Materials and finishes

Pick the material for the exposure, then pick the colour.

Most specification arguments are really an argument about maintenance. What follows is what each material actually does in the weather, including the parts that are inconvenient.

Materials

Australian hardwood

Durability class 1 and 2 species, sourced from certified regrowth and plantation supply. Ages to silver grey if left alone, or holds its colour with an annual oil.

Species availability moves with supply. Confirmed at order.

Thermally modified timber

Heat treated softwood with the sugars cooked out, so it resists rot and insects without chemical treatment. Lighter than hardwood and dimensionally very stable outdoors.

A good answer where hardwood supply or budget is tight.

Mild steel

Folded plate and tube, the structural backbone of most of the range. Always protected, never bare.

Galvanised, powder coated, or both.

Stainless steel

Grade 316 for coastal and marine exposure, 304 inland. Used for fixings throughout the range as standard, and for whole items where the environment demands it.

Grade selected against the exposure category on your site.

Aluminium

Where mass matters, on lightweight roof battens and some column applications. Anodised or powder coated.

Not used structurally where steel is the honest answer.

Concrete

Precast and in situ plinths and bases. Off form, honed or polished, with the sample approved before the pour.

Colour and aggregate matched to a sample, not a swatch.

Finishes

Powder coat

Any RAL, Dulux Duratec or Interpon colour. Architectural grade super durable polyester as standard, with the coastal system where the site calls for it.

Colour is where the range gets its colour. The frame stays quiet so the coating can be loud.

Hot dip galvanising

To AS/NZS 4680, inside and out. The default for anything cast into the ground or exposed to salt.

Spangle and drainage points are a manufacturing reality. We show you where they will be before we build.

Duplex

Galvanised and then powder coated. The longest life system we offer, and the right answer for coastal councils.

Specified where the maintenance interval matters more than the unit price.

Timber finishes

Natural oil, clear, or left to weather. All three are legitimate. Only one of them is maintenance free.

We will tell you which is which before you choose.

Stainless finishes

Brushed, bead blast or mirror. Bead blast hides fingerprints and hairline scratches better than anything else in high touch locations.

Grain direction nominated on the shop drawing.

Colour

Any RAL, Duratec or Interpon colour you can name.

The brand is deliberately black, white and warm grey so it never argues with the colour on your schedule. Send us the code and we will match it, and where the colour matters we will send a coated sample before the run.

Physical sample cards and a coastal exposure guide are being prepared. Ask and we will send what we have today.