Embers are a major cause of home loss during a bushfire, being properly prepared which includes installing a Whirlybird Ember Guard, will improve the chances of your home surviving a bushfire.
If you have a whirlybird roof vent on your home and live close to a bushland area, then you need a Whirlybird Ember Guard!
What is the Whirlybird Ember Guard?
The Whirlybird Ember Guard is a woven mesh guard that is designed to be placed inside your whirlybird roof vent, the guard stops bushfire embers from entering your roof via the vent.
This listing is for the 300mm guard and does not include the whirlybird roof vent as shown above.
Installation is quick and easy, it only involves placing the guard inside your whirlybird roof vent.
The ember guards conform to the Australian Standards AS 3959 recommendations for ember guard mesh. The Australian Standards AS 3959 document is the standard for the construction of homes in bushfire prone areas.
Each Whirlybird Ember Guard is made using corrosive resistant 304 stainless steel, this gives you the confidence that the guard will last for many years. It should outlive your whirlybird!
You don’t need to worry about the Whirlybird Ember Guard changing any external appearances of your whirlybird vent, as the Whirlybird Ember Guard is hidden inside the whirlybird and cannot be seen from the outside.