When you work with a product – even the most amazing product – all day long, it’s easy to forget that not everyone knows or understands its benefits. For instance, many people think that Aluminium-Zinc (AZ) coated steel is pretty much the same thing as galvanised steel and that no metal roof can be expected to match a tiled one for longevity. Wrong.
Happy Easter everyone
Happy Easter! Wishing you and your family a blessed weekend that is full of love and quality family time. Regards, Team Safal Steel …
Time to change our building methods?
Go almost anywhere in the world and you will be hard pressed to find the brick-and-mortar, tile-roofed dwellings we are so used to in this country. Instead you’ll find a predominance of wood-, steel- and light-steel framed structures clad in fibre cement or wood panels. There are many historical reasons for this, including the relatively [...]
The next generation is here
Venture into a discussion on any product of modern technology and you’ll notice that the two traditional considerations – Performance and Economy – have been joined by a third: Environment. “What’s that got to do with coated steel” you ask? Well, it’s in its DNA. And it’s the reason why coated steel is the building [...]
Imports do more harm than good
There’s an Afrikaans saying which goes, “Goedkoop is duurkoop”. Translated, it means “cheap is expensive”. Put it into the context of cheap imports, and you get the point. Cheap now, usually means expensive later. The recent flood of cheap alternatives for galvanised coated steel and aluminium-zinc coated steel is a case in point. More often [...]
Making the right roofing choice
The roof over our heads is something most of us don’t think much about. Clay tiles, metal roofing, thatch, asbestos cement … it’s all the same to most people as long as it doesn’t leak or corrode. But come the time to replace it, or to choose a roof for a new building, and we’re [...]
