Passion for LYSAGHT® still burns strong after 1000 plus home designs

With some 25 years in the industry, designer and draftsperson Nadine Ryan has worked on almost 1200 projects, and of these, she can count on one hand those that haven’t featured LYSAGHT® steel building products.

This preference for steel is probably not a surprise, though, considering her father, Noel, was a plumber and roofer – it was a close relationship between the pair that would often see Nadine join her dad on the worksite and even had her contemplating joining the trade.

“I loved going to work with dad; he taught me a lot about the industry; I grew up helping him and watching him work on metal roofs, gutters and downpipes,” Nadine said.

Following high school, Nadine stayed true to her ambitions of working in the building industry, but rather than being ‘on the tools, ’ she pursued a design course at TAFE. As her confidence grew, she also began helping Noel to order materials for his plumbing business.

“Once I became a building designer, we used to sit together and work out the roof design, gutter length and so forth, so I have always been connected to using LYSAGHT® products shaped from COLORBOND® steel,” Nadine said.

After three years of working as a building company designer, in 1997, Nadine started her own design business, Nadine K Drafting & Design. Most of her early work was on pergolas, additions and renovations, but more recently, the focus has shifted to new home designs.

Nadine said that during her earlier years of practice, LYSAGHT® products had predominantly been used for roofing. However, there was now an enormous range of products available for both cladding and roofing applications.

“Initially corrugated CUSTOM ORB® and MINI ORB® were the roofing profiles of choice when it came to most homes, but occasionally you’d get an adventurous client that would also use CUSTOM ORB® wall cladding,” Nadine explained.

“With a wider choice though, and with domestic architecture further progressing, new homeowners are now more open to pushing the boundaries and are receptive to new design ideas.”

Over the years, Nadine has specified a wide selection of LYSAGHT® steel products, including CUSTOM ORB®, MINI ORB®, KLIP-LOK®, LONGLINE®, and for the first time, she’s also recently specified CUSTOMFLOW® on a project. Her favourite LYSAGHT® steel product, however, is ENSEAM®.

“The growth of steel for use as wall cladding has been a game-changer and has provided many more options both from a design perspective but also for the very little maintenance steel needs compared to other building products,” she said.

“I also like the sustainability of the LYSAGHT® range – the base steel is locally manufactured by BlueScope and then shaped by Lysaght in Australia, as well as being recyclable.”

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