Category: Durban

  • Floor Sanding Durban

    Floor Sanding Durban

    Many home owners, with old houses, are finding that once they remove the carpets, which became so popular in the 70’s, that there are lovely solid wood floors beneath. After so many years of being trapped beneath a carpet, they do of course need some sanding and sealing in order to bring them back to…

  • Solid Wood Flooring Installer Durban

    Solid Wood Flooring Installer Durban

      Solid wood flooring in Durban, and for that matter throughout the world, has risen again in popularity over the last few years. Many years ago solid wood floors were quite popular and in the 1970’s these were replaced with carpets. Many old houses are no finding top quality solid wood floors beneath their carpets…

  • Sealing a Wooden Sundeck by The Wood Joint – Durban

    Sealing a Wooden Sundeck by The Wood Joint – Durban

    Sealing a wooden sundeck can be a time-consuming task. One needs to ensure that the sealer gets in between the gap on the deckboards so as to seal both edges of each deckboard. Balustrades can also be very time-consuming as there are many corners and tight gaps to get in to. We use Timberlife Satin…

  • Choosing a Wooden Deck Builder in Durban

    Choosing a Wooden Deck Builder in Durban

    There are many wooden deck builders in Durban. With a simple search on Google you will find a few companies on page 1. If you trawl the various magazines that advertise home improvement services, you will find many there too. There are also various portals on the net that list these companies. Most of these…

  • Wooden Decking Durban

    Wooden Decking Durban

    I haven’t written or posted an article on wooden decking in Durban here for a while. The main reason is that we have been extremely busy building wooden sundecks in Durban. It is quite odd to be this busy in the middle of winter. Normally people want their sundecks built-in summer and winter is traditionally…

  • Wooden Balau Deck Built in The Bluff – February 2012

    Wooden Balau Deck Built in The Bluff – February 2012

    The Bluff is a wonderful place for a wooden deck builder in Durban. A lot of the properties there have relatively steep gardens and lend themselves well to installing wooden decks. It allows the property owner to make use of land which would have otherwise not been usable. This property was very steep with a…

  • Stairs and Balustrade – Durban North – July 2011

    Stairs and Balustrade – Durban North – July 2011

    This wooden stair job started off as just a few stairs to gain access to the granny flat from the other side of the garden and then progressed into a small balustrade on either side too. The client originally had a fence there of CCA pine slats which we had to remove and then build…

  • Reducing rot in wooden sun decks

    Reducing rot in wooden sun decks

    This article will focus solely on reducing rot in wooden sun decks rather than a specific article on a job we have completed. One of the first questions that are asked when planning to build a wooden deck is that of maintenance. Being wood, the deck will always be susceptible to rot and insect infestation,…

  • Wooden Sundeck Constructed in Toti Durban

    Wooden Sundeck Constructed in Toti Durban

    This wooden sundeck we constructed in Durban was a low-level deck which was barely off ground level. We were taking it flush off the level of the floor in the lounge and extending it outwards into the garden. The grass was not growing properly in this area due to large trees that were creating a…

  • Wooden Deck Built in Durban North – November 2011

    Wooden Deck Built in Durban North – November 2011

    This was a normal wooden deck in the normal cleat, beam and joist system with a cleat attached to the wall on the house side, joists running off that perpendicular to the house and a main beam supporting the joists. This deck was built in the days when I was still sing balau as a…