glass

Make the most of your views using our range of glazed balustrade with a span of 2250. We recommend the exclusive Mirage post and 18mm high Pacific handrail available only from essential.

 

sydney lace

For the timeless look of Sydney lace, choose from a wide range of cast aluminium infill panels, powdercoated in the colour of your choice and secured with marine grade stainless steel fastenings. essential lace needs very little maintenance to keep its good looks for many years.

 

picket styles

essential uses elliptical or rectangular pickets to provide an attractive classic style with your choice of handrail. Concealed marine grade stainless steel fastenings are used throughout to ensure maximum durability.

 

hand rail styles


Tasman


Pacific

THE essential BALUSTRADE SYSTEM

The essential balustrade system offers a wide choice of options using vertical pickets, toughened glass, cast aluminium lace panels, perforated panels, with or without a bottom rail, with or without an intermediate rail or even glass with no rails for the ultimate in see through.

Because of superior design coupled with high tensile aluminium alloy extrusions essential are able to offer the widest spans between post centres so that you see more view and less balustrade.

essential offer a choice of posts from the standard 50 x 60mm rectangular for vertical picket, cast aluminium panels, perforated panels and glass through to the revolutionary Mirage post for glazed options when you want to enjoy the view with minimal interference.

We offer a choice of handrails from the classical round, through the elegantly shaped Tasman aluminium rail to the exclusive Pacific rail which is only 18mm high. essential can also provide timber handrails if required.

essential can provide a wide range of cast aluminium infill panels to suit both classical and modern architectural styles as well as the very popular vertical picket in either rectangular or elliptical styles for the clean look. Options include a full height panel or a panel with an intermediate rail.

For the ultimate in balustrades essential offers a choice of glazed options using Pilkington Toughened Glass with aluminium top, intermediate and bottom rails, or, top and bottom rails, or, top rail only or even no rails at all using the exclusive Cantilever bracket. essential recommends the Mirage post for all glazed balustrades.

Stairs are not a problem nor are curved options. essential can handle these with ease.

essential has had all of their exclusive designs rigorously tested by Duffill, Watts and King, one of New Zealand's leading Consulting Engineers, to ensure that we can not only meet, but also substantially exceed, the minimum requirements for this type of product in both residential and commercial applications. A Producer Statement from the engineers is provided with each accepted quotation.

All essential balustrades are fabricated from superior strength Ullrich aluminium alloys and powdercoated in your choice of over 100 colours. Another option is anodizing which is available in several colours and finishes.

essential uses only Marine Grade 316 Stainless Steel fixings and fasteners to secure your balustrade so that you get a minimal upkeep, long lasting product.

 

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