Security doors & flyscreens in Dapto.
Dapto is southern Wollongong’s growth corridor, with the big new estates of West Dapto and Horsley going up alongside the established town. Inland and sheltered from the coast, so the mesh choice opens up. Security doors, window screens and flyscreens for new builds and older homes across Dapto, Horsley and Kanahooka.
The Dapto security door story.
New-build estates with builder-grade doors.
The Brooks Reach, Calderwood-edge and Horsley estates in and around West Dapto are full of homes handed over with a builder’s standard aluminium screen door that is really a flyscreen, not a security barrier. Upgrading the front and back to a genuine AS 5039 security door is one of the first things a new owner does, and it is far cheaper to fit screens to a brand-new home with square, true openings than to a settled older house.
Inland and sheltered, so value mesh works.
Dapto sits well back from the coast on the flat near Lake Illawarra, sheltered from the worst of the salt spray. That means structural perforated aluminium and 304 stainless give a long life at a lower price than the 316 marine-grade mesh the beach suburbs need. For most Dapto homes, aluminium perforated is the right balance of strength and cost.
Midges off the lake.
The wetlands around Lake Illawarra and Mullet Creek breed midges and mosquitoes, and on a still, warm evening they find their way inside. A flyscreen in a fine midge mesh on the openings you use of an evening makes a real difference in the lakeside streets of Kanahooka and Koonawarra.
Typical Dapto jobs.
- Upgrade builder screen doors to AS 5039 security doors on a new estate home ($1,000-$1,600)
- Whole-house window security screens on a new build
- Retractable flyscreen on the alfresco stacker door
- Midge-mesh flyscreens for the lakeside streets
- Pet door fitted into a new rear security door
A worked example.
A new home in West Dapto swaps the builder’s screen doors for proper perforated-aluminium security doors front and back ($640 + $660), adds three bedroom window screens at $230 ($690) and a retractable flyscreen on the alfresco stacker ($560), total $2,550 supplied and installed. Inland and new, so aluminium mesh and clean square openings keep it sharp on price.
Other service areas.
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