How to assemble welded wire gabion

Welded gabion assembly steps as following:

Step 1: Cut the bottom, lid, side, back, front and bottom plates into certain sizes. Generally, this process will be finished in factory.

Cut welded mesh roll into suitable sizes to form a box.

Step 2: Tie end plates, side plates, back and front plate uprightly to the bottom plate

A rectangle gabion with side plate

Step 3: Join every neighboring plates through binding wire

The red spiral wire is the binding wire which ties each two plates tightly

Step 4: For a 39 inch high gabion basket, adds a steel wire every 12 inch height which connects the front with the side. It is aimed to increase the strength.

A gabion box strengthened by lacing wires

Step 5: Place the stones in order when the height of the stone reaches 12”. This is designed to make the box compacted. Then put the rest stones.

The methods of filling a gabion box with two parts

Step 6: When the gabion box is filled, cover the lid. Tie the lid with side, end, back and front plates through spiral wires.

A completed welded gabion