Weldgrip Gabions & Mattresses

- Machinery

- Universal Grout System
- AM1000-1 Thixotropic Grout
- Grout Pump Systems
- Turmag Drilling Machine
- Gopher Drilling Machine

- Reinforcement

- Self Drilling Steel Anchor System
- Composite Self Drilling Soil Nails
- Gripforce® Composite Soil Nails & Rockbolts
- FT500 Fully Threaded Composite Bar & Tube
- ATB700 Fully Threaded Bar & AT Rockbolts

- Ancillaries

- Drill Bits
- Drill Steels

- Mesh Products

- Double Twisted Hexagonal PVC Coated Mesh
- Gabions & Mattresses

- Dawlish Cliff Stabilisation
- Ramsden Bellhouse & Kent Hill
- Flood Risk Management
- Boness Embankment Stabalisation
- A259 Road Stabilization
- Doveholes Stabilisation
- Kingsand Sea Defence
- Lancaster Canal
- Coalfields Link
- Whitehaven Harbour
- Blaston Hollow
- A638 Rocknetting
- Chatham Dock
- Tondu Iron Works
- Brokenberry Quarry
- A5 - North Wales
- The Sidmouth Cliffs
- Conway Castle
- Glenholt Tunnel
- Athens Metro
- The Bradway Tunnel
- PorthKerry Tunnels
- Conisbrough Tunnel
- Face Salvage
- Mesh Cage System

Gabions & Mattresses

Weldgrip Gabions and mattresses provide a low cost, easily installed method of construction and retainment. They are made from high tensile mesh, which can be hot dip galvanized or Galfan coated.
The latter is a Zinc-Aluminum coating applied to improve the corrosion resistance of the wire.

They provide reinforcement for many structures, which include :

Retaining Walls
Temporary Bridge Abutments
Noise Barriers
Beach Reinforcement
River Bank Revetment
Landscaped Boundaries
Drainage Channels and Culverts
Railway Embankments
Safety Barriers
Terraced Slope Reinforcement

Gabions

All Weldgrip gabions and Mattresses are manufactured from cold drawn steel wire, electrically welded at every intersection. Standard sizes and finishes are shown in the tables below. Other specifications may be available to special order.

Weldgrip gabions and mattresses are supplied in a collapsed form. Sections are linked together before despatch with stainless steel clips. Split rings and galvanized wire lacing is also supplied for site assembly.

Available in Galfan, or Hot Dip Galvanized to BS 729

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Length x Width x Depth (metres)	Diaphragms	Capacity (cu m)	Nominal mesh (mm) x Wire Diameter (mm)
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	0	0.50	75 x 75 x 3.0
1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	0	1.00	0r
1.5 x 1.0 x 0.5	1	0.75	0r
1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0	1	1.50	0r
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	1	1.00	75 x 75 x 4.0
2.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	1	2.00	or
3.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	2	1.50	or
3.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	2	3.00	or
4.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	3	2.00	75 x 75 x 5.0
4.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	3	4.00

Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Length x Width x Depth (metres)	Diaphragms	Capacity (cu m)	Nominal mesh (mm) x Wire Diameter (mm)
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	0	0.50	75 x 75 x 2.70 galvanized core, plastic coated to 3.20 overall
1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	0	1.00
1.5 x 1.0 x 0.5	1	0.75
1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0	1	1.50
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	1	1.00
2.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	1	2.00
3.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	2	1.50
3.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	2	3.00
4.0 x 1.0 x 0.5	3	2.00
4.0 x 1.0 x 1.0	3	4.00

Mattresses

Site assembly of gabions and mattresses should be carried out in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

Assembled gabions and mattress should be placed in position prior to filling, and secured to adjoining gabions by lacing with the wire provided.

Filling material should be not less than 100mm, or larger than 150mm; 90% of fill to be retained on a 100mm ring. The fill should be packed tightly so that there are no apparent voids.

Gabions should be overfilled by 25mm - 50mm to allow for settlement. The lacing of the lids should be carried out immediately after filling, particularly in storm or flood situations.

Weights of filling materials

Material	Average kg/cu metre
Basalt	1650
Brick	1240
Broken Concrete	1340
Granite	1600
Limestone	1440
Sandstone	1390
Shingle	1500
Slag	1500

Available in Galfan, or Hot Dip Galvanized to BS 729

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Length x Width x Depth (metres)	Diaphragms	Capacity (cu m)	Nominal mesh (mm) x Wire Diameter (mm)
6 x 2 x 0.150	5	1.80	75 x 75 x 2.50 or 75 x 75 x 3.0
6 x 2 x 0.225	5	2.70
6 x 2 x 0.300	5	3.60
3 x 2 x 0.150	2	0.90
3 x 2 x 0.225	2	1.35
3 x 2 x 0.300	2	1.80

Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Length x Width x Depth (metres)	Diaphragms	Capacity (cu m)	Nominal mesh (mm) x Wire Diameter (mm)
6 x 2 x 0.150	5	1.80	75 x 75 x 2.70 galvanized core, plastic coated to 3.20 overall
6 x 2 x 0.225	5	2.70
6 x 2 x 0.300	5	3.60
3 x 2 x 0.150	2	0.90
3 x 2 x 0.225	2	1.35
3 x 2 x 0.300	2	1.80

Mattresses used as beach reinforcement to preserve and regenerate natural shoreline.

Gabions

Specialist trapezoidal Gabions designed for use as a safety barrier.

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Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443 Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Available in Galfan, or Hot Dip Galvanized to BS 729 Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443 Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Available in Galfan, or Hot Dip Galvanized to BS 729

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications

Plastic Coated Bonded on wire Galvanized to BS 443

Nominal Dimensions / Specifications