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BAL-FZ Windows and Doors

Bushfire Safe Range

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Specifications

  • Frame in IV 78mm FSC® certified Manilkara Bidentata hardwood
  • Schott Pyranova® glass 14mm with invisible intumescent layers
  • Double glazed for energy efficiency
  • Custom made to size and shape
  • Finished with ADLER Lignovit lasur wood preservative, or low VOC spray-painted or stained in the colour of your choice by request
  • German hardware
  • Seals and multi-point locking
  • Tested and approved to AS1530.8.2-2007, complies with AS3959-2009 and AS3959-2018
  • Test reports available on request
  • Compliance certification supplied

Size:

  • Maximum pane size including frame 2.8m2, for larger areas dividing mullions or rails can be used
  • Maximum height or width 2.4m
  • Minimum rail height at floor level 80mm

Energy rating: from a very low 1.6

LATEST NEWS: Paarhammer recently had new BAL-FZ windows tested, well exceeding minimum requirements of the AS1530.4 test. These are 30-minute products (-/30/-) which are allowed to be used in Flame Zone without shutters as per the 2018 Australian Standard for Building in Bushfire Prone Areas with limitations. Please see

The following products are custom made for BAL-FZ:

Windows: European style tilt & turn, fixed picture, clerestory/tilt, sliding, shapes
Doors: French doors, lift-slide doors, single hinged glass doors

Ember screens as required per the Australian Standard for Building in Bushfire Prone Areas are like flyscreens with stainless steel mesh with less than 2mm aperture and are made to suit windows.

View our products suitable for Bushfire Attack Level BAL-40.

For lower BAL ratings all other Paarhammer product ranges can be suitable (depending on timber and glazing)