Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 2Jan 12, 2011 10:52 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 3Jan 13, 2011 10:36 am H's Emperor Q1 on acreage Site cut 16/6/11 Slab 2/8 Frame 29/8 Tiles 9/9 Bricks 13/10 Plaster 2/11 Fittings 28/11 PCI 19/3 Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 5Feb 01, 2011 7:35 pm House burned down: 3 April 2010 DA approval: 15 December 2010 (Yep, it took THAT long!) Demolition of old house: 10/02/11) 1st round of concreting: 10/03/11 http://mattnlucyp.blogspot.com/ Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 6Feb 03, 2011 7:53 am H's Emperor Q1 on acreage Site cut 16/6/11 Slab 2/8 Frame 29/8 Tiles 9/9 Bricks 13/10 Plaster 2/11 Fittings 28/11 PCI 19/3 Re: Building in a Bushfire prone area 8Feb 03, 2011 12:24 pm We have just built in a semi rural bushfire prone area. We had to meet NSW AS3959-1999 Level 1 requirements. The bushfire assessment (simple self assessment, done by myself) was submmitted as part of the build DA. Getting the NSW RFS to double check my assessment added a couple of weeks to the DA approval time, but that was probably due to council mismanagement. The extra things we had to add to our build were quite simple: - aluminium flyscreens - aluminium screen doors - all weepholes filled with mesh - ensure water tank has 10000 litres available at all times Total additional cost above what was included in our build - approx. $1000 I can see that the standard in force is now AS3959-2009, so I'm sure you'll be in for a much tougher time regardless of which BAL you have to adhere to. I can't find a summary of building requirements and you need to pay for the full document which is stupid. Good luck. CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16538 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11016 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12372 |