Reno Mattress
Low-profile welded or woven wire mattress filled with stone for erosion control and channel lining.
- Flexible, low-profile design for channel and slope lining
- Resists erosion from high-velocity water flow
- Allows vegetation growth through mesh openings
Product Introduction
Reno Mattress
A shallow, compartmented gabion mattress filled with stone and used as a flexible erosion control blanket. Internal diaphragms hold the fill evenly across the mattress so it conforms to the ground profile without the stone migrating.
Strengths
- Flexible — conforms to the ground profile without cracking
- Internal diaphragms hold stone fill evenly distributed
- Permeable, allowing water to pass through the structure
- Heavily galvanized wire, with PVC coating available
Function
- Erosion control
- Channel and bank lining
- Scour protection
Applications
- Channel and canal linings
- River and stream bank protection
- Scour protection at bridge piers and outlets