Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 19, 2009 1:12 pm I have done a search for posts about building a fire smart house, and I havent come up with much so far.
I have started this thread to capture any ideas or links to products that can help with constructing such a house. One style of building that I know can resists fire for up to 1.5 hours and only has minor temperature raise on the inside of the building when the outside is in excess of 1000 degC, is a rendered straw bale building. Of course the windows floor and roof can be a weak point. So any ideas people? http://www.earthgarden.com.au/strawbale/fire_test.html http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/pdfs/Fire_safety.pdf Re: Fire resistant building (High fire rating) 4Feb 19, 2009 2:57 pm This is something I have been considering, even before the Vic bushfires.
A newspaper article reported all new buildings in bushfire areas requiring these rooms, but it wasn't implied that there be a specific room - just a room which could be used for this purpose - it suggested "one of the spare bedrooms" could be used. Of course this would mean the bedroom would need to not have a window or some emergency shutter. Ideally I would want a secure room that is like a walk in safe, so I can use it to store photo albums, other valuables, to keep the safe from theft/fire even when no-one is home. I would think that having a toilet as part of the fire proof area would also be handy especially if a large number of people are in there for a few hours. I would be ****** if I said the movie "Panic Room" was not also partially inspiration :) But I am not planning massive automatic metal sliding doors with sensors on mine! 10 years ago was a different software than we use now. it has had a lot of changes over the past years. Improvments to the software and changes to how Nathers models need… 8 1459 It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8265 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39703 |