North Canterbury News: September 19, 2019
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BUILDING &RENOVATING<br />
40 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>19</strong>, 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Advertising feature<br />
New life for former wharf piles<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Wooden pilesused to build Lyttelton’s<br />
Cashin Quay 2wharf are beingrepurposed<br />
for use at Christchurch’sFarmers’Market<br />
development.<br />
The timberwill be used for stalls, stair<br />
treads and bar leaners at the market on<br />
Oxford Terrace.<br />
The Australianironbark piles became<br />
available for recyclingafterthe wharf had<br />
to be demolished because of severe<br />
damage that occurred during the201011<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> earthquakes.<br />
The piles were obtained from the<br />
Freshuse ... JohnFairweather with<br />
processed Australianironbark timber to be<br />
used forstalls, stair treads and bar leaners in<br />
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The firm favoursNew Zealandgrown<br />
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could not pass up the opportunity to<br />
acquire the tough,durableAustralian<br />
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‘‘Whileweemphasisethe use of locally<br />
grown eucalypts, we embracethe<br />
repurposing of wharf piles which have<br />
beeninservice in <strong>Canterbury</strong> for along<br />
time,’’ John Fairweather says.<br />
‘‘The piles have been in salt water for<br />
about 50 years and they have lasted very<br />
well.<br />
‘‘Infact, when you cut one, the<br />
heartwoodlooksquite fresh and if you tap<br />
the end of the log it rings as if it were a<br />
freshly cut log.<br />
‘‘The logs are in good condition in part<br />
because, when installed, the outsideof<br />
eachlog was burnt and thentreated with<br />
creosote.’’<br />
Ironbarksget their name fromthe<br />
normally hard, roughbark on theirtrunks<br />
which stays dead on the trees, rather than<br />
peelingoff, and is resistanttofire and<br />
heat.<br />
The Farmers Market work is alittle<br />
unusualfor John’scompany,which<br />
generally specialises in makinghardwood<br />
products, suchassolidtimber flooring,<br />
fromeucalyptustreesgrown in<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
It is acommon misconceptionthat<br />
eucalyptus trees are only good for<br />
firewood because they have atendency to<br />
split, John says.<br />
‘‘They do splitbecause of the tensionin<br />
the log.<br />
‘‘However,careful milling and drying<br />
can overcome thisproblem and this allows<br />
us to produce high quality and stable<br />
timber.’’<br />
Imported hardwoods alsomake<br />
excellent timber, he says. ‘‘But bringing<br />
themtoNew Zealandhas alarge carbon<br />
footprint and someoverseas hardwoods<br />
which are claimed to be sustainably<br />
produced are not whatthey are claimed to<br />
be.’’<br />
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Repurposed... John Fairweather, the owner of John Fairweather Specialty Timbers, in Sefton,<br />
sits on one of the Australian ironbark wharf pilesheobtainedfrom the Lyttelton PortCompany.<br />
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