Make your home
stronger before
the next cyclone.
Simple checks. Smart upgrades.
Start with your free five minute Home Check.
3.2m
Properties covered by the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool
Start small.
Build a stronger home.
Level 1
$
Maintain
Fix rust, rot and loose screws first. These small jobs help every other upgrade work.
Level 2
$$
Protect openings
Keep wind, rain and debris out with shutters, strong doors and a braced garage door.
Level 3
$$$
Tie down your roof
Tie your roof down link by link, from the roof sheets to the stumps.
Your home in 3D.
Your plan in minutes.
Enter your suburb or postcode, see your home’s weak spots, then download a plan for your builder.
Three things worth knowing.
Why protect
your windows?
If a window breaks, wind gets in and pushes the roof up from inside.
Windows intact
Force on the roof
Window broken
More than double
What holds
your roof down?
Seven links hold your roof down. If one fails, everything above it can go.
1
Roof sheets
2
Battens
3
Roof ridge
4
Inside the roof
5
Roof to wall
6
Wall to floor
7
Floor to stumps
Where can
you start?
Start with the basics. Save the bigger jobs for when your budget allows.
Free to $
Small jobs
Clear the yard and clean gutters.
$$
Repairs and protection
Replace rusty screws or fit plywood shutters.
$$$
Larger upgrades
Fit rated shutters or reroof with a full tie down.
Less damage.
A better starting point.
A stronger home can
support better insurance.
Some insurers may recognise eligible mitigation improvements, which may help reduce the cost of cyclone insurance. Requirements vary, so speak with your insurer about what may be recognised.
A shared approach
to cyclone risk.
$10bn
Australian Government
guarantee
3.2m
Properties covered
approximately
$1bn+
Claims paid
since 2022
You upgrade
Less damage
Fewer claims
More affordable insurance
Lessons from real homes.
Loose screws, lost roof sheets
After a cyclone, engineers found houses where the roof frame and battens were fine, but the roof sheets had gone.
When the battens let go
The connections holding the roof frame together are often the weakest link in older houses.
The whole roof lifted off the walls
Sometimes the roof is strong, but its connection to the house isn’t.