Strengthen your home
We can’t prevent severe weather, but we can minimise its impacts on our home. In fact, you can make changes to your home that can help reduce the severity of weather impacts and make clean-up faster and cheaper in the long run. We refer to the process of strengthening your home as resilient building design. This page covers information to help you navigate whether resilient building design is right for you.
What is resilient building design?
Resilient building design means using materials and construction methods that can better withstand severe weather events with minimal long-term damage.
Floods, cyclones, storm tides and bushfires are part of life for Queenslanders. Using certain building materials can help reduce the impact of a severe weather event and make repairs and clean-up faster.
Resilient building design is different from the typical pre-season clean-up and maintenance you might do around your home.
How is it different from home maintenance?
Building better by risk
The types of severe weather than might affect your home are largely influenced by where you live. The good news is that you can make changes to your home to help manage your risk and reduce the impact of future severe weather.
The first step to strengthening your home is to understand the kind of weather that's most likely to affect your home.
Once you understand your risk, there is tailored guidance available to help you understand your options to prepare your home for different types of hazards. Use the links below to learn more about resilient building design options relevant to your home.
Recovery support
If you have been impacted by a disaster and are looking for recovery support, please visit our information about how to access support after a disaster.
Find out more and Get Ready
Check out these other pages and resources to help you Get Ready.
