25 Forgotten Home Additions Australians Can't Legally Build Anymore

25 Forgotten Home Additions Australians Can't Legally Build Anymore I explore 25 features of old Australian homes that modern building codes have banned, restricted or quietly phased out. From rubber-insulated wiring and backyard dunnies to asbestos, lead paint and unflued gas heaters, I uncover what these familiar parts of Australian life were really like. I also look at the fires, illnesses, storms and building failures that changed the rules, including Wittenoom, the Childers Palace Hostel fire, Black Saturday, Cyclone Tracy and the Newcastle earthquake. Finally, I trace how Australian homes became safer, more fire-resistant and more energy efficient, while losing some of the features that once made them distinctive. I finish with a challenge to search your own house for the ghosts of these 25 disappearing home features. 0:00 A countdown of 25 features of old Australian homes that have been banned or phased out by modern building codes. 0:46 Rubber-insulated wiring 1:25 The Backyard Dunny 2:02 The fan light that opens 2:44 The laundry chute 3:18 The Milk Hatch 3:55 The Unfluid Gas Heater 4:30 The Backyard Boar 5:48 The Spiral Staircase as the Main Stair 6:17 The Steep Attic Stair 6:45 Single-pane windows 7:21 Lead paint 8:01 Fibro and asbestos 9:29 Foil insulation in old roofs 10:24 Loose-fill asbestos in the ceiling 11:04 The Shared Roof Space 11:38 Unreinforced masonry 12:18 The timber house in the bush 13:42 Bleed in the tapware 14:26 The fuse box with no safety switch 14:59 The cesspit 15:43 Building in Under the Queenslander 16:56 The Backyard Incinerator 17:29 The gas connection 18:24 The roof held on by gravity 19:10 The Sleepout