bracing for change.
What is Bracedon? It’s a great question and probably the reason you’re here, unless you meant to search knee braces.
Whilst your creaky joints are outside our knowledge base, presenting a new option for builders who want to replace timber temporary bracing on their sites, well thats something we know about.
Our braces are aluminium channels manufactured in NZ (of course) from mostly recycled aluminium and our braces will last 10-15 times longer than timber in the same scenarios.
Every timber framed house needs it, you can’t avoid it, so why not use something that can be re-used time and time again? The benefits save you money, the environment and we’d like to think, create safer building sites.
Why do we do it? We aim to have prevented 80,000 lineal meters of timber from even reaching landfill by the end of 2027. Sounds a lot? It is, but its only a fraction of the amount of timber heading to the skip across NZ yearly.
We think its time for something different.
Scroll down to see what other info (T&Cs/Specs) can be gleaned from our site and if you want to be Bracing for Change.
why use Bracedon?
sustainable sites and profitable ones shouldn’t be mutually exclusive
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LIGHT & QUICK
WEIGHING ON 4.5KG PER LENGTH, THEY’RE LIGHTER THAN OTHER OPTIONS.
COMPLETLEY DE-BRACE A HOUSE IN AROUND 20 MINUTES WITH ONE PERSON.
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COST EFFECTIVE
HIRE A HOUSELOT OF OUR BRACES FOR 60% OF THE COST OF BUYING TIMBER.
ONE BRACE DOES IT ALL ON SITE COVERING MOST STUD HEIGHTS & SPACINGS.
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STRONG & STABLE
OUR BRACES ARE NZ MADE FROM MOSTLY RECYCLED ALUMINIUM.
TESTED TO 1.6KN COMPRESSION/5KN TENSION TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY OF LOAD ON SITE.
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SPACE SAVING
WHEN THE CHANNELS AREN’T IN USE, THEY INTERLOCK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE SPACE NEEDED TO STORE & TRANSPORT.
LIGHT ENOUGHT TO TAKE ON THE ROOF OF THE UTE OR VAN.
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SCREW IT UP
YOU DON’T NEED THE DODGY NAIL GUN NOW THAT OUR BRACES ARE SCREWED ON, CREATING A STRONGER HOLD AND STRAIGHTER WALLS.
TO READJUST, SIMPLY UNSCREW, STRAIGHTEN AND RE-FIX, NO HASSLES.
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DURABLE & REUSABLE
OUR BRACES WILL LAST UP TO 5 YEARS EVEN WITH CONSTANT USE, THEY WON’T BEND, TWIST OR WARP DUE TO WEATHER.
TOUGH ENOUGH TO TAKE WHAT SITE THROWS AT THEM.
want Bracedon for your site?
it won’t cost the earth, an arm or a leg to help reduce waste.
BRACEDON 40 LENGTHS
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Hire a house-lot of our Bracedon braces and see the positive impact they can have on your site.
(Reduced rates for top-ups/extensions are available).
Braces are hired out on a 6 week period but don’t include delivery/collection.
Check out our T&Cs for more information.
BRACEDON 20 LENGTHS
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If you don’t need all 40, hire half a house-lot of our Bracedon braces for smaller jobs and see the positive impact they can have on your site.
(Reduced rates for top-ups/extensions are available). Braces are hired out on a 6 week period but don’t include delivery/collection.
Check out our T&Cs for more information.
50MM SECURITY SCREWS
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Our braces use 8mm x 50mm washer head screws to provide you with the strength to keep your braces and walls in line.
When its time to de-brace, simply unscrew and save them for another day. These security head drives help deter theft on site and must be used with all hires.
Check out our T&Cs for more information.
options are available for long term hiring for large projects and multiple dwelling projects, please contact us to discuss your needs.
faqs, downloads and specs
no LBP points, but still interesting (we hope)
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in short, yes the production of aluminium is worse than that of timber, the issue becomes is when it gets used and goes to landfill (check a site bin, its full of timber).
to help lessen our impact, Bracedon is manufactured in NZ from the countries only re-melt smelter using recycled aluminium, meaning the carbon footprint is nearly 8 times better than if extruded from virgin material.
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if you want to know best practice for installing and uninstalling our braces see our information sheet attached above.
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so you’ve hired a house-lot and the annual site Olympics used our braces as a handy pole vault alternative? whilst we applaud the ingenuity, the simple answer is like most stores:
you break, you buy it.
all lengths damaged beyond usability will be charged out at rrp of $95 + gst.
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we get it, saving timber from landfill isn’t exclusive to Auckland.
we are working hard at channels to supply throughout New Zealand but if you’re keen on Bracedon please get in touch and we’ll see what we can figure it out.
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want to commit full time instead of keeping it casual?
Bracedon has been priced to be competitive compared to timber from a hiring standpoint, however if its a dealbreaker get in touch.
we’d love to hear from you
not what you'd say to the mother-in-law, but we really mean it.
don’t really buy into the hype?
you can read some real feedback from real people on the internet
“Whats wrong with timber use?”
“Interesting”
“Thats a big puddle in the middle of the slab”
“Its a no brainer.”
“Bracedin? Thats quite similar to Brandon.”