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GABIONS AND RIVER MATTRESSES

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.

GABION SITE TRAINING

Gabion Baskets offer practical training to personnel on site to help local, possibly unskilled communities participate in infrastructure development projects, even when experienced construction skills are not available nearby.

GABION BARRIER

These units are suitable for filling with earth, sand, gravel, crushed rock and other granular materials.

WELDED MESH

Fully made up Gabion baskets or mesh rolls/panels are offered for more flexible use on building or civil engineering construction sites.

Gabion Planter Boxes

We offer a custom designed, suited to feature aesthetically pleasing Gabion Planter Box which is sure to turn heads and get lots of queries.

ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS

We offer solutions and expert advice on the installation of baskets for freestanding Gabion walls and Gabion wall cladding applications within the Architectural, domestic market.

RETAINING WALLS

Retaining walls are extremely popular for holding back unstable embankments.

GABION ROCKS

Quality gabion baskets require quality rock infill, we can offer suitable rock supply. We also offer expert advice regarding the best rock specifications for your particular requirements.

HEXAGONAL WOVEN MESH

Hexagonal woven mesh is the perfect product for rockfall netting and to cover large areas of river mattresses quickly. The mesh is of high strength and made of durable material.

THE GARDEN GABION

The small Gabion can be filled with glass bottles, rock, timber logs, building rubble, roof tiles or whatever you have available or would like to decorate the basket with

GAB-BLOC SYSTEM

We are re-introducing the mini gabion, referred to as a wire mesh Gab-Bloc. This is a mini gabion to reduce the amount of infill or rock required for smaller walls.

GEOTEXTILES

Protect the integrity of your gabion basket installation with high quality non-woven or woven geotextiles behind and below the structures against the soil.

BIODEGRADABLE SOIL BLANKETS

Promote vegetation growth combined with your gabion structure, and help retain the important top soil with our bio-degradable soil blankets and Coir logs.

Impermeable Liners

Impermeable liners are used for gabion walls needing to be impervious to water, or slow down the movement of water flow through the structure.

GAB – TAIL SYSTEM

The Gab – Tail is a reinforced soil system, with gabion units facing, together with an extended hexagonal woven mesh tail, which extends back into the soil

GABION TOOL SETS

These tools have been specifically chosen to ensure the shortest possible installation time and also ensure that the quality of the installation is of the highest standard.

AUTOCAD DESIGN DRAWINGS

We have a list of some of our standard AutoCad drawings which are available to you should you require them. Feel free to request these from us.

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Distributors near you

Swaziland – +268 2518 4010
Edward Basumbuko
Email: sales@swaziwire.co.sz
Plot 224 Matsapha industrial sites, Manzini
Namibia – +264 61 247030
Stuart Creal
Email: stuart@steel-and-wire.com
961 Parsons Road, Southern Industrial, Windhoek

Freestate – 082 807 4672
Johnny Tyrannis
Email: johnny@fenceandgate.co.za
22 Lessing Avenue, Estoire, Bloemfontein
Mpumalanga – 082 466 4661
Fanie Joubert
Email: consultfanie@gmail.com
Nelspruit

Limpopo – 015 297 2470
Lebogang Seanego
Email: lebo @wenbrohire.co.za
18 Platinum Street, Polokwane
Malawi – +265 (0) 212 844 059
Zameer
Email: zameer.mw123@gmail.com
Church Road, Limbe business district

Botswana – +267 392 6371
Prof Rejoice Tsheko
Email: rejoice.tsheko@gmail.com
Plot 126 Unit 17, Gaborone International Finance Park, Botswana

Lesotho – +266-59417309
Abdullah-Al-Hussain
Email: abk_holdings@yahoo.com
ABK Holdings, Maseru-100, Lesotho

Gabions and River Mattresses

Manufactured and supplied in Southern Africa with related products and service offerings, based in Johannesburg, we are Proudly South African. We specialize in the manufacture, distribution, design and the installation of our products used in the Civil Engineering, Construction, Architectural, Landscaping and Mining Industries. Gabions are used widely, throughout the world in a wide variety of retaining wall and river erosion control structures to reduce water flow velocities in streams and waterways to prevent soil erosion by encouraging deposition of fine soil sediments and the subsequent growth of indigenous vegetation. These products have been available internationally for in excess of the past 140 years.

Gabion technology has evolved over time to the point where it is now. In South Africa the product become available widely since about 1957, and since then has spread throughout Africa as a useful tool to solve soil erosion and retention problems. Having now also been widely used in the architectural and landscaping industries. Gabions are simple to install and provide for many labor intensive job opportunities on the sites where the works are undertaken.