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  • Substructure on Low Level Wooden Pool Deck

      We are busy with a new wooden pool deck build in Hillcrest, Durban and I have taken a video to show how the substructure is built before the deck boards go down. This is a low-level wooden pool deck that we are building which is only about 200mm off the ground. Because it is…

  • Wooden Balau Pool Pump Covers

    Wooden Balau Pool Pump Covers

    Here’s some pool pump covers we built for a client using balau wood. He had just refurbished his house completely and had added a koi pond and therefore a pump and filter system too. He had built a solid brick wall around the system and wanted to cover it with wooden balau lids that he…

  • Wooden Pool Deck Built in Westville, Durban

    Wooden Pool Deck Built in Westville, Durban

    Here was a nice size wooden sun deck, or pool deck, we built of approximately 60m². I say a nice size because at that size one can reduce the costs slightly, pass a saving on to the client, and make a little bit more money on the job. This wooden sun deck was built around…

  • Balau Wooden Sundeck Built in Kloof, Durban

    Balau Wooden Sundeck Built in Kloof, Durban

    Here’s a balau wooden sundeck we’ve just built on Kloof, just inland of Durban. We used a 19 x 90 balau deck board on this wooden sun deck at the client’s request. We normally use a 19 x 68 balau deck board as they are considerably less expensive per square metre than the 19 x…

  • Balau Cladding or Screening

    Balau Cladding or Screening

    Balau cladding or screening of brick walls is quite popular and attractive. It takes an otherwise boring brick, plaster or concrete look and transforms it into a beautiful wooden clad structure. It can of course be clad balau or any other timber, but balau being the most popular outdoor timber for cladding of brick walls.…

  • Solid Wood Floors – All Brown Teak End Matched

    Solid Wood Floors – All Brown Teak End Matched

    These solid wood floors were installed in Hluhluwe in a house that was being renovated by the new owner on a farm. We used all brown teak, end matched. Most of our teak in South Africa comes from Zimbabwe and they are not allowing teak to leave the country without being machined there. So they…

  • Wooden Balau Horizontal Balustrade using Deck Boards

    Wooden Balau Horizontal Balustrade using Deck Boards

    Wooden balau balustrades can be designed and built in many different ways. One gets traditional picket style wooden balustrades, which seem to be the most popular with nice clean straight vertical lines. There are the criss cross designs and criss cross with a box in the middle. These are all very basic descriptions for these…

  • Driveway Gate Clad in Balau Wood

    Driveway Gate Clad in Balau Wood

    Here’s another driveway gate that we clad in balau in Umdloti, North of Durban. In the pics you can see the old gate which we left in place while we installed the new balau timber clad driveway gate and them removed it afterwards and scrapped it. Because this gate is right on the road facing…

  • Wooden Pergola Built in La Lucia, Durban

    Wooden Pergola Built in La Lucia, Durban

    This was an interesting wooden pergola we built in Durban. Most often pergolas are built using planed all round pieces (PAR) in the traditional pergola design which is vertical posts to support the structure and horizontal purlins of varying width and thickness to cover the top. Wooden pergolas don’t really offer any functional benefit as…

  • Nailing Solid Wood Floor Boards

    Nailing Solid Wood Floor Boards

    Nailing solid wood floor boards down can be a time-consuming job if done manually. When nailing tongue and groove floor boards down, one needs to nail the nail through the tongue at 45° and counter sink it slightly so that the next floor board can be slotted in over the nail making it invisible. If…