Security doors & flyscreens in Figtree.
Figtree sits in the western foothills of Wollongong, tucked up against the escarpment and a little further from the salt air than the beach suburbs. That changes the mesh we recommend and what it costs. Security screen doors, window security screens and flyscreens, measured and installed across Figtree, Mount Kembla, Cordeaux Heights and Unanderra’s western edge.
The Figtree security door story.
Set back from the coast, so the mesh choice opens up.
Figtree, Cordeaux Heights and Mount Kembla sit a few kilometres inland on the rising ground below the escarpment. The salt-air load here is much lighter than on the beach streets at Towradgi or Bellambi, which means a well-finished 304 stainless or structural perforated aluminium security door will hold up well and costs less than the 316 marine-grade mesh we insist on near the water. We still recommend 316 on the side of the house that faces the prevailing salt-bearing breeze, but you are not paying the full coastal premium across the whole home.
A mix of post-war brick and newer hill builds.
Figtree runs from solid 1960s and 70s brick homes on the flat near the village to newer two-storey builds climbing the hill in Cordeaux Heights. The older homes often have aluminium-framed doors and windows that take a fitted security screen cleanly. The newer builds tend to have wide stacker and sliding doors to catch the valley outlook, where a retractable flyscreen keeps the view and a sliding security door handles the security.
Sloping blocks and side-passage windows.
A lot of Figtree blocks fall away to the rear, which leaves ground-floor windows on the low side easy to reach from the yard and out of sight of the street. Those are exactly the windows worth screening first with window security screens, so you can run the house open for the breeze coming down off Mount Kembla without leaving a soft entry point down the side.
Typical Figtree jobs.
- Front and back security doors in 304 stainless ($1,400-$2,200)
- Ground-floor and bedroom window security screens ($900-$1,700 per home)
- Sliding security door to the rear deck plus a retractable flyscreen on the bi-fold
- Whole-house flyscreen refresh on an older brick home ($500-$900)
- Pet door fitted into a new rear security door for the dog
A worked example.
A 1970s brick home near Figtree Grove does the front and rear doors in 304 stainless ($1,180 + $1,150) and two side-passage window screens at $260 each ($520), total $2,850 supplied and installed in a single day. Because the home is set back from the coast we use 304 rather than 316, which saves a few hundred dollars without giving up real corrosion resistance.
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