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What is the difference between the installation of Structa Wire products and the comparative lathing products?

  • Structalath, Structalath Twin Trac, and Mega Lath are rolled products, making them significantly easier to install than sheet products.
  • Structa Wire products can be cut to the appropriate length, eliminating the typical lap joint every eight feet of sheet products.
  • Each Structa Wire product is “taller” or wider.
  • Structa Twin Trac is more than eight inches wider than 2.5 lb diamond lath.
  • Mega Lath is about 3 inches wider than 3.4 small diamond lath.
  • Structalath is an inch taller than woven wire and 10 inches taller than 2 inch x 2 inch welded sheets.
  • Another difference is the weight and handling of a roll of Structa Wire products – they are lighter and easier to handle than similar yardage of comparative products.

Safety and Packaging FAQ

How are Structa products packaged?

All Structa Wire products are designed to be palletized, shipped, and stored efficiently. Per square foot, Structa Wire rolled products save approximately 40% or more space in transportation payload and storage than other leading products. Additionally, all of our rolled products use only four plastic bands, used both to package and identify key information: the manufacturer and country of origin, the product identity including the dimension, and the industry approvals. Please refer to this PDF for more detailed information and diagrams.

What other contributions do Structa Wire products offer?

Safety

  • Our products are user friendly:
  • We’ve eliminated the razor edges that are created when cutting metal lath.
  • Our products never weigh more than 60 pounds.
  • Structa Wire products roll out flat: they never spring back like other lathing products.

Reduced Cracking

  • Consistently, contractors state that our products reduce cracking by up to 80%

We’ve virtually eliminated lap joints by creating a product in which the plaster flows freely behind and around every wire. The blockage and inability to embed that can result from doubling up small diamond metal lath or metal rib lath does not occur with Structa Wire products. Our product resists the stretching tensions that are experienced both in shrinkage and minor building settlement, making it far more durable. The furring (28 or more in every square foot of our rolled products) ensures that thickness is created in the scratch coat and that full thickness is experienced evenly across the wall. The furrs also hold the weather barrier flat against the substrate, preventing any puckering or bunching of the paper from developing and ensuring thin areas with a high risk of cracking are not created within the wall.

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