Materials

LET'S GET FAMILIAR WITH FABRICATED ITEMS

The gamut of fabricated items could be fairly vast and exhaustive. However, here we concern ourselves with fabricated items related to construction only.

Once your house/apartment is ready, you could be looking at other fabricated items that would be either decorative or utilitarian with respect to day-to-day living.

By and large, our concerns are, as indeed your areas of interest would be:

• Metallic doors.
• Metallic windows.
  
• Metallic grills.
  
• Metallic gates/shutters.

The supposition is that, having studied our guide on wood, you have decided to find a substitute for wood for your doors and windows and that, for grills and gates, your choice is limited to metals.

There are several options in metals that could work for doors, windows, grills and gates - mild steel, cast iron, wrought iron and aluminium. However, your promoter and/or architect and/or contractor would invariably recommend mild steel because of its:

• Lower cost.
  
• Easy availability.
  
• Ease of fabrication and finishing.
  
• Reasonable sleekness.

This guide provides you with helpful tips on how to make the best use of mild steel fabricated items and how best to use them to enhance aesthetics and the security of your house/apartment.