Category: wooden decks durban

  • Upper Highway Timber Balustrades

    Well-designed timber balustrades are a defining feature of quality outdoor living in the Upper Highway area. They provide safety, structure, and a natural finish that elevates decks, patios, and entertainment spaces. At The Wood Joint, our approach combines premium timber, precision workmanship, and professional installation to deliver long-lasting results. Our latest project highlights this commitment…

  • Wooden Balau Deck built in Cotswold Downs, Hillcrest

    This wooden balau deck built in Cotswold Downs in July 2019 was built primarily to cover the JoJo tanks which were being housed below. There were various challenges in getting the beam across the span around the pipes that led into the tanks but with a few tricks we managed to hang a beam from…

  • Wooden balau deck built in Hillcrest

    This wooden balau deck was built in Hillcrest. It was built on top of existing slasto. When building on top of a previously laid substrate one can build directly on top of it rather than removing the paving or slasto. It helps with water flow below the deck keeping it drier and thus preventing premature…

  • Wooden Deck Built in Padfield Park, Pinetown

    Wooden Deck Built in Padfield Park, Pinetown   This wooden deck was built in Doone Village Retirement Village in Padfield Park, Pinetown. We used an H3 and H4 CCA Treated substructure with 19 x 68mm balau deck boards. The balustrade was balau pots and capping with marine grade wire rope. It is always better to…

  • Wooden Deck Gillitts – July 2019

    The pics here are of a wooden deck we have just completed in Gillitts. The client wanted an old deck removed, dumped and a new one built with slight changes. It was built in the normal way using an H3 CCA treated substructure and balau deck boards of 19 x 68mm which is the most…

  • Wooden Deck Waterfall September 2018

    The video here shows the deck we built from the neighbours yard with the mist rolling down the hill in the early morning. Besides being an incredible sight to see one can see how this garden lends itself to a wooden deck. The deck was built square off the house towards the boundary fence which…

  • Wooden Deck in Scottburgh, South Coast KZN

    This was a wooden deck built in balau for a client who had opened a Bed and Breakfast on the coast. As you can see form the pics the wooden deck was built in the front of the property overlooking the sea. There were of course strict time lines in which we had to complete…

  • Balau Wooden Deck, Kloof Durban

      Here’s a straight forward wooden balau deck we built in Kloof, Durban in October 2018. There were a few angles that had to be cut precisely to finish it neatly but other than that the deck was straight forward to build. We used an H3 and H4 CCA Treated pine substructure. Because the pine…

  • Wooden Balau Deck Built Waterfall, Durban July 2018

    This wooden deck we built in Waterfall, Durban was part of a new build at Focus on Ithemba along Blessing Ninela Road, Waterfall. They were building a new boardroom and office complex and part of the design was a wooden exterior deck. The job was referred to us by Mass Landscapes, Miles Steenhuysen, who was…

  • Cheap Wooden Deck Builders in Durban

    I was prompted to write this article on cheap wooden deck builders in Durban for various reasons and to highlight some of the dangers of using the cheapest wooden deck builder that you can find. Being South African we all should know the Afrikaans saying “goedkoop is deurkoop”. Or loosely translated to English “you get…