Welded Wire Mesh Gabion & Gabion Mattresses

Welded Wire Mesh Gabion & Gabion Mattresses:

These flexible, permeable, rock-filled and interconnected modular units create a monolithic wall for earth retention or a blanket for soil stabilization, providing the civil engineer a unique building material that aesthetically blends that sheared-rock look into its natural environment.

Welded wire mesh means that each point of contact in the grid is actually welded to form a more rigid connection, making this type of gabion indispensable in achieving a more flat, sharp appearance. The added stiffness makes rock filling less cumbersome for better installation times and reduced labor costs.

Welded mesh gabions feature:

Easy transport

Gabions are shipped by panels that easily fold into a rectangular basket. Sides are raised and the seams temporarily fastened. The basket is placed and adjacent edges permanently laced.

Quicker install

Once expanded and placed, gabions are simply and securely interconnected with corkscrew spiral binders at each vertical junction. Welded wire mesh gabions are assembled, placed and filled considerably faster than their woven wire counterparts.

Better shape control

Welded wire mesh provides shape control superior to twisted or woven wire fabric. Diaphragms and preformed stiffeners brace adjacent panels and provide added stiffness for even more shape control.

ASTM A974

Welded mesh gabions and mattresses are manufactured to the ASTM A974 standard, which also establishes minimum requirements for preassembly of the baskets and mattresses for shipping. The wire mesh used is galvanized or PVC coated for applications where greater durability is desired.

Welded mesh gabion stone cage applications:

Welded Mesh Gabions are used in many situations including the stabilization of earth movement and erosion, river control, reservoirs, canal refurbishment, landscaping and retaining walls. Welded mesh gabions are faster to erect and do not need tensioning.

1.gabions used in garden design

Gabions are customisable and we can fabricate curves for home garden use, can be used to planted flowers to decorative your garden, also can be used to build a gabion seat.

2.gabion used in retaining wall

3mm diameter wire usually used on lower retaining walls, 4mm diameter wire on medium to high retaining walls and the heaviest 5mm wire for the highest structures, divided by diaphragms at 1 metre centres,  plastic coated units are most suitable for coastal projects.

3.gabion used in cladding 

Gabions used as cladding can provide an attractive finish to buildings, walls and many other situations. 

4.gabion used in gabion fencing

gabions used for fencing imageGabions have now become an important feature in many situations and  the construction of thin walls made from narrow depth gabions have become very popular.

5.gabion used in river mattress

Welded mesh gabion mattresses are useful when trying to avoid erosion in streams the mattress goes into the river and underneath a gabion wall to stop the river undercutting the wall at the edge where the water speed is fastest.