STEEL SASH INDUSTRY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 17, 11 April 1927, Page 3

STEEL SASH INDUSTRY

WOOD WINDOW FRAMES OBSOLETE FOR BIG BUILDINGS Practically no big business premises or public buildings are built now with wood window frames, and steel sashes are also gaining in popularity for private residences. The advantages of steel are obvious —fireproof, insect proof, greater durability and less obstruction to light. Formerly steel were imported into New Zealand from Britain, but there is no necessity for the work to be done overseas to-day. One of the largest firms in the line is Heffernan and Company, of the Great Northern Foundry. Lome Street, Auckland, structural engineers, boilermakers and gener.il iron workers. Skilled local labour is employed and the best materials used, with a result that the work produced is at least equal to, if not better than, anything which can be imported. A large staff is engaged solely in the manufacture of steel, sashes and the most up-to-date British-made plant is used. Steel Roofs and Frames On the structural side Messrs. Heffernan’s plant is equipped with the necessary machinery for making the largest steel roof trusses. One job just compieted was for a roof span of nearly a hundred feet wide. Decorative balustrading, verandahs, fire escapes, balconies, and railings are made in large quantities, and the designs of some of the work turned out are most artistic. Most of this class . of fancy iron work has to be shaped manually, of course. The firm makes steel frame buildings ! and bridges, all-steel tip trucks, concrete pipe moulds, and boilers, and wireless aerials. Welding of all descriptions is executed by expert tradesmen and the workmanship is guaranteed. Heffernan and Company is entirely a New Zealand firm and its constant aim is to place the industry on an equal footing with that of the best firms of Great Britain. The company is prepared to take orders from any part of the Dominion and to guarantee that the articles supplied will be second to none in quality and workmanship and will last as long as, if not longer than, the best products of a similar nature that reach New Zealand from Europe. • —3