Not even the hostile seaside can conquer Enzie Stairs - New salt resistant aluminium stairs

The most attractive areas for building a dwelling can also be the most hostile environments for building materials. Australians love the coast, but onshore breezes create corrosion problems that don't exist even a few kilometres from the sea.

Enzie Stairs has long offered galvanised external spiral stairs for a wide range of uses, but something more is needed to cater for the building and renovation boom brought on by a demographic shift to the coast over the past decade.

One metal that resists salt spray is aluminium, and all Enzie Stairs are now available in this material. The few fixing bolts needed for this modular spiral stair system are made of stainless steel. In addition, 22 standard colours are available, using a four or five-coat finish employing Wattyl, Jotun and Dulux primer and powder-coating products. The entire Dulux powder-coating range is available as an option.

According to the editor of Corrosion Management magazine, John Robinson, not that long ago people expected their cars to rust, their houses to be repainted every five years and their guttering to be replaced in less than 10 years.

Mr Robinson says: "Not only have attitudes and expectations change, but also there is a greater readiness to divest responsibility or litigate if products do not perform."

It's a case of 'she'll be right mate' changing to 'she's not right mate, what are you going to do about it'.

Enzie Stairs, which has gained national and international award recognition for innovative design, has joined the fight against coastal corrosion with the introduction of aluminium to its safe, space-saving and easy to install modular spiral stairs.