Civil enginerring grade bentonite, used for a variety of applications including as a root barrier at the base of trenches, sealing earth dams, drilling.
Vulcanseal G-25 is a UV stabilised single sided adhesive tape designed for geomembrane joins and patches. Vulcanseal 609 is a double sided polyisobutylene tape.
Permathene weld mesh gabion (mild steel coated with an average of 300gsm of 10% aluminium and 90% zinc) and is manufactured in Australia in accordance with ASTM 974.97 (the weld mesh gabion standard).
Permathene woven gabion galfan (5% aluminium and 95% zinc) coated mild steel wire with a protective coating of polymer.
Gabion makes ideal garden walls for any landscaping project. They have the advantage of being easy to build and can look great. By using different rocks and materials a gabion wall can stand out. Useful to breakup areas of garden or park into separate areas. A low wall of 1m or less can be built to curve around a seating area for example. Also great for acoustic walls by using sound absorption materials within the wall with rocks on the outsides.
Gabion Retaining Walls
Gabion has traditionally been used for retaining walls due to its low cost compared to conventional methods. They can be built as either mass gravity walls (relying on the weight of rock to retain the earth) or as mechanically stabilized walls (which use geogrids or earth anchors to hold the wall in place).
Gabion Cladding
Architectural gabions are perfect for cladding an otherwise ugly concrete facade or column. They can be built to a depth of only 200mm. It is often used in front of woven (hex mesh) gabion which is cheap but unattractive. By building an architectural gabion facade in front of a saggy woven wall a designer can achieve both cost savings and a fantastic looking building or wall.
AL-TEN Gabion Cages
Made in Australia and manufactured in mild steel to a minimum wire coating of 290 grams per m2 (our average coating exceeds 300 grams/m2) which is Aluminium 10% and Zinc 90%. It exceeds gabion specification ASTM 974-97.
AL-TEN has a high Aluminium content (10%) coating which over time turns the mesh into a darkish grey colour. This has the benefit of absorbing light rather than reflecting it. Especially apparent when viewing a wall from an angle, the rock is more visible and the mesh less so. Using a highly reflective finish such as galvanized, stainless steel or PVC results in the mesh being more visible to the eye when viewing at angles.
We are currently producing as standard products both 4mm and 5mm mesh in 75mm x 75mm aperture and 4mm in 100mm x 50mm aperture.
Custom manufacturing to different aperture sizes, for example 50mm x 50mm, 100mm x 100mm in both 4mm and 5mm diameter wire.
Woven Hex Mesh Gabion Cages
Available in Galfan and Polymer Coated. Manufactured by Maccaferri to meet RMS 80 for highway projects. Polymer coated wire is first coated with 5% aluminium, 95% zinc (Galfan) and then a durable polymer which makes the gabion resistant to rust. This type of gabion has certain advantages where the look is less important, especially highway works, revetments, retaining, erosion control. They are often placed behind architectural Al-Ten cladding as a cheaper method of retaining.
These gabions and mattresses are also available without a polymer coating.