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Water Solutions

Complete Water Solutions

for your home are more than just tanks. Contact us to discover the solution that best suits your needs.

Things to consider before installing a tank and hooking it up to your down pipes:
1. Will the tank have enough capacity to last through the dry times? You usually have to double the initial size you choose (tanks range from 500litres to 27,000litres in a domestic application).
2. What will th...

Steps to installing a water tank

Consider where you would you like the tank positioned around the house - this will impact on the size and shape of tank you can install.
Look to see how many downpipes can charge the tank, the more we can connect up to the tank, the quicker it will fill.
We decide which part of the roof has the largest catchment area, and locate the tank nearest to this.
Agree what the tank water is going to be used for (just irrigating out...

Water Harvesting

It's on all of our minds. Less rain is falling and our dry seasons are getting longer. It's not a freak drought, it is here to stay. As Queenslanders, we have to understand and learn to live with lower rainfall, and how to maximise the water savings aspects to our homes and gardens. Sustainable can provide you with a range of tools and strategies to adapt.

Design

Sanctuary Magazine subscribers please enter here for the Sustainable Design Competition.

Sustainable wins 2007 HIA Brisbane GreenSmart Energy Efficient Home of the Year

Sustainable Pty Ltd has again taken out top honours at the at the 2007 HIA CSR Brisbane Housing awards this week, winning the highly coveted title of Energy Efficient Home of the Year for the Miller Gampe Residence in Samsonvale. (To view this project click here)

We now progress to the Queensland finals, to vie for the opportunity to compete for the National title in late August. Keep your eyes peeled for more...

Award winning design, completely integrated with the construction process.

Our sustainable designs work because we understand the construction phase. It is a fully integrated process that takes into account the practicalities of building a sustainable home.

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Some of Sustainable's HIA awards

2005 HIA Queensland Greensmart Energy Efficient Home of The Year

2005 HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Silver Award for Custom Built Home Valued $250,000 to $300,000

2005 HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Silver Award for Custom Built Luxury Home Values over $750,000

Landscaping

To see our Sustainable Landscaping Style Magazine competition winnersclick here.

Wanting to create a beautiful Al Fresco area as part of your home? Struggling to keep your garden lush with the current water restrictions?

We provide a total solution for outdoor living, maximising your options in a water restricted climate. We understand the need water wise gardens, that help conserve water while still providing a beautiful Al Fresco area for your home.

We can help you create an oasis in your backyard, however small, designing an integrated outdoor area that can incorporate watertanks, soft and hard landscaping, drought proof plants and shribs. The aim is to both enhance your lifestyle and encourage outdoor living, yet integrate your indoor and outdoor environment to create harmony, maximise light and increase airflow.

Decks, patios, swimming pools, water features, screening, and barbecues. You name it, we can do it! Take a look at some of our projects online and visit the landscaping section to see the extent of our skills working with the environment not against it.

Doing a renovation and considering sustainable designs? It's not about sacrafices, it's about better management. Our designs look beautiful and work with the natural environment.

Recipe Housing

Environmental issues play an increasing role in all areas of product manufacture; from sourcing raw materials through production, emissions, transport, installation and disposal at the end of it's lifetime.

Recipe Housing provides beautiful architecturally designed, sustainable homes at an affordable price for an individual design. Homes that become an investment in the future. Homes that totally integrate with their surroundings, providing harmony with the environment and you.

Visit Recipe Housing for a total life cycle assessment of how a modern sustainable home should be built. We have an online quoting system, to enable our clients to select the types of modules they would like in their house and send us a request for quotation. This provides beautiful Sustainable design, at an affordable price, with maximum choice. If your budget is $300,000 and above, Recipe Housing could be for you.


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