February Newsletter

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1300

Craftstone selected to supply Schist Clad to Auckland zoo upgrade.

Te Wao Nui is a new $16m precinct development project at Auckland Zoo and is the largest ever undertaken in the zoo's 87-year history. Opening up previously undeveloped areas of the zoo's footprint, Te Wao Nui will offer local and international visitors alike a unique experience of New Zealand's fauna, flora and culture.

Te Wao Nui will offer a journey through six ecological environments – The Forest, The Islands, The Coast, The Wetlands, The Night Forest, and The High Country, and feature 60 New Zealand animal species and over 110 New Zealand plant species. Presenting New Zealand's flora, fauna and culture in a way that has never been done before, Te Wao Nui will offer an incredible opportunity to experience New Zealand's natural world in one location at Auckland Zoo

Craftstone have been selected to supply their new Schist Clad natural stone veneers to build stone walls and buildings as part of this project.

“ We are extremely happy to have been selected to provide our latest product offering to this project. They wanted to use real stone but had a time frame for completion and a price target that would have been difficult to achieve with whole stone but we were able to offer significant advantages using Schist Clad. Using the Schist Clad veneer system they can still use real stone but because of the ease and speed of installation there are significant cost savings over using traditional stone.” says Craftstone General Manager Hamish Munro.

Schist Clad is a real stone medium weight stone cladding that can be laid over Eterpan fibre cement sheet, concrete block, tilt slab, some AAC concrete products as well as any structurally sound brick wall.

Schist Clad comes in a range of three colours: Basalt Grey, Coromandel Green and Cape Brown.

We will keep you updated as the project progresses.

Magnificent New Home from Maddren Homes.

This recently completed home built by Maddren Homes for a very important client enjoys stunning views out across Orewa. Views stretch out as far as the Barrier. With a balcony positioned at the back of the house to capture the view and the early morning sun, it's the perfect spot to enjoy long summer days. The client chose to use Craftstone Schist Clad Cape Brown natural stone veneer to cover their two story pillars with great effect. With glass balustrades and the stone pillars this gives a great finish. This house features the two stone pillars at the back of the house as well as two stone columns at the front entrance way. To see more images of this property click here.

Christchurch Earthquake.

From all of us at Craftstone, we'd like to sent our best wishes and thoughts to all those that have been so badly effected by the Christchurch earthquake. We hope that this is the end of the shaking and that you can finally get back to rebuilding your city. Our thoughts are with you.

December Newsletter

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1300

		Thank God, it's Christmas
		After a hectic last 12 months, Christmas is apon us once again. It's a time to take stock of what we have achieved over the last year, and reflect on where are going and what have we learnt. From a personal point of view, nothing is more important than family and the good health to enjoy them. Sometimes that gets lost in the moment when we are all madly going about our business. I think a life well lived is one with few regrets. Our best wishes go out to you for a Merry Xmas. Play safe, drive safe and live to tell the tale. We'll be closed from Thursday 23rd Dec until Monday 10th of January.
		Feature Schist natural stone panels
		It's that time of the year again. Even on these long summer nights it can get a bit cold. Warm up with an outdoor fireplace. These are a real focal point of any out door area and can be covered with any number of claddings. As you'd image we are partial to a bit of stone cladding on them. In this case they have used Piha Black Feature Schist panels. To see more images of projects using Feature Schist panels click here.
		More Piha Black Feature Schist
		This is a recently completed house in Albany. Feature Schist gives a modern take on traditional stone walls. The owners chose Piha Black to complement the colour palette of the house. To add drama, the stone wall is continued through the front wall of the house to stunning effect. To find out more about Feature Schist click here.
		PlaceMakers - Know how. Can do
		And now they stock our stone. Craftstone Schist Clad natural stone veneers and Schist Clad Column Blox are available to order through all PlaceMakers branches nationwide. Whether you are looking at a new build, renovation, re-clad or landscaping, drop your plans in to your local branch and ask them to quote Craftstone Schist Clad for your project. They will be happy to provide you a quote and you'll be very happy with the price.

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