Glossary / mesh

mesh

Noncombustible, corrosion-resistant metal screen with openings from 1/16 to 1/8 inch. A prescriptive ember path. Not an ASTM E2886 listed vent.

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Related

• prescriptive path
• performance path
• vents
• Mesh versus listed vents

Where this term is used

58 guides use this term.

• Bird blocks, boxed soffit, or unvented attic
• Chimney spark arrestors
• Colorado CWRC versus Oregon R327 versus California CWUIC
• Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code adoption
• Craftsman eaves under R327
• Deck ledger and the wall intersection
• Deck railings in the WUI
• Dryer vents versus mesh

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