Ben Hodge

Short answer Timber is cheaper to buy and more work to keep. Aluminium costs more up front and then essentially stops costing anything. Over the life of a screen in Brisbane, aluminium usually wins — but not always, and it is worth saying where it doesn't. Where timber is genuinely better You want the smell, movement and imperfection of real wood, and you enjoy maintaining it. You are matching existing hardwood joinery closely enough that a timber-look finish won't do. The screen is...

Short answer No. Aluminium does not rust. Rust is iron oxide, and there is no iron in aluminium. What aluminium does instead is oxidise: the surface reacts with air and forms a thin, hard layer of aluminium oxide that then protects the metal underneath. Steel rust flakes away and keeps eating inwards. Aluminium oxide does the opposite — it seals the surface and stops. What powder coating adds Every screen we make is powder coated, which puts a baked-on layer between the aluminium and the...