The Donaldson
By Flashclad
Four and a half years ago, Luke and Emily Donaldson moved to the coastal township of Mapua. “Emily got a job in Motueka and I work in Stoke, so Mapua was halfway,” says Luke. “We thought we would give it a couple of years, but now we don’t plan on leaving. We like the community side of things, and everything’s here – good bars, restaurants, good coffee shops. And the reason we liked the particular site we have built on is that it’s down in the village, with ease of access to everything.”
It was September 2018 when Luke and Emily found their ideal section in Rana Place, down a right of way, overlooking the Mapua estuary. Then they had to find a good builder. “We had seen a few of the homes Bruce Design & Build had built, which were designed by Tony Karsten. We liked that look, so we did a bit of research, and didn’t even shop around — we decided to go with Bruce Design & Build.” The design process took a few months and the build got underway in August last year.
Ultimately, their brief was super low maintenance, their home features our Dualboard Vertical FlashClad cladding, which creates a modern design to the home. Built to maximise the sun, there are two decks on either side of the open-plan kitchen and lounge area which is north-facing.
Russell says the landscaping complements the home as well. “We were involved with the hardscaping and Luke and Emily have done a fantastic job adding their touches. They wanted really low maintenance for an easy lifestyle, so we used materials such as the black Euroline FlashClad aluminium cladding, with random-width cedar elements, which blend together perfectly.” Russell and the team at Bruce Design & Build revolve around what the client wants and will happily sit down with you and listen to your wish list. Bruce Design & Build is a boutique building company that creates affordable, architecturally designed homes.
Words by Joya Devine
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Premium NZ made cladding and flashing systems which provide unsurpassed weathertight performance, low maintenance, and extreme durability. Flashclad's products are ultimate in water tightness, designed and made in New Zealand, sustainable, durable and strong, and fire-resistant.
Flashclad promotes the use of quality powder finishes using Interpons commercial Futura range (25-year warranties) and Dulux's Duratec/Electro range (20-year warranties) on all its cladding systems. Flashclad's aluminium weatherboard profiles provide unique innovative weathertight interlocking joints at all board connections and are unmatched by any other cladding manufacturer. All cladding systems incorporate one-piece trims, ie external – internal corners, base starters, and soffit trims.
Our fixings Type 17 Stainless Steel 65 mm roofing screws are secured directly through hidden sections of the board profiles and into the wall structure. Our fixing methods provide exceptionally strong face load abilities and eliminate board movement. Tested to wind speeds of approximately 360 kph. Our heavier and thicker profiles combined with our superior fixing methods eliminate distortion and movement.
All cladding systems incorporate the patented Flashman extruded aluminium mechanical flashing system. Around all joinery openings, we provide an additional combined head flashing/ cavity closure with machined aluminium stop-ends, joinery supporting sills, and a full jamb and facing trim system around all joinery. All Flashclad's powder-coated aluminium extrusions are available in standard 5.8-meter lengths, subject to minimum quantities specific lengths can be milled to order.All cladding and flashing systems are installed by Flashclad's nationwide distributor network. Flashclad is specified and installed on residential, leaky building re-clads, apartment complexes, rest homes, schools, light commercial, government projects, and mid to high-rise buildings up to fifteen-storeys.
In 2006, Flashman introduced the first extruded aluminium mechanical flashing system designed to separate the critical junctions between the cladding and aluminium joinery. Our focus was on the troublesome head and base junctions.
Our systems are installed, and continue to be specified on, residential, architectural re-clads, apartment complexes, rest homes, light commercial, schools, Government projects and high-rise buildings to fifteen storeys.
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