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Resene Rockcote

2018-08-22T15:34:07+12:00August 22nd, 2018|Building, General|

Glass Polish Finish by Colin Mackenzie, Plastering in Auckland. When it came to selecting the interior finish for the walls and ceiling for Harmon Horton Lusk corporate law offices the Architects at Warren & Mahoney Auckland office selected the Rockcote MarbleStone polished lime finish. The finish is the highest polish achievable with our range of natural plasters. The ‘Glass [...]

J-Frame, It’s the way of the future!

2018-08-16T14:24:13+12:00August 16th, 2018|Building, General|

J-Frame is manufactured by Juken New Zealand Ltd at their processing plant at Masterton. During my time gaining knowledge about the J-Frame I was lucky enough to discuss and learn from different individuals about their opinions and experiences working with J-Frame. Here’s how the J-Frame is made. I then went on to interview Ash Sparks [...]

It’s a Ute, Utilise it

2018-04-19T11:49:03+12:00April 19th, 2018|Building, General|

The call went out to sort out a few rotten weatherboards at Mick’s place, Palmerston North… What a great excuse for a roadie. I can’t remember the last time I drove that far south, all that comes to mind is a younger version of myself on my old motorbike. The round trip which was completed [...]

Rockcote – 2017 National Winner: Retail Category

2018-03-29T09:03:38+13:00March 29th, 2018|Building, General|

PROJECT: TANTALUS WINERY, BREWERY & RESTAURANT Entrant: WG de Gruchy Construction Limited Project Partners: Cheshire Architects (Architect/Designer Underscoring everything is a commitment to the organic, the bespoke, and the hand made. In pursuing the demands of an intense hospitality operation, we made lights from twisted old vine branches, plastered walls with ROCKCOTE clay plaster and straw, [...]

Straight talk from the deep South

2018-03-19T16:34:06+13:00March 19th, 2018|Building, General|

Truss Tech Ltd is a locally-owned and operated business, located in Central Otago’s Cromwell. The company specializes in pre-nailed timber wall frames and roof trusses, for both residential and commercial construction for Juken New Zealand. Paul Robertson and his wife Nicky have owned the business for 15 years. Truss Tech supplies to a [...]

Rockcote Polished interior

2018-03-29T09:20:15+13:00March 19th, 2018|Building, General|

Outstanding interior work by Chris Baker – Plastercoat Coromandel. Cubro, one of New Zealand's leading healthcare equipment providers have completed their new premises in Tauranga. Adding to the immaculate contemporary interior, is our Marmoreus ‘Blanc’ lime plaster surface that follows the smooth curves. Applied, finished & polished by Hand creating a durable, and tactile surface [...]

Impact Resistance – with style

2018-03-19T16:26:20+13:00March 19th, 2018|Building, General|

Triboard is a 3-layered panel with a wood strand core sandwiched between an MDF outer “skins”. The result is a clean-lined panel that has high resilience and impact resistance and greater stiffness than other similar products. The dimensionally stable core provides superb load bearing and screw holding, and the MDF surfaces give a [...]

Rockcote CoolPlast strikes again

2018-03-29T09:20:53+13:00March 18th, 2018|Building, General|

In the heart of Christchurch, amidst the ongoing rebuild sits a newly refurbished building An existing masonry construction that underwent significant restrengthening and overall interior and exterior finishing. Premier Plastering were called upon to undertake the plastering work which included the complete exterior plastering and feature internal atrium works. Our Rockcote Masonry Render System reinforced with fibreglass [...]

Foresight pays off

2017-06-15T10:52:52+12:00June 15th, 2017|Building, Heritage, Painting|

We have lived in our Devonport villa for close on 20 years. We did a major renovation about 15 years ago, but very little since. At the end of 2016 we decide it was time for a freshen up and to finish some of those ‘jobs I’ve been meaning to do’. When our original [...]

‘The Wolf’ gives his own home some TLC

2017-06-15T10:27:03+12:00June 15th, 2017|Painting|

This summer has been a busy one for the Wolfkamp family. While others were bathing and belly-flopping at the beach, I was head down working hard on our family home. We live in a traditional Devonport Villa. The big Reno was done 15+ years ago, when we pushed out the back of the [...]