We got these pictures sent ot us of a pair of elongated bespoke stainless steel planters we fabricated for the Sheraton Hotel down at Heathrow Airport. Here they are at either side of the foyer as you walk in. Here’s one of them from the front. Here’s one from an angle. (Although I’m sure you [...]
Continue readingBespoke Stainless Steel at The Sheraton.
Posted on 24, Nov
Care and Maintenance of Stainless Steel
Posted on 1, Nov
From the British Stainless Steel Association comes this downloadable pdf relating to the care and maintenance of stainless steel for a wide variety of appilications. A cleaning frequency or schedule for external or various architectural application site types is shown and covers grades 1.4016 (430) 1.4301 (304) and 1.4401 (316). The sites include rural urban [...]
Continue readingAin’t Got Time to Fix the (Stainless Steel) Shingles
Posted on 13, Oct
I’m not a major fan of Google’s new Blog Search as it just chucks spam blogs at you like confetti But, it’s not bad for finding quirky little blog posts relating to your specific search term. Obviously, the search term I’m referring to is sheet metal. (Just click on the sheet metal link to see [...]
Continue readingThe Life Cycle Costing of Stainless Steel
Posted on 28, Sep
Here’s a fabulous little article showing you how stainless steel is a cheaper material to use in the long term than mild steel when a whole picture is taken. Or, in other words: Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis is a means of quantifying the choice of materials for a product or construction, with the aim [...]
Continue readingThe Mechanical Finishing of Decorative Stainless Steel Surfaces
Posted on 22, Sep
Euro Inox has just emailed me a notice of their new 35-page pdf talking about all aspects of mechanical finishing with regards to stainless steel. It includes: • Specifying mechanically finished surfaces for stainless steel fabrications • Frequently used finishing methods • Frequently used abrasives and power tools • Best practice finishing • Case studies [...]
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