Gabions are wire mesh boxes, containers or baskets filled with rock to prevent soil erosion and to retain/contain soil particles. Gabions and geotextiles are normally used together to reduce water velocities and re-capture river bed sediment in streams. Flat Gabions, called River or Reno Mattresses are widely used in river courses where soil erosion is a problem over a large flat or sloped area needing protection against soil loss or scour. They are used mostly in the civil engineering industry especially in the construction of roadway drainage structures, however recently due to their environmental benefits are being used in many various applications and industries.
We manufacture Class A Galvanised or with an additional PVC coating, hexagonal type woven wire mesh gabion materials. The woven mesh has a high tensile strength at the same time having a high compressive strength when filled with suitable un-weathered rock. Our materials are quality assured, supplied together with the SANS 1580 mark and are used in a very wide range of applications.
Internationally gabion materials have been commonly used since the early 1880's all over the world and have become one of the main soil erosion control and retaining wall solution elements. Some have tried to use more rigid welded-mesh elements and sometimes even plastic materials for gabion materials. However time and again the high strength and flexibility of the honeycomb shaped (hexagonal steel wire mesh) has proven to provide the ultimate solution.
Gabions are supplied in a wide range of sizes, commonly measured firstly in length x width x height of basket (all measurements in metres). Standard sized baskets are available, listed on our website, other sizes can sometimes be made available depending on the quantity required and also bearing in mind that they take longe

River Mattresses – Manufactured using hexagonal woven mesh type, Class A Galvanized or with a 0.50mm thickness PVC coating, mesh aperture 60 x 80mm, mesh wire diameter of 2.20mm and salvage wire diameter of 3.4mm.
Length(m) x Width(m) x Height(m) = Volume (m³ )
Or Length x Width = Plan Area (m2)
2 x 1 x 0.30 (0.6 m³ ) or (2 m2)
3 x 1 x 0.30 (0.9 m³ ) or (3 m2)
4 x 1 x 0.30 (1.2 m³ ) or (4 m2)
6 x 2 x 0.17 (2.04 m³ ) or (12 m2)
6 x 2 x 0.23 (2.76 m³ ) or (12 m2)
6 x 2 x 0.30 (3.60 m³ ) or (12 m2)