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  • Welcome to The Wood Joint

    Welcome to The Wood Joint

    The Wood Joint specialises in the installation and construction of wooden decking, sundecks, balustrades, stairs and other  outdoor timber construction as well as outdoor wooden furniture.

  • Balau vs CCA Treated Wooden Deck Durban

    Balau vs CCA Treated Wooden Deck Durban

    I often get asked about using balau as a substructure in a wooden deck. There are various pros and cons of using balau as a substructure in your wooden deck so I thought I would jot it down and in future I can direct clients here who want the ins and outs of using balau…

  • Balustrades on Wooden Deck, Durban

    Balustrades on Wooden Deck, Durban

    There are a number of different types of wooden balustrades one can have built for your wooden deck. We offer this product in both Durban and Cape Town. I will run through a few options in this article and will mention the pros and cons of each one. There is a slide show above which…

  • Wooden Screens, Pergolas, Decks and Gates Durban

    Wooden Screens, Pergolas, Decks and Gates Durban

    We were asked to quote on wooden screens, wooden pergolas, wooden decks and wooden gates on a new build in Prestondale, an area north of Umhlanga, at a development called Izinga Ridge. We originally quoted in about June 2013 and the work was awarded to us for s start date of about 1 November 2013.…

  • Wooden Decks Durban – Verulam

    Wooden Decks Durban – Verulam

    We recently had a good run of building wooden decks in Durban. With the arrival of summer and Christmas, wooden decks in Durban become a very popular item for consumers to spend their hard-earned cash. Despite trying to get jobs confirmed earlier on in the year, most of our work was confirmed in November and…

  • High Level Wooden Deck Installed Durban

    High Level Wooden Deck Installed Durban

    Now here’s a challenge. We’ve been commissioned to build a deck 5.5m high on the lowest point. The highest point is about 7m off the ground. An engineer and architect have drawn plans and there is a strict spec we need to follow. Our H4 CCA treated gum poles are 9m in length. That’s too…

  • Wooden Pool Deck Built in Westville, Durban

    Wooden Pool Deck Built in Westville, Durban

    This wooden deck was built in Westville, Durban in September 2013. There are two sections to the wooden deck, one being the deck around the pool and the other being the deck above the pool where the water flows back into the pool and the pot plants are housed. One way of decking around a…

  • Wooden Deck Built with Guarantee in Durban

    Wooden Deck Built with Guarantee in Durban

    As mentioned in some of my other articles we started offering supplier guarantees on our H3 CCA Treated pine substructures. These guarantees can run for up to 50 years from the date of installation. They are guaranteed by the manufacturer of the chemicals used in the treatment process and are underwritten by one of the…

  • 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…