts without a brace lean inwards the moment the mesh is tensioned, and the whole run sags.

Horizontal line wires run at top, middle and bottom, and the mesh ties to them. With no line wire at the bottom, wind and animal pressure lift the bottom edge. If barbed or razor wire goes on top, each post head needs a forward-angled carrier arm; that arm makes climbing markedly harder.

Where Is It Used?

Chain link and post systems are used on farmland, vineyards and fruit orchards, grazing areas, forest and pasture boundaries, mines and quarries, water channels, solar power plants, infrastructure sites, railway and highway verges, and around large plots of land. In towns, steel tube post applications lead around school grounds, park boundaries and car parks.

How Much Material Do You Need?

Work it out in three steps. Measure the perimeter in metres and deduct the gate openings. For mesh quantity, divide the total running metres by the roll length and leave a margin for overlaps and waste. For post count, divide the running metres by your chosen post spacing and add one; then add a post per corner and allow at least one brace per corner.

Line wire, tie wire and tensioners belong on the list too: each horizontal run needs line wire equal to the perimeter, so three runs means three times that figure. Barbed wire on top takes the same multiplier. Within Ankara we measure on site and the survey is free of charge; outside the city we draw the material list from a sketch or a satellite image.

What Determines the Price?

Weight drives price in this group. Wire diameter, mesh aperture, roll height and coating type together set the cost per kilogram. On posts, the concrete post's section and length and the steel tube post's diameter and wall thickness decide. On razor wire, blade type, coil diameter and core wire quality feed straight into the price.

Order quantity and shipment come on top. On heavy items such as concrete posts, transport takes a serious share of the total cost, so a single full load is always better value. All our prices include VAT, and instead of a price figure we issue a quotation specific to your project.

Ordering and Shipment

Once the running metres and product details reach us we prepare an itemised, VAT-included quotation. After approval the goods leave the Ostim warehouse: mesh rolls and small items by parcel carrier, heavy bulky products such as concrete posts by truck. Delivery is charged, and this applies within Ankara too; we run no zero-cost carriage scheme. Transport is stated separately in the quotation by tonnage, volume and distance. Installation is not a standard service; our team attends site on projects of approximately 1,000 metres and above.