Make wire baskets for stone walls yourself

Gabions, from English for wire resp. Derived from stone basket (gabion), the new trend is also in the home garden. The gabions are suitable as stone walls for securing slopes, for structuring or delimiting your property, offer over it But there are also many decorative and functional uses, for example as a seat, storage space or natural Water feature.

How to build gabion wire baskets 

1. Gabions are not easy to make yourself. Just the transport and the weight of the stones, depending on the type, quality and quantity, can be quite a challenge when transporting them.
2. The wire baskets for your stone wall must withstand the considerable weight of the stones. You should therefore choose an appropriate source material. The use of welded wire mesh is recommended here.
3. The mats can - with enormous effort - be bent around a stable square post yourself.
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4. The connections must then be made on the open side with the welding device. To do this, you can fix the wire frame with several screw clamps.


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5. The bottom and top panels must be cut with the flex. The base plate is welded to the wire basket, the cover plate is only placed and fixed after the wire basket has been filled.
6. In order to ensure that the individual cross connections withstand the later load from the stones, these should also be reworked with the welding machine.
7. In order to make the wire baskets you have created weatherproof, you should give them for galvanizing.

Build a stone wall from gabions

1. If that seems too time-consuming, you can of course also buy the wire baskets ready-made and fill them with stones yourself on site. Different types of stone are suitable here. The choice depends on taste and budget. However, you should make sure that the stones are frost-resistant.
2. The stones are now stacked in the wire baskets by hand. The stones should be placed in such a way that there are as few cavities as possible.
3. The wire baskets are filled in this way to about 2.5 cm below the upper edge and then closed with the cover plate.
4. The gabions can be placed next to each other or on top of each other.
5. But do not underestimate the weight of the stone wall created in this way. With a dimension of 50 x 100 cm, 2 tons can easily be added to the running meter.
6. Stacking gabions on top of one another can therefore only be done with a "large device". In addition, depending on the nature of the subsoil, this weight may make it necessary to lay a sufficiently stable foundation beforehand.

Note: If you want to build your stone wall from gabions along the property line, you should It is essential to inquire beforehand at the responsible building and public order office whether this is permissible according to the development plan is. Many cities and municipalities prescribe the permissible materials and dimensions for fences and walls here.