GABIONS AND RIVER OR RENO MATTRESSES

Manufactured in South Africa, offering Class A Galvanised or with Grey PVC coating Hexagonal woven mesh baskets and mattresses, Square Weldmesh baskets are also available.

Why you need Gabions and River or Reno Mattresses

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 to 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 in need of protection against soil loss or scour.
They are used mostly in the civil engineering industry, especially in the construction of roadway drainage structures.
Due to the many environmental benefits associated with gabions, they are being used in many various applications and industries.
We manufacture Gabions using a Class A Galvanising – or together with an additional 0.5mm thickness PVC coating – for hexagonal type woven wire mesh gabion materials.
The woven mesh has a high tensile strength, as well as a high compressive strength when filled with suitable un-weathered rock.
Our materials are quality assured, meet with the SANS 1580 specification and are used in a very wide range of applications.

We also offer Class A Galvanised Square Weldmesh gabions, and have a separate page for this type of gabion.
We now offer Gabions and River Mattresses using a new Dura Zinc wire coating, which is a new improved form of Galvanisation, including 95% Zinc coating alloy with 5% Aluminium, it has vastly improved corrosion protection properties; providing 3-4 times more corrosion protection than normal Galvanising !
Internationally, gabion materials have been commonly used since the early 1880’s all over the world and have become one of the most popular soil erosion control and retaining wall solutions. 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 (it should be noted that the latter requires a longer period of time to be manufactured than standard sized units).

What’s the difference between Gabions and River/Reno Mattresses

Gabion Baskets

Manufactured using Hexagonal Woven or Square Weldmesh type

Hexagonal Woven mesh

Class A Galvanized or with an additional 0,5mm thickness Grey PVC coating, mesh aperture of 80 x 100mm, and mesh wire diameter of 2.7mm, salvage wire dia. of 3.4mm.

Square Weld mesh

Class A Galvanised/ Durazinc Coated, with mesh aperture of 50 x 50, 50 x 100 or 75 x 75mm (others on request), mesh wire diameter of 3.00 or 4.00mm available.

Standard Sizes

Length(m) x Width(m) x Height(m) = Volume (m³)

1x1x0.5(0.5m³)	1x1x1 (1m³)
2x1x0.5 (1m³)	2x1x1 (2m³)
3x1x0.5 (1.5m³)	3x1x1 (3m³)
4x1x0.5 (2m³)	4x1x1 (4m³)
1.5x1x1 (1.5m³)	2×0.5×0.5 (0.5m³)

River Mattresses

Manufactured only using Hexagonal Woven mesh type for the flexibility required on unstable soils.

Hexagonal Woven mesh

Class A Galvanized or with an additional 0.50mm thickness PVC coating, mesh aperture 60 x 80 mm, mesh wire diameter of 2.20 mm and salvage wire diameter of 3.4mm. We do not feel the square weld mesh is suitable for this purpose where a more flexible product is required.

Alternative

Another option available in the 80 x 100mm mesh aperture, with 2.7mm diameter wire and 3.4mm salvage wire, for more aggressive / corrosive environments.

Standard Sizes

Length(m) x Width(m) x Height(m) = Volume (m³)

or Length x Width = Plan Area (m²)

2x1x0.3 (0.6m³)	6x2x0.17 (2.04m³)
3x1x0.3 (0.9m³)	6x2x0.23 (2.76m³)
4x1x0.3 (1.2m³)	6x2x0.30 (3.60m³)

What are Gabions and River or Reno Mattresses used for?

Gabions have been around for over a hundred years and have a wide range of applications and new ones are continually being found. We have listed below the most common applications to date, manufactured using either woven double twisted or welded square mesh.

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GABIONS AND RIVER OR RENO MATTRESSES

GABIONS AND RIVER OR RENO MATTRESSES

Manufactured in South Africa, offering Class A Galvanised or with Grey PVC coating Hexagonal woven mesh baskets and mattresses, Square Weldmesh baskets are also available.

Why you need Gabions and River or Reno Mattresses

What’s the difference between Gabions and River/Reno Mattresses

Gabion Baskets

River Mattresses

What are Gabions and River or Reno Mattresses used for?