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	Balance Steelframe manufactures steel house frames , roof trusses and floor systems mainly for the Ownerbuilder. We are flexible and enjoy the challenge to help you find the best and most cost-effective way to make it easy to build your design. We specialise in servicing the OWNER BUILDER. It is all about different houses for different people! Our engineering expertise means we can help you push the design boundaries. Our innovative design has been used effectively in the construction of house frames, commercial buildings, studios, roof joists (parallel, tapered or curved), suspended floor systems, strawbale or stone homes and heritage restorations. A light weight steel frame is quick and easy for owner builders and allows architects greater flexibility with increased creativity. Unlike timber it is not "termite caviar"! We believe in sustainable "green building" and embrace the philosophy of touching the earth lightly. Light weight steel is the smart way to be green and the smart way to save thousands on your project.

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Last Updated: 15/01/2010

				Curved roof beauty at Lara This compact little house at Lara as gone together like clock-work. The design is really functional more Mount Warning holiday house in dream location! This simple open-plan pavilion with deep roof overhang, sits on a mountain edge that gives all round more Maribyrnong steelframe looking great Arthur Wilson one of our recommended installers has done a great job for this client. The house more Beach Boys Bunker now underway! This fabulous and quirky holiday house at Torquay is now underway. Set amongst the vines more Solar Powered Winery. The courtyard of the Wolseley Winery at Paraparap near Torquay is now roofed and the whole complex more Bushfire protection with steelframe. Your choice of building materials when building in a bushfire-prone area is extremely important and more Finished steelframe at Torquay. This contemporary steelframe overlooks rolling hills and forest at Torquay. Decks are placed more First Home Buyers Discount. First home buyer grants and still in place at a rduced level. Many folks don`t realise that even Ow more Its never been a better time to buy steel With the current world financial stress and falling global commodity prices, steel is again coming more Nildottie cliff edge house progress report. This complex multi-level house is taking shape on its difficult site overlooking the Murray River. more Old convent in Northern Rivers gets lantern roof. Up in northern NSW near Byron Bay, this owner builder has made an innovative use of light-weight ste more Steel House Frame Display at South Oakleigh We have recently installed a new 2 Story steel House Frame at the Home Ideas Centre in Clayton. more Steel House Framing Course Melbourne Are you an owner builder who wants to use lightweight steel house frames to build your dream house ? more Wolseley Winery looking good This owner-built winery building is nearing completion of the main structure. Insulation is being more Wolseley Winery takes shape The Wolseley Winery at Paraparap (near Torquay) is close to taking delivery of its new multi-purpose more Warrenheip house progress pics This is a fairly straightforward single storey house with a celestory roof. Builder Ron Damon more Mini shearing shed accommodation buildings for less than $30k These stunning architectural ``sheds`` have been built at a winery near Torquay. Based on more Maribyrnong steelframe looking great Arthur Wilson, steelframe installer extraordinaire, has assisted this owner builder to complete an e more Brown`s strawbale takes off! The tricky roof that the Brown family conceived for their strawbale house at Bambra has now come more New ``butterfly`` house design available. Part of the standard design range which we offer is the new ``butterfly`` design. This 2 storey more Steelframe at Trentham Set in the cool hills around Trentham Victoria, this two storey owner-built house is getting more Geelong Football Club. New Lambys sports bar. This giant sports bar is conceived as an open-plan space with no internal columns. The roof is more The man of steel! Garrard McGill loves steel. more Curves and strawbales make a big statement The Brown family strawbale house at Bambra is taking shape. This design is very interesting more New curved structure for Geelong Football Club The famous Cats football team of Geelong is soon to receive a new storage facility and temporary bar more The Retreat House design package. This 3 bedroom, open plan, 2 bathroom house with carport and balcony and deck is one of Technosteels more Owner Builder builds Innovative light-weight house at Rutherglen We love it when owner buiders push the design boundaries on their homes and produce an original and more New Ambulance Station This innovative design by Melbourne architects Whitefield McQueen combines perimeter cubes, which more Timber vs steel. The CO2 debate continued. Although timber has regularly been touted as more environmentally friendly than steel, more Treated timber to avoid termites and rot To respond to the well known threat by Australian termites and wood rot, the timber industry has more Contemporary steelframe at Torquay In just over 2 weeks Damian Burns has got almost all of his steelframe structure up and ready for th more Owner Builder Pearce house looking fabulous! Andrew Pearce has been plugging away with nominal assistance from his family at this unique house in more The shed! Barwon Downs. Set on rolling green acres, with magnificent country views, this shed house is nearing completion. more Torquay renovation takes shape. This Torquay renovation involves the blending of a 1960s beach house and a new light-weight steel more New steelframe at Torquay Set high above acres of paddocks with sweeping views to the sea, and inland, this new Torquay house more New Strawbale at Wensleydale This exciting new strawbale at Wensleydale also includes a rammed earth core. more Kerang wine glass wows them all! Sometimes an owner builder will come up with a dream house that tests all the limits. more Unusual things to do with steel! Some of the more unusual things we have been asked to construct! more Yarck house underway. This stylish hose in country Victoria presented several challenges for the architect and builder. more White House takes shape at Moyston. In the foothills of the Grampians in Victoria, this striking new house is taking shape not far from more Video on steel frame erection If you want to see how fast and easy it is to erect a steel frame go to the video more Passive design solar chimneys for local school. This unusual building design may be the look of the future! The large open space incorporates so more Termites attacks cost $100 million each year! Termite attacks on homes are costing Australians at least $100 million each year. more Richmond renovation with light weight steel. Local identity chooses light weight steel to solve difficult access problems and to respond to a cre more May house nears completion Following up on our earlier story about this energetic couple, (See 14 sq house for $59k story), we more The Kerkering / Fulton House at Torquay Sands nears the top! This amazing house is now making a bold statement at The Sands. With the outriggers attached and more Hebel floor goes down at Halls Gap steelframe. Andrew Pearce, an owner builder from Halls Gap has just finished frame up on his house in Halls Gap. more Point Cook steelframe wows them all! Mark and Aleksandra Zarzycki are owner builders for the first time. Despite the technical hurdles more CCA treated timber is ubiquitous in the environment. PRESS RELEASE CROYDON CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC. 28th May 2006 Very high levels of arsenic found more Lightweight steel the best defence against ember attack. In a bushfire the point of ignition is often the roof cavity when burning embers are blown in under more Sustainable building with steel and concrete panels. Sustainable building In addition to sound environmental and recycling principles, our designs now more Steel and straw meet at Lethbridge winery. Jumbo straw bales and steel construction proves an innovative solution from Technosteel Australia. more Steel curves. An easier way to achieve innovative designs. Increasingly, architects and designers are looking for new and innovative shapes. more Spectacular new pump house on the Bellarine Peninsula. We like the unusual and thrive on the opportunity to build something special. Delivered on site and more The Fulton Kerkering house at Torquay Sands is now underway! This amazing design by architects Geoff Fulton and Carla Kerkering of Torquay has rust -finished more Complete 14 square house for $52,702.00 to lockup!! Helen and Graham are owner builders with a keen eye for getting the best value for money. more Toorak stable converts to groovy apartment with steel Tucked away down a narrow service lane in Toorak, this groovy 2- storey apartment has been more BlueScope Steel announces the release of �TRUECORE� steel, designed specifically for the residential framing market. Balance Steelframe and BlueScope are working together to provide home builders with more Amazing curved roof at Magnetic Island Last year, a Geelong-based owner builder ordered some large curved trusses from us more And they reckon we're dodgy! By: Murray Johnson The Building Commission doesn't like owner builders. Big builders like owner builders even less. more Enviro cabins at Gippsland Lakes campsite FMSA Architects of North Melbourne have designed and constructed several environmentally friendly more Modular designs, transportable, flexible floor plans...options plus! Our architect has produced a cost-effective modular design that is perfect for holiday accommodation more Award for Creative Innovation & Design at the A.S.I. Steel Awards We were recognised at the ASI (Australian Steel Institute) steel awards recently held at a lavish more New display at Home Ideas Centre Technosteel has just completed a groovy steel display at the new Home Ideas Centre in Geelong. more Steel and stone stable nears completion. Our 1850's stable, formerly the home to 10 Clydesdale horses and a stable boy, is nearing completion more Provence meets strawbale at St Leonards This is the last time we get to see our St Leonards strawbale without render. Paul Leonard has done more Technosteel donates groovy building to Gordon Tafe. This building has been named the "Beach Boys Bunker" in a salute to its groovy beach more Ocean Grove house gets dressed! The Dickson's steelframe house has now been clad on the exterior in a mix of shadowclad and more Curved tree house! Nestled within a forest near Mt Dandenong, this curved house is taking shape rapidly. Steel has more Long span tapered trusses keep it simple! This new house at Barwon Heads` 13th Beach resort required a special solution for the roof. more

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