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Precast concrete screen with steel framing

Architectural metalwork · Brunswick

Steel that was measured before it was cut.

We fabricate windows, stairs, balustrades and screens for architects and builders across Melbourne. Every job is drawn, cut and welded in our own shop on Weston Street.

Est. 2011Brunswick VICLicence 214 887Shop drawings included

What we make

Four things, done properly.

We stopped taking general fabrication in 2018. These are the jobs the shop is set up for, and the ones we can quote from a drawing without guessing.

Steel framed opening in a concrete wall

Windows & doors

Thermally broken steel frames, powder coated or left raw to weather.

Sharp roof edge and steel flashing detail

Stairs & balustrades

Stringers, treads and handrails fabricated to the survey, not to the plan.

Perforated steel screen against a concrete wall

Screens & privacy

Perforated and laser cut panels in corten, aluminium or galvanised steel.

How a job runs

From the drawing to the site.

01

Drawings and a fixed price

Send us the architectural set or a sketch on the back of a docket. We return shop drawings and a fixed price, and neither changes unless you change the job.

02

We measure the opening ourselves

Someone from the shop attends site before anything is cut. Nine jobs in ten, the built opening is not the drawn opening, and finding that out early is the whole trick.

03

Cut, welded and finished in house

Nothing is subcontracted except galvanising and powder coat, both to the same two suppliers we have used since 2013.

04

Installed by the people who built it

The fabricator comes to site for the install. If something needs adjusting, it is adjusted by the person who welded it.

Specification

What you are actually buying.

Material
Australian hot rolled steel, corten, marine grade aluminium
Finish
Hot dip galvanised, powder coat to any Dulux range, or raw
Lead time
Six to nine weeks from approved shop drawings
Warranty
Ten years structural, five years on coatings
Compliance
AS 1657 and AS 1170, certificates issued at handover
Insurance
Twenty million public liability, certificate on request
Corrugated steel cladding on a warehouse conversion

Selected work

Around Melbourne, mostly still standing.

Ridgeline House, Anglesea Halligan Lane House, Fitzroy Basalt Hill cellar door, Heathcote
Ridgeline · Halligan Lane · Basalt Hill 2023 – 2026

From the builder

"They turned up to measure before we had even poured, which no fabricator had ever done for us. The stair went in on a Tuesday morning and nothing needed grinding on site."

Marcus Feist — Feist Construction, Fitzroy

Request a quote

Send us a drawing.

Architectural set, a photo of a sketch, or a rough measurement on the phone. We will tell you honestly if it is not a job for us.

(03) 9380 1144
shop@forgeandframe.com.au
The shop

24 Weston Street
Brunswick VIC 3056

Hours

Monday to Thursday, 7am to 4pm
Friday, 7am to 1pm
Site visits by arrangement

The fine print

ABN 61 442 908 337
Licence 214 887
Fully insured

24 Weston Street
Brunswick VIC 3056