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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 17/05/2018 - 4:26pm
PROJECTS
Page 2: Government demanded that the Lemonwood Grove School contractors, Southbase Construction Company would deliver – at a budget of under $2,000/m²
Page 6: The new headquarters, Mangatawa...
Submitted by this was the de... on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 12:11pm
This article covers basic steps of managing registrations for Events such as Conference or The Roofing Games.
Note that this article does not cover the initial setting up of such events - see the separate instructions for Setting Up Registrations....
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 30/05/2017 - 1:54pm
PAGE 1: Reece Warnock designs his family home around a historic building in Outram
PAGE 8: Metrotile provide a solution to retaining the low profile of shingles without the tradition problems.
PAGE 13: Architectural Designer...
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