20- Tie ring to top of frames
21- Fix metal hoops to frames
22- Place props inside framework
Fixing of mesh over skeletal frame
?Lay 7' x 4' lengths of chicken mesh on the entire outer surface of the skeletal framework and tie the
mesh to the metal hoops only, using binding wire.
?Wrap a second layer of chicken mesh around the outer surface of the first layer of mesh and tie the mesh
to the metal hoops with binding wire. Make sure that joints of the bottom and top layers of mesh are
covered or overlapped.
?Firmly pull the double layer of chicken mesh, at the base, upwards and around the already fixed mesh
on the sides of the tank structure. Secure the base layer of chicken mesh to the metal hoops with
binding wire
23- Place chicken mesh on frames 24- Fix chicken mesh to frames
25- Fix base layers of mesh
?Prepare a cylindrical shaped roll of chicken mesh that is sized so as to accommodate a plastic bucket
(typically 1 2 litre bucked used for paint). Provide for a 10” extension of the mesh cylinder. Make about
4 or 5 cuts to a depth of 10” in the extended part of the cylinder as shown in the drawing. Place the
mesh cylinder on the top surface of the tank structure in a location closest to the incoming rainwater
pipe from the gutters of the building. Tie the splayed ends of the cylinder to the mesh envelope and
metal hoops.
26- Fabricate mesh cylinder
27- place mesh cylinder on tank
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