Fall Prevention Screens
Fall Prevention Screens: Keeping Kids and Pets Safe at Height
Not every screen on your home is about keeping people out. Some are about keeping your own family safely in — and that’s the product David is most personally invested in across our entire range.
Ask David what got him focused on fall prevention and he’ll tell you straight: an open upstairs window is one of the easiest home safety risks to overlook, right up until it isn’t. A child leaning on a flyscreen, a window left open on a warm night, a moment of distraction — it doesn’t take much. Fitting a genuine fall prevention screen is one of the simplest, most permanent fixes available, and it’s a job David takes seriously on every single install, not just the ones where a client specifically asks.
What Makes a Window a Fall Risk
The National Construction Code (NCC) requires fall prevention measures on windows in habitable rooms where the drop below is significant. Guardian fall-prevention screens are built to meet this requirement for windows more than two metres above the ground outside. The traditional fix is a window restrictor — a device that physically limits how far the window can open. It solves the safety problem, but it also means the window barely opens at all, which isn’t much good in a Queensland summer.
Guardian takes a different approach: instead of limiting how far the window opens, it puts a heavy-duty screen across the whole opening. The window operates fully — full airflow, full view — while the screen itself does the job of stopping a fall.
What's Actually in a Guardian Screen
This isn’t a flyscreen with a fall-prevention label stuck on it. Guardian uses 304 architectural-grade stainless steel mesh, woven at 12 x 12 strands per 25mm² from 0.6mm high-tensile wire, bonded into a fully welded aluminium frame. It’s rated to resist an outward force of around 250N (about 25kg) — enough to stop a determined child or a boisterous pet — and it holds a BAL-Low to BAL-40 bushfire rating, which matters for a lot of Brisbane and Logan’s leafier, bushland-adjacent streets.
Fall Prevention vs Security Screens:
Not the Same Thing
We’ll always be upfront about this: Guardian is not a security screen, and we won’t tell you it is. It’s not tested or rated to AS5039, so it’s not the product for a ground-floor window facing the street where forced entry is the concern — that’s what our Security Screens range covers, using ForceField, Protec or Diamond instead. What Guardian does very well is the specific job of fall prevention at height, and the two products sit comfortably side by side in the same home — a security-rated screen on accessible ground-floor windows, Guardian upstairs where a fall is the actual risk.
If you’re weighing up entry doors too, our Security Doors range covers those separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Guardian is designed and tested for fall prevention under the NCC, not forced-entry resistance under AS5039. They’re different products for different risks.
No — that’s the point of Guardian over a standard restrictor. The window still opens completely; the screen itself provides the barrier.
Generally, windows in habitable rooms more than two metres above the ground outside, especially upstairs bedrooms and living areas. We’ll confirm exactly which windows in your home need it during a free measure.
No — the mesh still lets air through and keeps insects out, the same as a standard screen would.
Kidsafe Queensland has good general guidance on preventing falls from windows and balconies if you want the broader child-safety picture beyond the screen itself — supervision and furniture placement matter alongside any physical barrier.
Get Your Free Measure & Quote
If you’ve got windows that are a genuine fall risk for kids or pets, it’s worth getting them assessed properly. Contact Miza Home Security for a free measure and quote across Brisbane, Logan and surrounds — David will tell you honestly which windows need Guardian, which need a security screen, and which are fine as they are.