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No cut hedge - Gabion basket wall

Materials

Tools

  • 75mm square galvinised reinforcing mesh
  • 3.15mm low tensile wire
  • railway iron support posts
  • timber
  • gravel 
  • rock
MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: No cut hedge - Gabion basket wall

Love your work, @Xfarma21! Your fence is the perfect framing for that picturesque outlook, and you've certainly done it justice. The use of the flat stones works so well with the cages and gives a very historic look and feel. Entombing your old shears is also a nice touch. 

 

Many thanks for sharing all the steps involved, as I trust many of our members will find inspiration in your project and want to give this project a crack themselves.

 

Well done!

 

Mitchell

 

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Dave-1
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Re: No cut hedge - Gabion basket wall

Good Morning @Xfarma21  :smile:

Love that fence and man it looks nice! I was shocked at first that you had no ties but understood once I read through and it makes sense. 

I have a question tho, Do you think the railroad posts were necassary or you just wanted it to be even more solid? I like the idea of the hidden posts making it stronger but that would have been a lot more work. 

 

Definently like the RIP to the Hedge Clippers :smile: Oh yeah! 

 

How long has the wall been up and has it settled at all? That base you have done would be pretty solid. My wall has only dipped maybe 1cm where the trench was before I put the wall in. I didnt compact the ground as you have I just used a hand compacter. Your wall looks so professional.

 

Oh, one last thing.....

"Gabion Walls Rock!"

 

Dave

Xfarma21
Building a Reputation

Re: No cut hedge - Gabion basket wall

Hello Dave, thanks for your comments. No the posts (from my ex farm) were not necessary as my fence height to depth was less than the 2:1 ratio. ( i.e. my depth was 525mm so my allowable height before support posts were required was

2 x 525mm = 1050mm). My wall was only 975mm high, however, at the ends of the fence, and as I wanted the 33M width divided into thirds, I installed columns (1275mm high) which exceeded that ratio. These required support posts.

 My side sheets were the full width of 5025mm before I joined them with the spirals and as I had no baffles, the posts helped me keep things straight. Yes it made it stronger and more work, but no problem for a recently retired farmer! 
The wall was completed September 2022 and has shown no obvious signs of slumping.

Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: No cut hedge - Gabion basket wall

Morning @Xfarma21 

I like the colums :smile: It really lifts it up from just a straight wall. I had a look at my main wall this morning and its still vertical :smile: Tho didnt have a level with me lol Your fence is a decent fence. One thing Ive always thought, what happens to our projects when we move on? Well really it means we get a bunch of new ones to start with! Plus the old ones, if we have managed them right should be around for a fair few years :smile:

 

Thanks for letting us know :smile:

 

Dave

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