Sasha’s Place 2023

Sasha’s Place

My home is a brick veneer slab on ground home built 1994. Inundated to 150mm on Feb 28, 2022 and rebuilt flood resilient.

Some of the key flood resilient features introduced include:

• Crommelin Aquablock added
• FC (fibre cement sheeting) on perimeter internal walls.
• Tiles and carpet replaced with polished concrete floor
• A technique rather than flood resilient material was employed to leave a gap in the wall lining at the bottom covered by a high skirting board that is screwed on allowing for easy removal and easy clean out under walls, radically more air flow to speed up the drying process.
• Wardrobe doors replaced with flat sheets that were not being used (ever)
• Tricoya cabinet fronts, stylex carcass, steel frame holding up stone benchtop
• kickboard removed
• Bathroom vanity now a single hardwood timber bench
• Oven raised and fridge will be put on blocks permanently raised 30cm
• Laundry cabinet is built so that the washing machine and dryer are 200mm off the ground but can be put on top of the cabinet if needed to avoid deeper water levels.
• All powerpoints raised above bottom wall panel height (above 1200mm)

These elements correlate with items in the NSW Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation’s Flood Resilient Design Framework, developed to support the NSW Resilient Homes Program.