Posted on 02/04/2015

What is a balustrade? A balustrade can be defined as a row of repeating balusters, especially one forming a guarding to falls in height between floor levels for a balcony, bridge, terrace or deck. A baluster, being the vertical spindle or infill material can vary greatly and thus balustrades can

Posted on 27/03/2015

What is self-building? You may feel the answer is obvious or perhaps rhetorical but self-building is actually a little more in depth and does not require, necessarily, to get out your trowel and being laying courses of bricks. It is estimated that less than 15% of all housing projects actually inv

Posted on 26/03/2015

DioMet have recently completed the design, manufacture and installation of a modern, frameless glazed juliet balcony system to a new build domestic property in Hertfordshire. The balcony is an example between our frameless juliet balcony and our frameless glass balustrade system 7. Totally simplist

Posted on 26/03/2015

With spring and summer on the way, our washing line poles become ever more popular and to meet the latest customer feedback requests, we have designed a new product. DioMet are pleased to now offer our matching wall bracket to accompany the modern washing line pole. Simple, modern, affordable qualit

Posted on 10/03/2015

Staircase to Heaven Michelangelo is reported to have said, “My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.” To connect Michelangelo and Dio-met might seem a leap but in fact there is an obvious link. We like to make beautiful staircases and who are we to contrad

Posted on 04/03/2015

Defining Boundaries In the modern world we are all most comfortable within our own space, our own defined boundaries and like to set out our stall clearly defining what is ours. This is not a new concept, think of the Peak District and the Yorkshire Moors with many miles of dry-stone walling clear

Posted on 27/02/2015

UK Wide Coverage Ever since being founded in 1991, DioMet has been proud to be appropriately based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire – the UK’s ‘Steel City’. As a result, the company focuses strongly on upholding and strengthening the city’s three-centuries-old reputation for producing professionally

Posted on 25/02/2015

Dreaming of a garden escape. Winter is fading away, the nights are getting lighter and you are looking at your radiators full of clothes. No doubt the new exercise bike that you used twice in January has also become a solution for drying clothes too and the whole place is ready for that spring cle

Posted on 25/02/2015

Bespoke Canopy Systems for Businesses and Institutions Brand image and brand identity are both extremely important for any business or institution, in both the private and public sectors. Effective logos, designs and colour schemes should allow people to instantly recognise and identify products,

Posted on 25/02/2015

Steel – An Alloy with a Heart and Soul In these days of austerity and endless DIY TV programmes, ‘upcycling’ (or recycling to you and me) is riding a wave of popularity. One person’s junk becomes another’s garden plant pot! Worn out household items are taking on new lives rather than filling up