10 Reasons To Use Stainless Steel Fixings, Fasteners and Hardware
Advantages of Stainless Steel Fixings & Fasteners and Why They Outperform Mild Steel
Here at Jones DIY we supply a large range of construction, industrial and domestic fixings, fasteners and hardware. Most of these components come in a stainless steel version and are usually more expensive, we'd like to offer an insight and to explain why this is, and why they are still the best choice for your projects whether they are for yourself or your customers.
1. High Strength and Durability
You will never need to worry about adequate strength and long lasting durability when opting for a stainless steel version. There manufactured make-up ensures heavy loads, vibrations and high usage is no longer a worry ensuring structural integrity for years to come.
2. Extreme Corrosion Resistance Our No.1 Reason !!
One of the biggest issues with non-stainless options is there susceptibility to rust and corrosion when exposed to anything other than a mild, dry environment. The slightest ingress of water and dampness greatly reduces all integrity of your choice of fixings and fasteners. Stainless steel combats this issue better than 99% of all other materials. This ensures long lasting solutions for your application. Never fear about constantly revisiting your projects, or receiving complaints for the short lasting solutions provided to your customers, opt for the stainless steel version and have peace of mind that your quality work will stay that way for a long time.
3. Aesthetics
Stainless steel is widely renowned for its high performance and capability within fixings and fasteners, but along with this, the properties of stainless provide an ultra sleek, modern and smooth design often adding sophistication with clean and shiny surfaces.
4. Low Maintenance
As touched on in regard to its corrosion resistant properties, stainless steel hardware in all forms is ultra low maintenance making it a perfect material to use on your construction projects. The automotive industry have turned to stainless steel variations for years as they can rely on it to ensure long lasting repairs for such as hose clips on your engine hoses and pipes, they don't have to worry about the cold weather, oil or water degrading the fasteners and can ensure their customers are driving away with a long term solution to reduce complaints and returns. This goes for all industries, if you want a complaint free, return free solution that your customers are going to be happy with, then go with stainless !!
5. Temperature and Fire Resistant
As well as being corrosion resistant, stainless steel is also extremely resistant to changes in temperature, and large or sudden changes in temperature has little effect on strength and performance. It is also an ideal material where fire resistance is of utmost importance as fire has extremely minimal effect on stainless other than raising it's internal temperature which makes it hot to touch.
6. Environmentally Friendly
These days, green and sustainable terms are banded around everywhere, but when it comes to stainless steel we can use this material in the safe knowledge that we are choosing a much greater material for the long lasting effects on the environment. Stainless manufacturing has come a long way and some of the largest manufacturers in the world are well on their way to achieving Net Zero Carbon Emission's on the process of producing stainless to the masses.
Stainless steel is also one of the highest recyclable materials that we use, ensuring that we can re-use and reform stainless steel multiple times over.
7. Compatibility
As stainless has so much going for it nearly every industry wants to use it in some form. Luckily, stainless fixings and fasteners excel when it comes to fitting with other materials, whether that be wood, concrete or metal. Your choice of hardware will work to enhance and improve the material it is used alongside and not negatively effect it, for example rusted mild steel corroding woodwork when exposed to water ingress.
8. Cost Effective
Although stainless fixings, fasteners and hardware can come with a larger investment required upfront, due to the strength and durability over time it is often much more cost effective to provide a long lasting solution than using cheaper materials that degrade over time and either need replacing, or destroying and rebuilding.
9. Cleanliness and Hygiene
Stainless steel is often the go to material when it comes to hygiene and cleanliness, think chip shops, kitchen utensils and dentist tools for just a few everyday examples. The extreme durability to corrosion and chemical effects that stainless steel has ensures it retains all of its structure and integrity for years and years, nearly all corrosive agents and environments have little effect on stainless making it ultra hygienic to use. If hygiene is important to you, don't look no further for the material of choice.
10. Industry Standards
We are constantly seeing new regulations and rules coming into our industries, stainless steel fixings, fasteners and hardware are your ultimate ally to ensure you stay on the right side of these standards. Very rarely will stainless products not meet, often exceeding the requirements laid out by new regulations, giving you peace of mind on all those projects.
Conclusion
As you can see with just a snippet of the benefits that stainless steel fixings, fasteners and hardware offers, upfront capital investment is not the be all and end all of deciding which solution is best for your application. Exceptional strength, durability, corrosion resistance and aesthetics often make stainless variations a no brainer when deciding which material you should go for.
Peace of mind for you or your customers will never be better than when you have used the best material for the job.
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