im going to renovate my house soon , as its a 2nd hand unit , its already fitted with wrought iron grill .It looks very unsecure so thought wanna change it to stainless steel type .
Mine is a corner unit , is it a good choice? is stainless steel more safer? Anyone got their stainless steel grill pried open by burglar b4?thanks

I wont recommend you to stainless steel cause you need to polish it very often

i did recommend u stainless steel grill because it look nicer and u no need go and paint it.. there are many design , pls go survey ..u wont regret although it is expensive..

There are two type stainless stell which is the grade i think, i forget what grade dy which both grade have different price and quality of the stainless stell.. Both steel and stainless stell strength i think the same only ..

About the safety, i think u should opt for the steel type anchor wall plug as below link that will mount the grill ...normally they will put plastic wall plug...

http://www.toolsandhardwaredirect.co.uk/ca...498&subCat=1498

The main gate material is not critical for security.
If burgular want to target some house, they will find a way to circumvent the mechanism.
Just find a gate that require less maintainence relatively.
Stainless steel or others, as time goes by, all will look old.

stainless steel is just slightly stronger material. For the use of window grill, it serve as beautification, not to help to improve security. It might even encourage metal thieves, stainless steel worth a lot in the market.You are infact looking for a better designed and quality grill. Highly suggest to look for a proper grill contractor.

Most window grill that normally comes with the house are usually of poor workmanship. Some are even nailed to the window frame.

This post has been edited by y3ivan: Feb 8 2012, 10:10 AM

Actually if you go China, most if not all the houses/ apartments are using stainless steel grill.

may i know plastic or nylon wall plug easy to comes out? i was thinking of using nylon wall plug with lagbolt with hex head.
bro normally ss304 will be used for grill, can hardly see sss316 grade.

Agreed bro, stainless steel is rather more reliable in long term of compared to other iron but I do not like the "pale" look of it

Actually b4 i bought the house, some thieves broke into it by just breaking the welding point between the wrought iron rod and the frame . The welding is only at the front and back . That's why I wanted to change to ss as it looks stronger and the welding are actually fused together . But I'm not sure if it's breakable and does anyone here has experience where ur ss grill were cut by burglar

i not sure if u use it with the lagbot with hex head...
The anchor wall plug got many type actually, after u tighten the bolt u can actually weld it to prevent someone untighten it..

breaking the welding point? got any burn mark there\?

yup , they break 2 rod and can see the point rewelded by the previous owner.

May i know how to polish stainless steel?

Just use brasso either liquid or paste will do. Don't use sand paper.

If you want mirror surface, you need special wax(green) and a polisher (either cloth type or felt). The wax cost around rm40 and only avaiable at those engineering hardware shop.

mayb they use oxy torch..
I think u no need scared la unless u keep something very valuable inside ur house..
the normal steel grill will sufficient for home use if got more money then go for stainless steel..
install house alarm if u think not safe...