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Wooden Screens and In Fills
Screens can be used for a multitude of purposes from screening out the view of the neighbours to enclosing an air conditioner so that it is not visible. They are sometimes concreted into the ground and can vary in height. Sometimes they are attached to boundary walls or the main building and some contain gates…
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Wooden Sun Decks Durban and Cape Town
A wooden sundeck is a valuable extension to your house in that it is relatively cost-effective whilst still increasing the living area and total coverage of your property. If properly installed and maintained it will give you many years of warmth and enjoyment and you will retain the value of it when ultimately selling your…
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Stainless Steel Wire Rope Balustrades, Durban
Below is an article on wire rope balustrades to refresh the methods of installing them, display some pictures and highlight some pros and cons of this type of balustrade. Wire rope balustrades are normally installed when one wants to avoid limiting the view as much as possible whilst still providing a barrier at the end…
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Balau Duck Boards for Wooden Decks – Durban
I have inspected many a wooden deck in Durban where the deck boards beneath a pot plant have started rotting. As can be imagined, rain water and water from watering the pot plant gets trapped below the pot plant and takes much longer to dissipate or evaporate than water collecting elsewhere on the surface of…
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Indoor Wooden Balau Pool Deck Built in Estcourt
Here’s an indoor wooden balau pool deck we built in Estcourt KZN recently. The client had been doing some renovations on his house and had enclosed the pool with brick walls and windows resulting in an indoor pool. He wanted a wooden deck around it to finish it off nicely. Careful consideration was needed to…
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Timber Suppliers in Durban
As a spin-off of our deck building activities in Durban we started buying and selling decking timber. We found that due to the volume of timber we purchase we can secure it at a better rate and therefore provide it to the end-user, or contractor, at competitive rates. We carry the most common decking timber…
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Balau Timber Stairs Built in Umhlanga Rocks, Durban
These balau timber stairs that we built in Umhlanga are actually temporary stairs which will be removed at some point. They were built in order to gain access up the bank to a converted container that has been placed at the top. It is for a new development at Umhlanga Ridge and the converted container…
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Wooden Pool Deck Building in Summerveld, Durban
We built this wooden pool deck in Summerveld, Durban in July 2015. There were various challenges in this wooden pool deck build which tested our skills somewhat. Firstly the ground in Summerveld is very rocky, in fact in some areas it is just one large rock, and when digging you are actually making a small…
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Wooden Pool Deck Built in Kloof, Durban
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Balau vs CCA Treated Wooden Deck Durban
