Why Should I Use It
There's plenty of reasons why COLORBOND® steel is the right choice for your home.
It gives you the freedom to design a home that's all you.
COLORBOND® steel suits any home and any land environment.
It can be curved and shaped to achieve dramatic roof and wall lines suited to modern designs. Equally, it's right at home on more traditional or heritage-style designs.
And because it's a relatively light weight roofing material, it gives you the flexibility to locate internal walls and design a floor plan that suits your lifestyle.
COLORBOND® steel is also available in special grades suited to coastal environments where superior anti-corrosion performance is critical.
There's a wide choice of colours.
You can choose from 20 colours in the standard COLORBOND® steel range for roofing, walling and guttering products.
The colour range has been developed in consultation with architects and consumers to reflect Australian tastes, building styles and environments.
It's thermally efficient.
A lightweight, insulated steel roof or wall made from COLORBOND® steel helps control the amount of heat entering your home in summer, and leaving it in winter.
Light colours, in particular, are recognised by many energy rating schemes as an effective way of reducing heat entering a home.
The wide range of COLORBOND® steel colours, from lighter to darker, means you have plenty of scope to work with your architect, builder and local council to come up with a design solution that meets your taste and environmental performance requirements.
For more information view our page on Thermal Efficiency.
It's strong and durable.
With its ‘heart' of steel and superior oven-baked finish, COLORBOND® steel is made to withstand just about anything nature can throw at it.
It's non-combustible and termite resistant.
COLORBOND® steel is known to have a higher tolerance to heat and flames than other combustible materials*, making it ideal for bushfire-prone areas.
It's environmentally friendly.
Steel is one of the world's most recycled products. In fact, over one million tonnes of steel are recycled every day world-wide.
It's backed by BlueScope Steel.
BlueScope Steel warrants the performance of COLORBOND® steel in a variety of applications.
* COLORBOND® steel is defined as 'non-combustible' within the definition and requirements of the Building Code of Australia and also through various local councils and the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.
