You don't see that the bottom row of baskets is open and all the rocks are gone? Maybe the picture resolution is not good. Here's another one.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=bfd1f60a-a82b-4607-8a1e-54cd6dd76a0f&file=2009-06-25_067_Failed_Gabion_Rt_Bnk_DS_Andrew.jpg
Here is a photo showing one problem site. I don't know why the upper baskets are still level, but I assume it is due to something anchoring it into the slope. I believe these were built in the 1980's, and there are complaints of failures in 1997, where they did come back and form a concrete...
Thank you all for the ideas! Here is a photo showing one problem site. I don't know why the upper baskets are still level, but I assume it is due to something anchoring it into the slope. I believe these were built in the 1980's, and there are complaints of failures in 1997, where they did...
Thanks GoldDredger!
We did talk with one Maccaferri rep who was not so helpful. According to him this "never happens", but maybe a different rep would help.
I appreciate the contact info and I'll keep you posted!
Thank you, cvg!
Unfortunately, most of the rocks have washed out. The stream has a bedrock bottom, so the baskets do not extend below grade. The wall is approximately 6 to 9 feet high. How would you drive rails? Something thin enough to get through the basket holes, I expect?
Does anyone have experience with repairing gabion walls that have rusted and failed at the bottom? We have many sites throughout the St. Louis area where the bottoms of the baskets have rusted and opened, even with the coated baskets, because the coating gets knicked during construction or by...
Does anyone have experience with repairing gabion walls that have rusted and failed at the bottom? We have many sites throughout the St. Louis area where the bottoms of the baskets have rusted and opened, even with the coated baskets, because the coating gets knicked during construction or by...
