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Clydesdaleclopper
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 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject: Gabions |
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| Has anyone got experience of using gabion baskets for making retaining walls? |
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JamesB
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Location: Mintlaw area
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| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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well not really but I did look into it for repairing a river crossing at our previous house, in the end I used concrete pipes (since they were freely available) and filled those with sand and gravel instead.
However, my initial solution using gabions would of worked fine, I had got as far as working out how many I wanted and the spec of the stone to fill them. It was going to be quite expensive hence the alternative option.
James
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Clydesdaleclopper
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| I have plenty of stone (the remains of the steading) so it is more a case of how expernsive are the baskets and how difficult is it to get them right. |
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baldowrie
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| I now someone that did it and it was hard work but very effective |
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