BAL-29

Thought I would post up some of our costs that we incurred after determining that we live in a Bush Fire Attack level 29:
Thetotal for these costs came in at $11,768.00

Heres a breakdown of the costs and what we have to do:

Provide fire retardant sarking to tiled roof to have a flammability index of not more than 5 - $2981.00

Provide fire retardant mastic to all expansion joints in brickwork - $375.00

Provide ducting from a ceiling exhaust fan to external air in lieu of standard. (Single level Home) - $420.00

Provide aluminium framed with aluminium mesh insect screens to openable windows. screens to have a max aperture size of 2mm. (Excluding the Garage and any bifold windows if applicable). (14 windows) - $728.00

Provide aluminium framed security screens with aluminium mesh to the sliding doors. screens to have a max aperture size of 2mm (Excluding the Garage and any bifold doors if applicable). (6 doors) - $2144.00

Provide aluminium hinged security flyscreen door with aluminium mesh. screens to have a max aperture size of 2mm. (2 doors) - $940.00

Provide 5mm toughened glazing to all windows, sliding and hinged doors including entry frame sidelights - $2580.00

Provide weather strips or draught excluders to external hung doors - $180.00

Provide weather strips or draught excluders to garage doors (1 large and 1 small door) - $860.00

Provide spark guards to all weep holes and all sub-floor vents made from stainless steel mesh with max aperture size of 1.8mm - $450.00

Provide roof vents or external ducting to have a flammability index not greater than 5 with spark guards made from bronze or stainless steel mesh with max aperture size of 1.8mm - $110.00