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Gabion stone baskets has been popular in nowadays in fencing, seating and feature walls which can be filled with rock, stone and pebbles, and adapted to different shapes and sizes.

The most common civil engineering use of gabion baskets is to stabilize shorelines, stream banks or slopes against erosion.

Other uses include retaining walls, temporary flood walls, silt filtration from runoff, for small or temporary/permanent dams, river training, or channel lining. They may be used to direct the force of a flow of flood water around a vulnerable structure.

It can also used as fish screens on small streams.

Gabion stepped weirs are commonly used for river training and flood control; the stepped design enhances the rate of energy dissipation in the channel, and it is particularly well-suited to the construction of gabion stepped weirs. 

 1. Features of gabion baskets                                                                    

1) Economic. Just put the stone in the Gabion and seal it.

2) Gabion basket can be of any size.

3) Sludge in the stones is good for plant growing. Mixed to form a integrity with the natural environment.

4) Gabon basket has good permeation which prevent the damage by hydrostatic.

The life expectancy of gabion basket depends on the lifespan of the wire, not on the contents of the basket. The structure will fail when the wire fails. Galvanized steel wire is most common, but PVC-coated and stainless steel wire are also used. PVC-coated galvanized gabions have been estimated to survive for 60 years.Some gabion manufacturers guarantee a structural consistency of 50 years.

 2. Structure of gabion baskets                                                                 

Gabion basket consists of mesh panels, spiral binders, some have diaphragm and reinforcing hooks.

The spiral binders connects each 2 panels.

1) Gabion baskets have some advantages over loose riprap because of their modularity and ability to be stacked in various shapes;

they are also resistant to being washed away by moving water. Gabions also have advantages over more rigid structures,

because they can conform to subsidence, dissipate energy from flowing water, and drain freely.

Their strength and effectiveness may increase with time in some cases, as silt and vegetation fill the interstitial voids and reinforce the structure.

They are sometimes used to prevent falling stones from a cut or cliff endangering traffic on a thoroughfare.

2) The detail of gabion basket is as below.

3. Application of gabion baskets                                                 

1) A wonderful idea is to make a gabion basket into a cabin.

2) People use the hot dipped galvanized gabion baskets to make a parterre.

3) Gabion wall is retaining wall made of stacked stone-filled gabions tied together with wire.

Gabion baskets are usually battered (angled back towards the slope), or stepped back with the slope, rather than stacked vertically.

4. Regular size of gabion baskets                                                                                  

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Table 2 - in feet

 1. How to make inquiry of gabion stone baskets

Answer: advising main spec and quantity so we calculate the price.

2. Could you provide a free sample of gabion basket?

Answer: Yes, the only issue is there may be freight collect.

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