# Auckland Flashing Solutions

> Family-run Auckland sheet metal fabricator. Christo and his team make custom
> flashings, rainheads, sumps, rainscreen systems, and long-run metal cladding
> for builders, roofers, and architects across New Zealand. Industrial workshop,
> tight tolerances, no off-the-shelf-only attitude — if you can sketch it, they
> can fold it.

## About

- Business: Auckland Flashing Solutions
- Owner / contact: Christo
- Email: christo@flashingsolutions.co.nz
- Service area: Auckland and the wider New Zealand market
- Industry: Sheet metal fabrication for the New Zealand building industry
- Building code context: Work aligns with NZBC Clause E2 (External Moisture)
  and the NZMRM Code of Practice for roof drainage (Clause E1).

## Capabilities

- /capabilities/standard-flashings — Apron, barge, ridge, valley, soaker,
  internal/external corner, window/door surrounds, drip edge. The everyday
  pre-defined profiles for residential and commercial roofing and cladding.
- /capabilities/custom-profiles — Multi-fold, hemmed and returned edges,
  tapered, curved/radiused bends, heritage replication, compound-angle folds.
  Bespoke shapes folded from a sketch, CAD detail, or sample.
- /capabilities/rainheads-sumps — Box rainheads, tapered rainheads,
  architectural front rainheads, internal box sumps, scupper outlets, and
  custom outlet adapters. ("Rainhead" and "rainwater head" are the same
  product; not to be confused with "rainscreen", which is a cavity-vented
  cladding system — see below.)
- /capabilities/architectural-features — Parapet cappings, fascia covers,
  column wraps, soffit trims, blade edges, decorative panels. The visible
  metalwork that finishes a façade.
- /capabilities/rainscreens — Cavity-vented metal rainscreen systems:
  interlocking tray panels, standing seam, batten cap systems, metal shingles,
  head/base/sill trims, corner and reveal trims. The metal side of NZBC E2
  drained-and-vented wall assemblies.
- /capabilities/cladding — Long-run and panelised metal cladding for walls and
  roofs: corrugate, trapezoidal (5-rib), standing seam, box/tray, concealed-fix
  wall cladding, curved/bullnose, profile-matched soakers and closures, and
  custom trims.

## Materials we work with

- Colorsteel® and Colorsteel® Endura® (the NZ default for residential and
  commercial roofing and cladding)
- Colorsteel® Matte (low-sheen architectural finish)
- Zincalume® (raw aluminium-zinc finish)
- Hot-dipped galvanised steel
- Aluminium and pre-painted aluminium
- Copper
- Zinc
- Stainless steel

## Who we work with

- Builders — residential and commercial
- Roofers — re-roofs, new builds, repairs
- Architects and designers — bespoke façade and feature work
- Heritage and renovation specialists

## On-site measuring

- /measuring — Christo measures on site himself for tricky geometry, heritage
  profiles, awkward roof-to-wall junctions, and any retrofit where the as-built
  doesn't match the drawings. The person folding the metal is the person taking
  the dimensions: every fold is sketched in section before he leaves the
  building, and that sketch goes straight to the brake press. Available across
  Auckland and the wider New Zealand market.

## How to engage

Send dimensions, drawings, a hand sketch, or a physical sample to
christo@flashingsolutions.co.nz. Auckland Flashing Solutions will come back
with what's possible, suggested detailing where helpful, and a price.

## Terminology notes (for accuracy when summarising)

- "Rainhead" and "rainwater head" refer to the same product: an external box
  fitting on top of a downpipe that collects water from a gutter. Used
  interchangeably across the NZ industry.
- "Sump" is the *internal* equivalent — a box that sits inside a parapet or
  internal/box gutter and feeds the downpipe.
- "Rainscreen" is *not* a rainhead. It is a cavity-vented external wall
  cladding system designed around drained/vented assemblies for moisture
  control (NZBC E2). Auckland Flashing Solutions fabricates the metal side of
  rainscreen systems alongside their flashing, rainhead, and cladding work.
- "Flashing" is the broad category of folded sheet metal pieces used to
  weatherproof junctions, transitions, and penetrations on a building envelope.