it fails...50 years life...timber retaining walls have 100 years life .......
Gabions
Jun 02, 2019
Last reply: 7 years ago
27 Replies
50 years if you buy your gabions from a good supplier. I have installed quite a lot over a number of years on my property - mostly on a river bank.
I usually get them from a manufacturer/supplier in Shropshire -
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- and they are perfect after a number of years. However, a while back I needed just a couple of small ones to finish something off and got them off Ebay. They were rusting within a couple of years - so beware.
I wonder what the price and lifetime difference is for stainless-steel?
SteveW
I have no idea, I've only ever used what they call their 'Galfan' finish
- which is supposed to last four times as long as just galvanised. Also, the 5mm wire type would obviously last longer than the 4mm type which I have used - but they would be more expensive.
best just using the standard galvanized ones....or plastic coated........
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