The Stradbroke Island project required short build lead times and trade shortages in a remote location required building materials that were fast to erect with minimal effort.
Domain at Stradbroke used SolarSpan® low pitch insulated roof panels to create a comfortable and cool residential experience in South East Queensland.
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Bondor’s insulated PIR core roofing MetecnoSpan® was selected for the project due to the products’ speed of installation, short manufacturing lead times from Melbourne, as well as comprehensive warranties and meeting the high thermal performance requirements for both R values and air leakage testing.
PPC project manager, Cameron Pryde, said the long spanning MetecnoSpan® insulated roof product was an all-in-one solution that reduced labour and the project install time with a product that includes the roof, insulation and a prefinished ceiling in a single installation. This is not normally achieved with a traditional built-up roof system which consists of multiple layers of roof sheeting, bulk insulation on a foil and mesh ceiling. The building’s thermal requirements were easily achieved with MetecnoSpan®’s extremely high R5.0 thermal rating.
“Locally made long roof panel lengths were also a great benefit as PPC used up to 20m roof panels which enabled us to install more square metres per day , helping us meet the tight installation timeline,” he said.
In addition, to meet the building’s thermal performance requirements, traditional box gutters required significant insulation, as a result insulated gutter system was fabricated locally using the MetecnoPanel® insulated box gutter system, which eliminated the need heat welding and allowed speedy installation of long 12.5m lengths. The interface between the gutters and the roof end lapping system created an air tight seal where thermal leakage can typically occur.
After installing the product and air testing the entire building, the MetecnoSpan® and MetecnoPanel® passed with ease.
The refurbishment of the BP in Silverwater, NSW, was constructed through local architect, Arrowfield, with building conducted by Clifford Construction P/L. The new service station begun in November 2016, with a completion date of June 2017, with a total project size of 1,300sqm. The client was seeking a roofing product that was not only stylish and sleek, but was time efficient to install, and held the ability to stand the harsh Australian Climate. This called for Bondor’s® 250mm SolarSpan insulated roofing product to be the chosen for the project.
The project manager at Clifford Constructions P/L said they used Bondor’s products after Arrowfield architects had carefully selected SolarSpan for the job. “This was our first time using Bondor’s SolarSpan and we were pleased with the outcome. Its design intent was for exposed ceilings, providing a warehouse-style look, which complemented the polished concrete floors. As the roof material was a pre-finished product on the underside, this eliminated the need for internal ceilings to be installed.”
