The owner of Tru-Built, Rod Soppe, has been in the business of constructing timber homes for more than 25 years. However, he found that with traditional balustrades, they come with chunky balusters (the Queenslander look), site-measured aluminum (lead times are long), or glass (high maintenance and costly). With Tru-Balustrade, you get none of these issues, and they are 50 percent cheaper than other, similar alternatives.