Gabion Retaining Wall River

Building the gabion cages and wall for our smallish farm.

Gabion retaining wall river.

Gabion flood projection must be designed to cope with peak river flows often referred to to as 1 in 50yr floods. They are simple to build and can be filled wit. We can supply any quantity of gabion baskets no order is too small. A gabion wall is a retaining wall made of stacked stone.

Gabions can be built in all weathers the contractor has placed timber formwork to hold the gabions straight during machine filling. The retaining wall toe prevents the gabion wall sliding forwards the depth of the toe needs to increase as the wall gets bigger. We have the largest range of gabion sizes for ready for dispatch from our depot. Top quality easy installation.

Our kitset gabion prices include all the helicals and bracewire required to assemble the gabions. Gabion retaining walls can be designed and configured with a stepped front face or a smooth front face. The dura flex river mattress is a low profile gabion made of galvanized double twisted wire mesh and when filled with rocks at the project site forms a flexible permeable monolithic structure for river bank protection and channel linings for erosion control. Our gabion baskets are triple life galfan coated which lasts 2 3 times longer than galv.

All of gabion canada baskets are made of high gauge welded mesh and galvanized or galfan coated steel. When utilizing a gabion wall with a smooth front face the gabion wall should be placed on a 5 6 degree batter and is not recommended for walls above 18 high. Gabion stepped weirs are commonly used for river training and flood control. This wall also has a decorative stone on the face.

When building gabions on softer soils both the depth of the toe and the size of the base needs to be increased to spread the load over a wider area. Wider applications include the stabilization of erosion and earth movement reservoirs and river flow control.