How to comply with weephole requirements of AS3959:2018 BAL-A12.5, BAL-A19, BAL-A29, BAL-A40 and BAL-FZ.
The Australian National Construction Code NCC (2022) and Australian Standards AS3959:2018 and AS1530.8.1:2018 are concerned with improving the quality of Australian buildings and the health and safety of their occupants.
Major bushfires such as the Canberra firestorm and Black Saturday fires have focused public attention on the protection of homes and lives during future bushfires.
Weepa commissioned new airflow research in 2013 to test a wider range of products and some new prototypes. Read the full report to see how the products performed.
'Leaky Building Syndrome' describes when water penetrates the building envelope and is held between the interior and exterior skins. Fungal growth then literally eats away the wall materials.
Here at Weepa we receive many calls from home owners who are either worried about, or have been told that, the damp and moisture problems in their homes are caused by the entry of water through weepholes.
Most high front guttering installed with spring clip systems in Australia does not comply with Australian building codes and Australian Standards. This roll formed guttering pushes water back into the cavity under certain conditions.
The original design of the High Performance Bushfire Weepa was the result of extensive testing undertaken at CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology, at Ryde in Sydney, NSW.
Extract from Food and Safety Endorsement Statement PE-490-WP-07b "HACCP Australia Pty Ltd endorses the installation of Weepa Products' weephole protectors as effective and food safe devices for the prevention of rodent
In recent years several plastic weep hole products without metal mesh have achieved compliance with AS39659:2007 via testing in accordance with in AS1530.8.1(2007). Here at Weepa we have some serious concerns about this trend.
Everyone wants a pest free home. There are a 3 key actions you can take to achieve this goal: make conditions around the home less attractive to pests, carry out preventative pest control treatments and eliminate potential pest entry points.