A house by the sea,specified for the salt air.

Because Miri sits on the coast, and the air carries salt off the sea. That salt settles on hinges, tracks, locks, screws and thin metal and corrodes them from the surface in — often long before the cabinet or door they are fitted to has aged at all. The fix is to assume the salt is there and specify for it: corrosion-resistant hardware in stainless grade or coated aluminium, and aluminium windows and doors with a marine-appropriate finish. ELS specifies the grade and finish to the exposure; ALUMAX supplies and installs the products.

Near the coast the finish matters as much as the metal. A marine-appropriate anodised or powder-coated aluminium finish resists the salt far better than a thin or decorative coating that chalks and pits. For frames, seals and rollers that move — windows, sliding doors, screens — the finish and the moving parts both have to be rated for salt air, or the frame survives while the mechanism seizes. ELS specifies the finish and hardware to the actual exposure of each opening; ALUMAX supplies and installs them.

Yes, but the shading and glazing have to be planned before the window goes in, not fixed with air-conditioning afterwards. A west or seaward elevation takes strong afternoon sun and glare, so the strategy is to shade the glass externally — with fins, a canopy or screens — and to specify glazing suited to that heat and light, so you cool a lighter load. Done in that order, you keep the view and the sea breeze without turning the room into an oven. ELS plans the shading and specifies the glazing and aluminium; the products are supplied and installed by ALUMAX.

ELS designs, specifies, coordinates and runs QC — the planning and risk-control layer. For a Miri home that means choosing the corrosion-resistant grades and finishes, the screened openings and the shading, coordinating the trades to one approved scope, and checking the work. ALUMAX supplies and installs its own products — cabinetry, hardware, aluminium windows, doors and screens, and composite panels — while appointed trades handle electrical, plumbing, tiling, ceiling and the rest. You get one specified scope, with supply and installation sitting where they belong.