Fat Eddies Bar
The original plans for this striking new Christchurch commercial building specified copper cladding, but it was too expensive and an eco-risk. Dimond® Roofing stepped in with the ideal alternate cladding solution.
Colour that looks like copper
Housing Fat Eddies Bar and a number of restaurants, 76 Hereford Street is a wonderful example of how the post-quake rebuild is bringing architectural innovation to Christchurch. The building’s distinctive vertical cladding is multi- width Eurotray® Angle Seam cladding in Lignite colour, supplied by Dimond Roofing.
The architect for the project Paul Milkin of Shearer Milkin explains how this cladding choice came about:
“The cladding first specified for this project was untreated, unsealed copper, which weathers to create the distinctive patina of oxidised copper. Two things prevented this original plan from going ahead. Firstly, the project managers priced the job and discovered that the copper cladding was too expensive. Secondly, the University of Canterbury released research about the environmental impacts of copper in the Christchurch rebuild. This study concluded that runoff from copper cladding has adverse effects on the Avon River.”
The project managers sourced an alternative cladding for the building, and that’s how the building came to be clad with Eurotray® Angle Seam.
“The colour gave us the look we wanted, it was significantly less expensive and there were no environmental problems. Problem solved!” says Paul.
Creating the distinctive vertical pattern
CS Roofing Canterbury of Christchurch were tasked with installing the cladding, which was applied on top of building paper, plywood, battens, and insulation. When it came to positioning and matching the multi-width trays to create the building’s striking vertical lines, Shearer Milkin recognised CS Roofing Canterbury’s experience with similar cladding jobs and let them get on with it. Installing cladding that is both decorative and functional requires an eye for art, in addition to the usual building skills.
“In terms of creating an attractive pattern with the trays, we know what’s involved and understand what works best. It’s our speciality. Everybody was really happy with the aesthetic outcome,” says Tray Roofing Foreman Kegan Myall. Another challenge was keeping the public safe while the cladding was being fitted.
“We had to work carefully around the pedestrians, using scissor lifts and knuckle booms to get the cladding into position. Fortunately, the product is lightweight and strong, so it was easy to work within that respect.”
Dimond® Roofing have also supplied Eurotray® Angle Seam cladding to other significant Christchurch projects, including Little High Eatery and Whisky Galore.
“Being part of the Christchurch rebuild is awesome and this building is in an iconic spot, overlooking the river and the Bridge of Remembrance.”
About the cladding
Eurotray® Angle Seam is both a popular roofing profile and an exceptional wall cladding solution. In cladding situations, Angle Seam can be run vertically or horizontally. Angle Seam can also be concave curved. The Lignite ColorCote® colour was applied over a substrate of 0.55mm MagnaFlow™, an aluminium/ zinc /magnesium alloy coating that provides long-term protection against corrosion.
ROOFING PROFILE
This member of the Eurotray® family lends itself well not only as a striking roofing profile - but as an exceptional wall cladding solution as well.
The total area covered for the 76 Hereford Street project was 520m2 and installation took approximately six weeks.
MINIMUM PITCH
5 degrees
RIB TYPE
Concealed Clip
SUITABLE FOR
Residential
Light Commercial Commercial
MANUFACTURED IN
Auckland
Christchurch
Invercargill
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