Comments on: Rock Science: building our gabion wall

By: foragerfam

foragerfam — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:59:56 +0000

Has anyone used this system for foundations for Earthbag, Mud Brick, Rammed Earth or load-bearing Straw Bale houses?

Also, there is another application for them: Gabion can be in-filled with sand-bags for noise reduction. I was talking to a company who do a lot of Gabion work in Adelaide this morning. The wall at the front of their shop-front on South Rd at Glandore is filled with sandbags that deaden the noise from this main road.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:41:46 +0000

Just a question… has anyone used Gabion for foundations under mud brick, earthbag or load bearing straw houses?

By: milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:43:31 +0000

yep you could – that would work well

By: David T

David T — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:33:40 +0000

Would it have been possible to infill some of the top stone boxes with compost to grow & some nice frangrant vines to both scent and soften the gabion? Or, even grow something like loofah or squash that is a vine, that can draw moisture or any condensation from the sub soil behind the wall?? Just a thought

I think it looks very cool as is too. Fits perfectly from an aesthetic point of view.

I ask the above as I remember seeing a You Tube video with a guy who grew yellow squash, chokos, cucumbers, loofahs, even small pumpkins from pots hanging on the fence. He got the buckets from a florist for a buck a piece, hung them from his fence with chook wire nailed beneath them so the vines could trail. To me it’s begging for some “tasty” sections with vibrant green foliage, assuming the aspect is right of course. It could add to your home garden…?

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By: milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:35:43 +0000

erm, well they could be I guess, especially if the rock sizes were bigger, which would mean more holes… but we haven’t had that problem?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:37:21 +0000

Hi there,
I was wondering if the gabion walls make a habitat for snakes? We are thinking about a retaining wall near our place but we don’t want Joe Blake moving in quite so close.
Any ideas?

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:19:57 +0000

Rock fig or similar would probably hold it all together once the wire breaks down. How are you planning to vegetate it?

By: Kristy

Kristy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:41:37 +0000

oooh this is what I thought of for walls for a house… maybe rendered or some other more solid finish but with big upright poles (put the baskets on first, pole through them and then fill with rocks) on a solid foundation… it was an idea anyway and I know I’d need to look into it more.

thoughts?

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