Today’s technically advanced cladding systems and enhanced profiling and machining methods, mean that vertical Cedar weatherboarding delivers an unrivalled combination of design versatility and durability. From the cool clean lines of narrow profiled boards with crisply profiled joints, through to random depth and width weatherboards that evoke images of the richly textured environment we have in New Zealand.
With a myriad of contemporary profiles available, a choice of either a dressed or bandsawn face and a range of wood oil coating options; the finish and colour can be manipulated to suit most tastes and to respond to whatever environment the building may be found.
Rosenfeld Kidson Cedarscreen Vertical cladding is available as a standard 20mm cavity system or in the revolutionary, proprietary 45mm cavity system®. Both systems are CodeMark certified, which independently verifies compliance with all relevant performance and durability aspects of the Building Code.
The Rosenfeld Kidson Cedarscreen Vertical 45mm is an innovative new system for vertical shiplap external wall cladding utilising a 45mm structural cavity batten ®. The primary benefit of this system is that the cladding is only required to be fixed to the batten alone and the face fixings do not penetrate beyond the batten, helping to maintain the integrity of the building envelope and air seal. The batten can span studs without the need of additional nogs/dwangs. The 45mm cavity also allows for improved drainage and ventilation.
The Cedarscreen Vertical 45mm cavity system comprises of vertical shiplap weatherboards (factory finished to all sides with a migrating wood oil), horizontal and vertical H3.2 MCQ treated structural cavity battens, stainless steel cavity batten fixings, stainless steel or silicon bronze cladding fixings and powder-coated aluminium flashings. Rosenfeld Kidson 45mm cavity battens are treated to H3.2 and the first to use the ‘environmentally preferable’ MCQ treatment.
Rosenfeld Kidson & Co. Ltd is a specialist timber company stocking New Zealand’s largest range of over 50 species of specialist timbers, both imported and locally grown. These timbers are distributed to joiners, furniture manufacturers, cabinetmakers, boat builders, flooring contractors and the construction industry throughout the country, primarily via selected timber merchant resellers.
The company was incorporated in 1930 when John Kidson and Australian Julius Rosenfeld formed a partnership to import hardwood from Australia. New South Wales hardwoods were in demand during the depression years for wharf and bridge construction, as well as power reticulation.
For the next 65 years the company operated from The Strand in Parnell, Auckland, before moving in 1996 to new purpose built premises in Mt Wellington - an 11,000m2 site with 2000m2 drive-through warehouse and another 1000m2 of covered storage. The business also operates a second 2500m2 site in Auckland where its state of the art timber processing facility is located. It also has a second sales and warehouse facility in Hornby, Christchurch, which manages distribution to our South Island customers.
As Rosenfeld Kidson approaches 90 years in business, the company is in its fourth generation of ownership and operation. The success and longevity of the company has largely hinged on the efforts and experience of dedicated and loyal staff, who are able to provide our customers with a wealth of knowledge about the specialist timbers we sell.