Wind-Vented Building Mesh (120gsm)

Wind-Vented Building Mesh (120gsm) — A perforated cloth that lets wind pass straight through — the honest answer to an exposed site, specified for building wraps.

Mesh solves a structural problem rather than a graphic one. A solid banner on an exposed fence or scaffold acts as a sail: the wind has nowhere to go and the load transfers into your fixings and the structure behind them. Perforating the cloth lets air through and drops that load dramatically. The perforations give the cloth an open, textured character, and mesh is designed to be read at distance — where that openness disappears and the image reads as solid colour.

Building wraps are the largest format we produce and the least forgiving. They are installed at height, they stay up for months or years, and getting one down to fix a problem is expensive — so the specification has to be right before anything is printed.

Best for

• Full and partial facade wraps
• Multi-storey building graphics
• Retail storefront wraps
• Development and hoarding facade panels
• Feature-wall and architectural graphics

Key advantages

• Open perforations shed wind load, which is why scaffold and fence contractors specify it
• Reduces stress on fixings, fence panels and scaffold structure
• Allows daylight and airflow through to whatever is behind the panel
• Reads strongly at viewing distance despite the open structure
• Lighter to handle and rig than a solid banner of the same span

Specifications

Choosing the right specification

Specify for the wind, then specify for the years. Mesh for anything large and exposed; a coated tarpaulin where the wrap is sheltered and needs to last. Panel large facades rather than attempting a single piece — seamed panels are easier to handle at height, easier to tension evenly, and far easier to replace individually if one is damaged.

How ordering works

• Send your artwork — Upload print-ready artwork at any stage — we check scale, resolution and bleed before anything goes to press and come back to you if something needs adjusting.
• Made to your size — Every panel is cut and finished to your dimensions. Tell us the finished size you need and how it is being fixed, and we will allow for hems and fixings correctly.
• Printed by dye-sublimation — Colour is transferred into the polyester fibre under heat, so the image becomes part of the cloth rather than a layer sitting on top of it.
• Finished and shipped — Hems, eyelets, pole pockets, silicone edge and other finishing are applied before your order is folded, boxed and dispatched worldwide.

Related specifications

This is the 120gsm version. Other sizes and weights in the same fabric are made to order — tell us the finished dimensions you need and we will quote them.

Technical detail

What the perforation actually buys you. A mesh banner is roughly 70% printable surface and 30% open hole. Published installation guidance puts the resulting wind-load reduction at 30-37% compared with a solid banner of the same span, which is why fence and scaffold contractors specify mesh rather than a closed cloth. Standard practice is to fix at grommets spaced about 24 inches around the whole perimeter, with extra ties at the top, bottom and centre on large panels or exposed positions. Scaffold-height installations see higher wind speeds than ground-level fence runs, so fixing spacing matters more the higher the panel goes.

What to expect from service life. Indoors and out of direct sun, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more. Outdoors, published ranges for dye-sublimated polyester run from roughly six to twenty-four months depending on how exposed the position is, with the shorter end applying in high-ultraviolet regions such as the Southwest, Florida and the Gulf Coast, and in coastal or high-wind locations. Sheltered and north-facing installations reach the longer end. Coated and tarpaulin-grade constructions extend beyond that band because the coating carries the UV load.

Best suited to

Exposed spans where wind load governs the install — scaffold wraps, fence lines, sports perimeters and large building faces.

Also in this range

For sheltered positions and close-viewing detail, our solid Oxford and tarpaulin ranges give a fully closed print face.

Not sure which fabric is right? Order a free swatch pack and see the weight, texture and finish in your own hands before you commit to a full run.