Suburban street
– Nordeck® panels
Wind class C1
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Patio and carport kits
for Cairns and the Tablelands
Insulated Nordeck® kits made by Norfoam in North Queensland, sized for the cyclonic wind classes that cover Cairns, the coast and the Tablelands.
Does an open block need a thicker panel than a suburban street?
Often, yes. Cairns, Port Douglas and the Atherton Tablelands are all treated as cyclonic, and how open your block is sets the wind class. For a 6 m x 5 m attached patio with three open sides, a suburban street (C1) needs 75 mm panels and an open or acreage block (C2) needs 100 mm. The cyclonic part of the span table stops at 150 mm, so a deeper patio gets its beam layout from Norfoam’s tech team. Kits are made at Norfoam’s Bohle factory in Townsville, and Norfoam quotes delivery to your suburb with the kit. Move the sliders to compare your own size, or see insulated roof panels for every thickness.
Open or acreage block
– Nordeck® panels
Wind class C2
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Patio kits Cairns FAQs
Do patio kits for Cairns need to be cyclone rated?
Cairns is in wind region C, so kits are sized from the cyclonic classes C1 to C3 in Norfoam’s Nordeck® span table. Nordeck® is tested for use in cyclonic regions. Norfoam confirms the class for your site on the quote.
Is the Atherton Tablelands cyclonic?
Norfoam treats the Tablelands as cyclonic, the same as Cairns and the coast. Kits there are sized from the cyclonic classes C1 to C3 in the Nordeck® span table, and Norfoam confirms the class for your site on the quote.
Are NQ Patios kits made in Cairns?
No, they are made by Norfoam at Bohle in Townsville. Norfoam also has a site at 32 Clifford Rd, Innisfail.
How do kits get to Cairns and the Tablelands?
On Norfoam’s crane truck from Bohle: $1,056 inc GST to Cairns, the Tablelands and Innisfail, and $1,573 to Port Douglas. Panels over 8 m go by freight that Norfoam quotes.
What size patio suits a Cairns home?
Measure the width along the house and how far out you want it to come. Take a 6 m x 5 m attached patio with three open sides on a sheltered Cairns street. Under Norfoam’s span table it needs 6 Nordeck® panels at 75 mm. The calculator works out other sizes.