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Green Star, Homestar and metal roofing.

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 30/08/2018 - 10:06am

NZMRM and NZ Steel are members of the NZ Green Building Council 

We have previously discussed the long process of having metal roofing recognised by NZGBC as eligible for credit under the MAT-8 rating in the Green Star accreditation system which recognises the sustainability of products...

Dalman Architects

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 29/08/2018 - 5:40pm

The project initially commenced in 2007, after the Salvation Army outgrew its former Durham Street building. They had purchased their ideal block of land on the corner of Colombo and Salisbury Streets, and engaged Dalman Architect’s to complete the design. After a number of hurdles, the building...

Vorstermans Architects: Hillside House, Wellington

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 29/08/2018 - 5:28pm

Building a stylish and affordable home on a steep, south-facing site was a big challenge for Vorstermans Architects. But it’s one they met so well that the  ‘Hillside House’ recently won a New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Wellington Architecture Award. 

As the NZIA jury noted: “...

Hillary’s Hut

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 29/08/2018 - 5:20pm

Re-roofing Hillary’s hut at Scott Base
An iconic piece of New Zealand’s history – Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut at Scott Base – has been completely restored with roofing and cladding installed late last year by specialist standing seam roofer Mike Burgess, who talks to Jenny Bain. The hut is an...

Phil Green: H G Rose Architecture

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 29/08/2018 - 3:05pm

When a designer who thinks outside the “little boxes on the hillside”, collaborates with an established building industry leader to create a building reflecting the client’s ethos of quality and honesty, the result can be spectacular. 

The Certified Builders Association of New Zealand (...

Energy efficiency, sustainability and durability

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 1:13pm

When architect Mitchell Coll designed two adjoining townhouses in central Christchurch, he also future-proofed them by making them removable and joinable. “Eventually the land will be worth more than the buildings so I would like to think that they will be moved off and used as baches rather...

Mark Gray: Jacks Point Home

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:59pm

By no means would Jenny and Murray Butler describe themselves as “greenies” but they could both see the sense in building a sustainable, energy-efficient holiday home in Queenstown.

The couple, who live in Auckland, had bought a piece of land in the exclusive Jack’s Point subdivision and...

A NEW ROOFING SYSTEM FROM METROTILE

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:52pm

Metrotile’s new Shingle concealed fastening roofing product is an innovative system that offers roof watertightness. With an interlocking Secure Lock (SL) lap system that can be installed direct-to-deck. 

Key features of the CF Shingle System:

  • Concealed fastening 
    • ...

RECOVERING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE...AND THEN A FLOOD

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:27pm

Like a lot of Christchurch homeowners, Phil Grey and his family were left in limbo when the earthquakes hit the city in February 2011.

The family bungalow and section beside the Heathcote River was substantially damaged beyond a full repair and was deemed a rebuild. 

Phil, an...

Saint Bartholomew’s Church: A Church on the move

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:10pm

St Bartholomew’s Church dates from 1855 and is the oldest timber church in Canterbury. It was designed by the renowned architect of the day, Benjamin Woodfield Mountfort and followed an earlier timber and brick church, located in Lyttelton, in the South Island. This particular church had been...

little oasis in the city

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:01pm

The concept for this home was simple: a shed in the bush.

But the site – down from the road in a gully with a stream – posed some design challenges.

As architectural designer Noel Jessop says, “With the fog and weather patterns we already have in Hamilton, building 15m below the...

Sistema

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 11:52am

Plastics business Sistema is renowned for its bold and innovative approach and that attitude has continued through to its new state-of-the-art facilities near Auckland International Airport.

On a 9.6ha site, the 52,000sq m building is one of the largest and most advanced manufacturing...

Compatibility of metals

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:40am

Corrosion is an electrochemical process.

By Rod Newbold, chairman MRM Technical Committee. Article courtesy of Roof Link

In the case of steel, differences in electrical potential exist on the surface, and microscopic cathodic (-) and anodic (+) cells are formed. The...

Tawhai Residence, Beach Haven Renovation

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:12am

When the owners of a 1970s brick and concrete tile home on the North Shore decided to extend and renovate, they wanted to create a marked contrast between old and new. 

They achieved that with a white plaster ‘bagged’ effect on the bricks, while the new parts of the home were clad in back...

Metrotile’s new Antica tile upholds school’s aesthetic heritage

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:17am

A large re-roof project for Parnell District School is part of the government’s seismic strengthening project around old school buildings in New Zealand.

The first outing for Ross Roof Group’s Antica tile was a large re-roof project for Parnell District School in St Stephen’s Avenue. It...

NAILING PATTERNS FOR CORRUGATE

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:25am

The following is a summary of nailing pattern requirements on roofs designed to the standard of NZS 3604:2011. This replaces the nailing patterns published in the Rooflink Winter 2016 issue.

Use one pattern over the whole roof

On engineered...

O’Leary HOME: Wanganui Steelformers

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:30am

Life on the farm got a whole lot more comfortable for Fiona and Humphrey O’Leary when they decided to build a new home.

Fiona says, “At the old house, which is a 100-year-old villa down the farm, about a kilometer way from our new house, some mornings it would stay chilly indoors till...

Chapel Street Centre: Dalman Architects

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 11:46am

When Dalman Architects designed the Chapel Street Centre, the brief from the Christchurch North Methodist Parish was to express elements of who they were and their Christian mission to the community.

The original church was demolished due to damage sustained in the 2010 and 2011...

Bruce Stewart

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 10:40am

Bruce Stewart, who became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours list, has a long history in roofing manufacturing.

When two young Milton builders started out on their own in 1955, they weren’t thinking much beyond the house they were building on the...

Oamaru Log House

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 10:36am

Building a sustainable, off-the grid house is a complex enough business but when you decide it’s also going to be a log home the difficulty goes up another level.

But Jeanne Gray had an experienced and dedicated team behind her when construction began on her dream home at Papakaio, north...

Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Headquarters, Bay of Plenty

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 17/05/2018 - 6:12pm

A whale of a tale is behind the award-winning whale’s tail design of the new headquarters of Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Inc.

More precisely, the story of three whales – Mangatawa, Kopukairoa and Hikurangi, who feature in Maori legend about how their namesake hills were formed. The story...

A colourful learning environment

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 17/05/2018 - 5:57pm

Since the Christchurch earthquakes the population of Rolleston has grown from 9,555 in 2012/13 to a projected 15,000+ this year.

It’s not surprising, therefore that this town should be the location of three new schools, part of Government’s $1.1 billion Christchurch Schools Rebuild (CSR)...

Texture, colour, convenience and flair:

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 30/05/2017 - 1:32pm

This house has it all.

Amy and Lance Vincent love coming home. It’s like finding a box on the doorstep, gift-wrapped in textured black and tied with the sunniest orange ribbon you ever did see.

That’s in some measure a gift from the architect. Architect John Chaplin of Chaplin...

A WORK OF ART

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 30/05/2017 - 1:37pm

It takes imagination without limits, a personality stimulated by challenge, and a combination of engineering skills and experience to turn a utilitarian roofing material into an ingenious work of art.

Steven Clothier has been making iconic landmarks around New Zealand from corrugated iron...

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