For me, what would help me to decide when to do it would be access and cost. We had a similar situation. We did it after the build because we…

I'd probably use surfmist for the garage door/windows. I'm feeling far too much grey if you chose the shale grey. I would use shale grey for the fascia though.

We paid a company called APZA services $350 to compile a 17 page Bushfire Risk Assessment report. They told us exactly what we had to do to protect the premises…