Zinc Coated Gabion Basket – 2m*1m*1m

Maccafferi Zinc-Coated Gabion Baskets are robust, flexible wire-mesh containers designed to be filled with appropriately graded stones on site. Once assembled, connected, and filled, the baskets form strong, permeable, monolithic structures suitable for retaining soil, controlling erosion, protecting waterways, and supporting civil engineering works.

The gabions are manufactured from double-twisted hexagonal woven steel wire mesh in an 8 × 10 mesh configuration. The steel wire is heavily galvanized with a Class A zinc coating, providing protection against corrosion and improving durability in exposed environments. The double-twist construction helps prevent progressive unraveling if an individual wire is accidentally cut or damaged.

Key Applications of Gabion Basket

Zinc-coated gabions are suitable for:

• Gravity retaining walls

• Riverbank and shoreline protection

• River-training and water-management works

• Channel linings

• Weirs and hydraulic structures

• Bridge-abutment and culvert protection

• Slope stabilization

• Road and railway embankment protection

• Erosion and scour control

• Noise-barrier construction

• Landscaping and architectural features

Main benefits of Gabion Box

• Flexible construction that can accommodate minor settlement and ground movement

• Permeable structure that allows water to drain through naturally

• Reduces hydrostatic pressure behind retaining structures

• Double-twisted mesh provides stability and resistance to unraveling

• Heavy zinc coating protects the steel wire against corrosion

• Stronger selvage wires reinforce all panel edges

• Stone filling provides substantial mass and resistance to water and soil forces

• Can blend naturally into the surrounding environment

• Vegetation may establish within the stone voids over time

• Modular system allows different structure sizes and configurations

• Suitable for both engineering and decorative applications

Technical specifications

Property Specification

Product type Zinc-coated gabion basket

Mesh construction Double-twisted hexagonal woven steel wire

Mesh type 8 × 10

Nominal mesh opening, M 80 mm

Mesh tolerance -0/+10 mm

Zinc coating Class A heavy zinc coating

Wire tensile strength 350–375 N/mm²

Elongation at fracture Minimum 8%

Standard mesh-wire diameter 2.70 mm or 3.00 mm

Mesh tensile strength with 2.70 mm wire 55 ± 5 kN/m

Mesh tensile strength with 3.00 mm wire 72 ± 5 kN/m

Dimensional tolerance ±5%

Main compliance standards SANS 1580 and EN 10223-3

Standard Wire Configurations