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Replacement roofs are over-represented regarding wind damage
Investigation reveals inadequate tie-downs and absent building permits
Building and Energy has published a re-roofing guide for home owners
Following several cases where replacement roofs have dangerously lifted off in WA, the State’s building regulator is warning that suitable supports and expertise are essential when changing a roof cover to a different material.
Building and Energy has published a handy guide for home owners on re-roofing after an investigation report found that replacement roofs, often made of a different material to the original, were over-represented in damage from storms and cyclones.
As part of its monitoring of building standards, Building and Energy worked with James Cook University’s Cyclone Testing Station to consider cases of wind damage to re-roofed buildings in cyclonic and non-cyclonic regions in WA over the past 15 years.
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A report on the widespread damage caused by Cyclone Seroja last month recommends an area just 250 kilometres north of Perth be classified as cyclonic, with calls for building codes and standards to be changed.
Our home is our castle and now researchers are working on ways to make them a fortress against fires, floods and storms. Scientists from the CSIRO and James Cook University s Cyclone Testing Station, alongside Room 11 Architects, partnered with Suncorp to create a house capable of withstanding our biggest natural disaster threats. Modelled on a three-bedroom Queenslander, the prototype, called One House, leans on decades of post-disaster damage surveys and incorporates designs and available materials to better equip a house to withstand whatever nature throws at it. A render of the redesigned Queenslander. Source: Suncorp The design includes putting electrical wiring in the roof to prevent power loss during a flood, using fibre cement sheeting in internal walls so that it can be removed, cleaned and reused, and using strong and non-combustible external finishes, waterproof and easy-to-clean flooring, glazed windows and bi-fold mesh screens to keep out storm debris and ember