How to build a cat enclosure?

[Benk]

I am building a cat enclosure for my client and she want a 10x 10 m enclosure. The structure will be a net from her fence to the facia board of her house. I am having challenges on how to secure the cat netting on the fence as well as on the facia board. Also how is the net joint to each other in case i want to join? I found these photos online and is what i need. 

[Nailbag]

Hi @Benk 

I don't have any photos but I built one with similar build requirements as yours. Fortunately the facia boards were timber, so I used those same shade cloth fasteners @Dave-1 suggested starting at one end then pulling the cloth as tight as I could and securing the other end before fixing central nail gangs. Then I sandwiched that edge with 70 x 35 treated pine using 60mm batten screws. At the fence end I essentially did the same fixing the TP to the fence posts, then the shade cloth, but covered this side with flat 3mm aluminium strips.

Nailbag

[Benk]

Thanks Nailbag. You have nailed it as @Dave did. I will share photos when we are done. My concern though is the colurbond fencing. It looks not to be strong enough to hold the tension. I am thinkng of putting down some timber posts (90x45) to tie in and help it out.

[Benk]

@Nailbag @Dave-1 Good Day, I am circling back with results of my recent cat enclosure build which turned out better than i expected thanks to your expert guidance and advise. I cannot give this community a big enough wrap of how much I have leaned and the projects completed by simply reseaching on this platform. Thanks to bunnings for creating the space to share and to all the gun trades who take their time to read and provide valuable input. Cheers to many more projects ahead. Front entrance to enclosure Net seam joining Back garage door Front steel framing Corner Steel mesh door

[MitchellMc]

That looks great @Benk!

Well done and many thanks for sharing your results.

Mitchell

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @Benk 

Now that looks great! Solid and clean, No chance of a great escape instance at all

What do they think of it tho?

Dave

[Benk]

The client loved it and now her cats are free to roam in safety.

Cheers

[Benk]

Forgot to mention @EricL

Thank you heaps mate for your expert advise and keep up the good work. Cheers

[Nailbag]

Well done on a really neat job @Benk You have done an impressive job of keeping the netting stretched perfectly across the entire area.

I reckon you should post that as a project to share with the community as there will be plenty of others wanting to learn from your experience and design technique.

Nailbag