Steadmans Manufactures Extensive Range For Markethill Livestock Yard’s New Site

Markethill Livestock and Farm  Sales Ltd has been operating in  Markethill, County Armagh, for  over 65 years and also serves  Counties Down, Tyrone and  Fermanagh. It recently moved to  a new site in the town’s  Cladymilltown Road.

The wide range of products  manufactured and supplied by  Steadmans reflects the  assortment of buildings at the  market’s new location, which  includes both office  accommodation for the sales and  support staff and holding pens for  livestock.

Steadmans manufactured and  supplied the products to  Craigavon-based family firm  Lappin Engineering, a steel  manufacturer and erecter, which  has been operating for 25 years,  and was commissioned to provide  the design and build of the job.  Steadmans supplied all the  components for the external  envelope of the buildings,  including over 1,200 square  metres of AS35 120mm insulated  roof panels for the new office  accommodation.

Flashings, insulated gutters,  rooflights, 800 square metres of  vented sheeting and nearly  18,000 sq ft of Profile 6 fibre  cement sheeting were used over  the holding pen area.

Brian Lappin, Managing Director  of Lappin Engineering, said: “We  have a long and successful  history of dealing with  Steadmans. I like doing this  because it means we are working  with both the manufacturer and  the supplier in one go. It cuts out  the middle man and means there  is no extra mark-up.”

Steadmans is the leading  manufacturer of building materials  for the agricultural and steel  building sectors, specialising in  galvanised roofing sections,  composite wall and roof sheets,  metal cladding, roofing products  and fibre cement sheeting.

The company’s composite roof  panels are ideal for use in the  efficient completion of a wide  variety of building envelopes, from  commercial and warehouse uses  to office blocks.The company’s AS35 panels are  manufactured in a quality process  certified to ISO 9001:2008, using  non-ozone depleting technology.  This means designers are  provided with an environmentallyresponsible  product, with excellent  thermal performance and a  predicted service life of 40 years.

Available in a range of  thicknesses, from 40mm up to and  including 120mm, the panels can  be specified to achieve insulation  U-values, aiding compliance with  the latest L2 regulations. The  panels are also Loss Prevention  Certification Board approved.  Steadmans has facilities in Belfast  and Scottish sites at Uddingston,  near Glasgow and Fyvie,  Aberdeenshire, in addition to its  headquarters in Cumbria,  England. Steadmans employs 150  people overall and benefits from  being part of the SIG UK group.

For further information on  Steadmans’ full range of  products, please call the Belfast  office on 028 9038 4741 or the  Republic of Ireland office on 048  9038 4741. Alternatively, please email  info@steadmans.co.uk or visit www.steadmans.co.uk