Chippenham-based lightweight steel roofing company Metrotile UK has come to the rescue of a South Wales countryside park whose visitor centre suffered from leaks every time it rained.
The previous porous roof tiles on the Parc Bryn Bach building in Blaenau Gwent had let water into the café area.
But now the popular lakeside facility has an impermeable roof made of high-quality lightweight steel tiles.
Metrotile’s innovative roofing was selected to provide a new covering for the building, giving it a new lease of life and an attractive makeover in time for the busy summer season.
Metrotile is the UK’s leading supplier of lightweight steel roofing, and works on renovation and new-build projects all over the country.
The project at Parc Bryn Bach was overseen by Cheltenham-based Barry Jordan, Metrotile’s sales director for the South of England and Wales.
Some 2,600 Metrotile’s vandal proof slates, each covering almost half a square metre but weighing just 4.6kg, now cover the 1,300 square metres roof of the visitor centre.
The new roof was installed by Swansea roofing contractors MA Hartley, working with main contractor Merthyr Tydfil-based M Delacey and Sons. The new roof has a 40-year guarantee.
Parc Bryn Bach – 340 acres of mixed grass and woodland and a 36-acre lake – is owned by Blaenau Gwent Council and leased to Aneurin Leisure Trust, which manages its daily running.
Barry Jordan said: “This was an excellent project to be involved with for us, not only because of the scale of the job but also because of the impact the new roof has had on the facility as a whole.
“Bryn Bach Park is an aesthetically pleasing location but the previous roof was not doing the visitor centre justice. Now it has a smart new Metrotile roof installed it provides a stunning finish to an impressive building.
“We are delighted to have been able to help give a new lease of life to the facility, working with our excellent local partners.”
Aneurin Leisure Trust park manager Jonathan Kivell added: “Since the landscape of Parc Bryn Bach was regenerated and developed in the 1980s, the site has offered visitors a diverse mix of facilities and activities.
“With the freshwater lake at its heart, the visitor centre is the showcase building and focal point of the park. We are delighted with the new roof and excited about the future of Parc Bryn Bach.”
Tony Clarke of roofing contractor MA Hartley said: “Metrotile is a great product and a delight to work with. This was a relatively complex project with extensive hips and dry valleys, ridges and barge covers, which required almost 7,000 screws to fix it all together.”
Metrotile’s turnover soared by 30% to £7.1m in 2014/15 and has continued to grow in the current year.
Growth has largely come from new markets, as homeowners, architects, specifiers and contractors begin to demand more sustainable products.
The company’s 100% recyclable steel roofing tiles are made in a state-of-the-art factory in Belgium.
Pictured outside the newly re-roofed Parc Bryn Bach building, from left: Paul Exton of M Delacey & Sons; Jonathan Kivell of Aneurin Leisure Trust; Barry Jordan of Metrotile UK; Tony Clarke of MA Hartley Roofing
