The building products we'd put in our own homes.
56 healthy building products and specialists across 14 parts of the house. Each one is checked against the maker's own information, with the catches listed and a local stockist named where there is one.
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Healthy picks with a stockist or plant you can drive to.
Earth Friendly Concrete
Geopolymer binder, zero cement. Made from industrial by-products (slag, fly ash). Big embodied carbon cut vs standard concrete.
Wagners Coolum batch plant (EFC available there since 2022)CladdingAbodo Vulcan Cladding
FSC plantation pine, thermally modified with heat and steam - no chemicals. No tannin bleed.
Gowan Lea Timbers, Marcoola (preferred Abodo supplier)Water filtrationPuretec FilterWall
Reduces PFAS, chlorine, sediment and hardness effects at the entry point.
Sunshine Coast Water Filters, Sippy Downs (certified FilterWall installers); QEBS showroomCladdingWeathertex weatherboards
97% hardwood and 3% natural wax. No silica, glues, resins or formaldehyde. PEFC-certified or private hardwood.
Gowan Lea Timbers, MarcoolaWall wraps & membranesPro Clima SOLITEX EXTASANA, INTELLO PLUS and TESCON VANA
Vapour-open SOLITEX EXTASANA wall wrap, INTELLO PLUS smart vapour control and TESCON VANA airtightness tape. Walls that dry out instead of growing mould.
Neurock, Caloundra WestPaints & finishesOsmo Polyx-Oil and hardwax oils
Natural oil/wax timber finish.
RAW Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore; The Timber Slab Warehouse, Yandina