In gardening and house building, an old new material is winning back the hearts of homeowners. This is no less a product than steel, which in the past in this country was only too often associated with burning blast furnaces and dust-polluted foundries. That steel as a building material, as a recyclable material and thereforeenvironmentally friendly metalhas been constantly developed under the radar of public interest, some homeowners are only now becoming aware of it.
The term steel refers to all iron-carbon alloys whose carbon content is always less than two percent. The many possible uses of steel are due to the different properties that are assigned to the material during the manufacturing process. Steel is therefore differentiated according to, among other things, the manufacturing process (e.g. Thomas steel or Bessemer steel), the shape (forged and rolled steel) and its composition (alloyed and unalloyed steel). Ultimately, the special properties of steel are what make it suitable for useUse as a steel wall poolor ideal as a building material for a slatted roof. Steel is therefore classified according to its use into structural steel and tool steel.
Steel as a building material: With their glamorous appearance, stainless steels ensure a very special look!
Anyone who thinks that stainless steel is the only thing...brightly polished and corrosion-resistant metals, which are increasingly used for door handles, lamp holders or railings, for example, is far from the truth. Everyone will have come across a special stainless steel, Corten steel, in one way or another and its appearance can hardly be compared to the normal image of stainless steel.
Corten steel, a trade name for Cor-Ten steel (“cor” abbreviation for corrosion resistance and “ten” abbreviation for tensile strength), is a weatherproof structural steel that was patented by the American Byramji D. Saklatwalla in 1932 . A layer of rust caused by weathering is the typical trademark of this stainless steel, which has additives of copper, nickel, chromium as well as phosphorus and silicon. With its vintage-like appearance, the corrosion that forms exclusively on the surface is the focus of many modern works of art, facade elements as well as garden doors, fences and privacy screens, which therefore offer an extremely attractive visual appeal. When it comes to garden design, Corten steel is now part of the modern inventory.
Steel as a building material: The slatted roof and the pergola, the attractive plus in the terrace area!
A well-thought-out landscape plan with a garden and swimming pool also includes the terrace, which has amodern roofing or pergolabecomes a visual and shadow-providing highlight. The term pergola is by no means useful, as it actually refers to the classic garden element and climbing frame in the ornamental garden.
Today's modern terrace roofs, the slatted roofs, are made of steel supports that can be installed directly on the house and its roof or free-standing. Similar to a winter garden, slatted roofs can also be glazed and thus offer sufficient protection from wind and weather in addition to sufficient sun protection.
Equipped with modern garden furniture, the canopies are the ideal place to enjoy lunch or coffee outside. The predominantly automatically adjustable slats of the slatted roof are also ideal for sunbathing and are extremely stable and flexible thanks to the material used.
