Cat netting for balcony installs is the single most common job we ship from our Sydney warehouse. The reason is simple: a balcony is the only outdoor space most apartment cats ever see, and the railing gap is the only thing keeping them on the right side of a four-story drop. A proper balcony cat netting install removes that risk for a decade. It's a permanent fixture (drilled brackets, tensioned wire, edged netting), not a temporary fix.
The netting itself matters more than it looks. Cheap balcony netting from generic Amazon listings is woven nylon. It sags within a season, frays at the cut edge, and goes brittle in direct sun. Our cat balcony netting is pre-stretched knotted polyethylene with a UV-rated coating that retains 93% of its tensile strength after a decade of direct sunlight. Cut it to your railing length with regular scissors and the cut edge doesn't fray. That's the difference between "still up in five years" and "replace next summer."
A growing share of our balcony orders are balcony catio builds. Owners who want more than a basic safety net and want a fully-enclosed balcony their cat can use like an outdoor room. The way to build a balcony catio with our netting is straightforward: measure each face (front railing, both sides, and the ceiling if you want it fully enclosed), order the metres, install with our DIY Hardware. Brackets drill into the railing posts and wall, stainless steel wire tensions across each face, then the netting attaches to the wire and the perimeter is finished with edging rope. No frame to build, no carpentry. The result looks like a clean enclosed balcony, not a cage.
Custom length is what makes this work. Balconies and patios are never standard sizes. They're 3.45m here, with a curved corner there, and an inset door on one end. Buying a 1.8m × 9m roll means trimming half of it. The by-the-metre range is built for real-world shapes: measure the run, order that many metres, install. We ship in 1.8m Black (the lowest-visibility option), 1.8m Stone (blends with light walls), or the Premium Stainless Reinforced range for homeowner-grade permanent installs and high-rise wind load.
Installation is DIY-friendly but it is a permanent fixture. A standard 3.6m apartment balcony takes one person 2 to 3 hours with our DIY Hardware: drill the brackets into the railing posts and wall, tension stainless steel wire across each face, attach the netting, and finish with edging rope. UV-treated cable ties, stainless wire, brackets, and zipper panels are all in the DIY hardware collection. Condo and townhouse owners get the homeowner-grade permanent install; renters need landlord or strata approval before drilling, since the bracket holes don't come out. Cat patio enclosure builds on a covered patio typically combine side-wall panels (by the metre) with an overhead roll for the ceiling, all attached to the same hardware system.
Whether you're cat-proofing a city apartment balcony, building a fully-enclosed balcony catio, screening a townhouse patio, wrapping a back deck, or sealing a screened-in porch against an escape-artist cat, the goal is the same: real outdoor stimulation for the cat, real peace of mind for you, and a netting that disappears against the railing rather than making your space look like a cage. That's the Catnets standard, and it's why 7,900+ cat owners have bought from us.
