Why More People are Choosing Aluminium Grilles or Gates?

Looking for window grilles and gates? Good door and window placements are crucial factors to consider in attaining optimal light and ventilation conditions in homes. Ideal ventilation keeps home cool, while cutting down cost of electricity bills on fans, air-cons and lightings. For HBD flats or private apartments, keeping the front door ajar to let in light and air circulation is one way; having glass windows and doors is another possible solution. However, they invariably introduce another cause for concern – homes can be entered or broken into more easily. To counter this problem, use of window and door security grilles becomes a good deterrent preventing unsolicited access via the (smashed) openings. In high-rise flats, window grilles double up as barriers to young children or domestic cleaners in preventing accidental falls through the windows. Grilles for drive way gates for landed property owners achieve the same deterrent objective.

Grilles can be fabricated from metals like steel and iron. However, these tend to get rusty when exposed to the elements and have to be painted over or specially treated to halt the rusting process. They would even have to be replaced should the corrosion be beyond repair. Steel and iron grilles are also heavy to the feel and cost more.

A good substitute is Aluminium, which has many advantages over its metal counterparts. The first is its characteristics of lightness, making window and door grilles easy to open or slide across without much effort and noise. Secondly, Aluminium has a high mechanical strength suitable for meeting the robustness required as security barriers. Incidentally, heavy duty Aluminium doors and windows are also available for households that need additional security assurance. Thirdly, Aluminium is known to be resistant to heat, rust and chemicals. New powder coating technology can further enhance the level of rust proofing, without the need to re-paint regularly. Any spills on the grilles can be easily wiped off. Thus, Aluminium grilles are maintenance free, long lasting and safe. 

Being the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust, Aluminium supply does not pose any issue. Furthermore, it can be easily machined, cast, drawn and extruded to a near-mirror finish. Such surface type makes it an excellent reflector of harmful infrared radiation. Another plus point to note is that Aluminium can be recycled without any loss of its natural qualities. The wide availability, coupled with ease of production and recycling, makes Aluminium grilles cost effective and affordable. This is definitely music to the ears for the budget or environmentally conscious.

Green and environmentally friendly features aside, Aluminium grilles can be simple, elegant and appealing to the eyes. The grilles come in various colours, designs and sizes; and can be pre-coated in basic colours such as silver, bronze, white or black, which are widely used in household designs. 
With its diverse range of properties and advantages, household owners will certainly conclude that Aluminium is without doubt a good choice for their window and door grilles without hurting their pockets or their homes’ aesthetics and functions.