The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
Roof lost.
This was not that uncommon a site around the neighbourhood.
Laura Young and I tying down tarps over the hole in the roof. We did what we could to tie it down with tension and weigh it down with bricks tied to the tarps. Why? Because gale-force winds are predicted for tomorrow (Sunday) and rain on Tuesday.
A damaged house on Manchester Street. One of the building's chimneys has fallen through its roof and the resulting hole has been covered with a black tarpaulin. The stump of its other chimney can also be seen.
A damaged house on Manchester Street. A section of wall where masonry has collapsed has been weather proofed with a black tarpaulin. The building's chimney has fallen on to its roof.
A house at 118 Hackthorne Road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "March 29, 2011, 82 Richmond Hill".
A collapsed garage at a residential property on Manchester Street.
Brightly coloured tarpaulins cover the roof of a house on Dublin Street in Lyttelton.
A house in Christchurch which has lost both chimneys. No attempt has been made to weather-proof the already dilapidated house.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Church roof, St Andrews Hill Road. Post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Church, St Andrews Hill Road. Post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Church, St Andrews Hill Road. Post 22 February earthquake".
A toppled chimney on a house in Christchurch. The chimney has toppled onto the house but luckily not broken through the roof. It is now broken and lying on the corrugated iron. Below, plastic sheeting has been placed along the side of the roof to replace the missing gutter.
1 June 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-06-01-IMG_3284
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
1 June 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-06-01-IMG_3285
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
1 June 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-06-01-IMG_3286
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
1 June 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-06-01-IMG_3283
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
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Damage to roof tops in a residential area .
The roof of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. Masonry has tumbled into the building, tearing a hole in the roof and exposing the inside of the church.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army on the roof of a residential property. They have climbed the roof to cover a hole with a tarpaulin.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army on the roof of a residential property. They have climbed the roof to cover a hole with a tarpaulin.
Our neighbours, Laura and Robbie, were unlucky enough to have their chimney fall into the roof rather than off the house.
Damage to roof tops in a residential area .
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tiled roof, badly damaged".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "4 Sumner Road has its roof covered in tarpaulins".
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street. To the left is the roof of a collapsed building.
A photograph of a house with a damaged roof. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Southshore".
