Steps Bridgeland | 18m | 6s | Giustini Development | Sturgess

[LloydBraun]

I think that looks pretty good, Hardie is fine as long as it's not ruined by the trim or fasteners!

Is it called Easy Trim? I don't think that is what is being used here, as it definitely cheapens a project visibly.

Even hardie siding is better IMO. On the plus side the brick is fantastic.

 

[Mountain Man]

Easy trim is the metal trim pieces that can go between panels of Hardie Board or another fiber cement panel board. Most of these cladding panels will use this trim or another like it, but usually it's painted to match so you don't notice it.
https://easytrimreveals.com/fibercement/

 

[Cowtown]

Whatever type of material it is, I hope it doesn't fade. Some of those composite materials look horrible after a few years of exposure to the sun.

 

[LloydBraun]

Easy trim is the metal trim pieces that can go between panels of Hardie Board or another fiber cement panel board. Most of these cladding panels will use this trim or another like it, but usually it's painted to match so you don't notice it.
https://easytrimreveals.com/fibercement/

Lol that website has Inglewood's most maligned building featured on their front page. Just awful!

 

[haltcatchfire]

Lol that website has Inglewood's most maligned building featured on their front page. Just awful!

Good catch. Most would plan for a trim piece to blend with the architecture and not treat it like the feature element, but that Inglewood building is the one that showcases their product as if it was the EasyTrim HQ.

I really don't get the use of a product to trim a grid of panels, yet doesn't even actually fasten the panel. Surely someone can design a similar system that allows for blind fastening of the panel, coverage of the edge cut, expansion movement between the panel and trim, and rainscreen/flashing. To do all that trim and still face fasten is ridiculous. Sure for large panels you need some intermittent fastening, but on that Inglewood project the panels are so small.

 

[Calgcouver]

Ughhhhh EasyTrim.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

Not aweful, but it kinda hurts to see the contrast between such high and low quality materials. The brick looks great, but the rest is pretty meh. What ever happened to stucco?

 

[haltcatchfire]

Can't get on board with the red.

 

[Beazley66]

Or the mass structural columns from level 2 supporting..... balconies.... or are they just cladding covers? Just saying, again. maybe there is some rational? Anyone know?

 

[MichaelS]

Or the mass structural columns from level 2 supporting..... balconies.... or are they just cladding covers? Just saying, again. maybe there is some rational? Anyone know?

Future proofing to allow an additional 10 storeys to be built

 

[The Familia]

Yeah, overall it’s a disappointment and a shadow of what was originally planned. The brick is really good but the upper portion is junk. Oh well, at least they finally finished it after all these years and it will help finally complete Bridgeland.

 

[Mountain Man]

Or the mass structural columns from level 2 supporting..... balconies.... or are they just cladding covers? Just saying, again. maybe there is some rational? Anyone know?

Those columns are pretty bad, must have a long span to the next column inside the building to get that size.

 

[CBBarnett]

Those columns are pretty bad, must have a long span to the next column inside the building to get that size.

It's too bad you couldn't hide these columns in the adjacent exterior wall. A shame to waste some valuable mid-rise balcony space.

 

[MissingMiddle]

Typical distance from column face to the edge of the cantilever (balcony edge) is ~2m for that floor thickness. The column pretty much had to go there unless they reworked the balcony and exterior wall in that area, or they paid extra to figure out a different solution. Either way, looks pretty bulky for <6 storeys, I would have tried to avoid it personally.