Gabion mattresses are box units where the plan area is large compared to its height. Each unit is subdivided into compartments normally to give cells 2m x 1m in plan.

Standard mattress sizes are 3m x 2m & 2m x 2m in plan and available in depths of 0.17m and 0.3m respectively. These are typically supplied in a Galfan coated wire with a PVC coating on top as traditionally they are laid on the beds of watercourses or beneath gabion walls to provide erosion protection and under scour. Once filled with stone or rock and the lid closed, they form monolithic blankets.

Technical Specification

  • Fabric Type: Hexagonal woven, double-twist wire mesh

  • Mesh Aperture: 60mm x 80mm

  • Tensile Strength (wire): 350 to 550 N/mm²

  • Available wire thicknesses (Galfan/PVC) – 2.0mm/3.0mm overall

  • Mesh Aperture – 60x80mm

  • Standard basket lengths – 3000mm

  • Standard basket widths – 2000mm

  • Standard basket heights – 170mm, 300mm