Browse Forums Safer Living Re: Fire Refuge/Wine Cellar 3Jan 07, 2012 8:21 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Fire Refuge/Wine Cellar 9May 13, 2012 12:58 pm Brookview Databoom Brookview We are looking to build a custom design home in the Perth Hills near a national park and are currently in the very early concept stages. Inlight of the several fire disasters in the past few years a large part of our early planning is surrounding fire safety. We have been toying with the idea of a wine cellar for a few months now (using the slope of the block) and now we are wondering if we go down that path of if it would be possible/feasible to build it to a fire refuge specs just in case. Google is normally my friend but but I cant seem to find much on home Fire Refuge design. Any thoughts? I am also in the Perth hills and have done exactly what you are proposing, great idea go with it as it will give you peace of mind and cool wine Hey databoom - thats great to here can I ask how you went about this? was it a prefabricated shelter type or a custom design? I incorporated the shelter within the construction of the main build, cavity brick with reo and 100 mm concrete, tied to permanent formwork (fielders), backfilled with drainage ect Telecommunications systems, computer Networks and Security systems. We are tossing up between a Jarrahdale radiant wood fire (the Pioneer) and a convection wood fire (Innovator or Countryman) but cannot decide on which type of wood fire is… 0 5450 Need some advice. Living in a townhouse with one common wall, recently we have discovered that the fire separation wall is incomplete and on further investigation, support… 0 3929 Not back peddling at all. You seem to have issues with comprehension my friend. Guy fcked up, he's considering being dishonest with his bank and hiding it. It will end… 21 14946 |