Gabion mattress, also called Reno mattress or Mac mattress, is made of steel hexagonal wire mesh. Gabion mattress are filled with rocks at the construction site to form flexible, permeable, monolithic structure.
Gabion mattress are manufactured with the same materials with gabion box, which is including galvanized wire, zinc coated wire and PVC coated wire. However, the gabion mattress has much lower height than the gabion box. The height of gabion box is commonly 0.5 to 1 m while the gabion mattress has a maximum 0.3 m height.
Gabion Mattress