Attach the sides of four corners together with binding wire fastener or with lacing wire and the diaphragms to the front and back of the gabion. Secure the ends of the lacing wire at each corner with triple loops from the top to the bottom. Binding wire quantity would be at least 5 % of gabion/mattress weight.
After filling the stone, the lids are then laced down securely. Adjacent boxes or mattresses should be connected using the same procedure and always lace selvedge wire to selvedge wire.