Windbreak knitted & woven
Many crops can benefit from wind shelter and for some it’s essential for plants at an early age. Redpath windbreak is also used to protect your home and surrounding environment from excessive or persistent winds.
Redpath import and distribute a range of high quality windbreak fabrics for use in horticulture, animal shelters and for the home garden. A commercial grade monofilament construction is used with UV stabilisation properties to make it well suited to Australian conditions. Butterfly clips may be used for many situations to secure the cloth.
Redpath windbreak is the same family of fabrics as the Redpath shadecloth range, and it can be used for windbreak duties.
Widths available include 1.83m, 2m, 3.66, & 4m. Roll lengths are 50 metres. The 3.66m & 4m sized rolls are folded in half for ease of shipping.
Redpaths UV stabilised windbreak cloth is regularly quoted by our customers as being able to last 10 years or more. Our commercial grade windbreak is a trusted brand and is used nationwide by farmers, horticulturists, nurseries, councils and government departments.
The wind protection factor stated is ‘nominal’ – Wind protection factors will vary depending on the design of the windbreak, the aspect of the windbreak to the relevant wind direction, wind-speed and the condition and cleanliness of the windbreak fabric.
You can use Redpaths butterfly design windbreak clip to secure the cloth at the edges to a wire, (see below for further info)
GSM ‘grams per square metre’ is also nominal as this weight is an average weight across the full roll and can vary due to the manufacturing knitting process.
NOTE: Always order a slightly wider and longer length of cloth than your structure measures, – this is so that you have enough cloth leftover to secure the cloth to whatever design structure you are fitting it too.
Select the weight (GSM) of wind cloth that you or your consultant best think suits your crop and location needs (we can post you small samples upon request to assist)
Wind shelter: in White & Green colour, with 5 year UV pro-rata warranty, lasts up to 10 years
SIZES: 2m or 4m wide x 50m rolls, gives 25/30% shade factors
Buttefly Clips
The Redpath butterfly wind clips are a simple way to secure wind cloth or shadecloth to a wire or cable; they are supplied individually but bulk discounts apply for larger amounts.
The clips have two main locking pins and 4 additional locator pins, and include a reinforced ribbed hinge + an opening so that a wire may be run through the clip at 90deg to the cloth retaining wire.
They are manufactured from UV stabilised black Polyethylene for improved durability and flexibility against perishing or cracking. By closing the hinge of the butterfly clip over a wire each side presses together to lock and traps the wind cloth in-between. Typically you would use approximately four clips per metre at the edge of the windbreak or shadecloth.
Butterfly clips are suited to lighter uses for windbreaks.
Redpath Duralock 2, aluminium track clipping system may also be used to secure the shadecloth fabric to the buildings framework(See link below)