How do we mount gabions ourselves?
Mounting gabions is entirely up to everyone. All you need is a desire to work and your choice gabion by Smart Metal Group . If you are one of these enthusiasts, then you are in the right place, because in the installation of gabions , the name is strange.
Step 1 – Prepare the Basis
The first and most important thing to know is where you want to place your gabion construction. Prior preparation at the selected site is required. If the soil on which you want to place the facility is soft or else the ground is sloping, you must make some effort before placing the gabion at that place. Clean the soil base and seal it and secure it to ensure that the soil will not succumb to the weight of the gabion . In addition, it is crucial that you place the gabion on a strictly horizontal surface if you want your construction of gabions to be vertical and not tilt over time .
Step 2 – Assemble the gabion
If you already know where you want to mount your gabion , all you have to do is assemble its construction . You don’t need any tools to do this, just a pair of hands. What you need to know when mounting gabions is how to assemble the cell itself. To mount the gabion structure , you need to use the spiral bundles of the gabion that you received. So what you have left to do is assemble the assembly itself, and it’s nothing more than twisting that spiral between two gabion gratings . It’s as if you sew the edges of the grid to form a cell . If you find it hard to imagine, you can watch the video below.
Step 3 – Stone
Put the already built gabion in the selected location, then fill it. In one such cell you can put everything, it depends on what purpose you will construct the gabion . Here’s the place to use the other staples in the box. Tensioners are those hooks that you need to hook between two parallel sides of the gabion when you begin to fill the gabion . Tensioners do not allow the grid to swell and spoil the shape of the gabion . The additional reinforcement is made at uniform distances in length and height. When the gabion construction is larger, you need to use the so-called diaphragm . The diaphragm is an additional grid that is mounted inside the construction of the gabion and latched in the same way as the other edges of the gabion – again twist the spiral between the diaphragm and the outer wall of the gabion .
And if you still have questions about mounting gabions , the Smart Metal Group team is available.
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And remember: first the cell, then the stones!
