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  • Balau wooden screens installed in Umhlanga Durban

    We installed these balau wooden screens in Umhlanga in Durban in early 2018. The brief was to provide some privacy to the upstairs verandah. There was originally a glass balustrade on this verandah and being at the end of a cul-de-sac this property’s verandah was very visible to vehicles and people driving or walking to…

  • Balau Ceiling Cladding at Hillcrest Corner, Durban

    Balau Ceiling Cladding at Hillcrest Corner, Durban

    The Owen Kemp Building at Hillcrest Corner, is being refurbished and there are two restaurants coming in to the space which was Mr Price. The entire shop is being revamped and changed to accommodate these two restaurants and we have been appointed to attend to the balau ceiling work, decking and cladding of various entrance…

  • Wooden Balau Pergola Built in Plantations – Durban

    Wooden Balau Pergola Built in Plantations – Durban

    This wooden balau pergola was built at Plantations in August 2016. We had custom-made galvanised steel base plates made up in order to secure the uprights to the existing paving. Because the uprights had to be installed on the edge of the paving we couldn’t dig and bury the post so we installed them into…

  • Balau Cladding on Ceiling – Umhlanga, Durban

    Balau Cladding on Ceiling – Umhlanga, Durban

    Here’s some balau cladding work we did on the ceiling in the reception of a new office building in Umhlanga Rocks. We used 19 x 30mm strips of balau which we ripped from a standard 19 x 68mm balau deck board. We started off with a treated pine frame or structure on to which we…

  • Wooden Deck and Stairs Built in Umhlanga, Durban

    Wooden Deck and Stairs Built in Umhlanga, Durban

    This wooden deck we built for a client in Umhlanga, Durban was a suspended wooden deck about 2.8m off the ground. The idea was to make use of the flat concrete roof as a deck because the views from up there are of Durban Anchorage where ships anchor before proceeding to Durban port.  The views…

  • Balau Timber Stairs Built in Umhlanga Rocks, Durban

    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…

  • Wooden Pool Deck Built in Kloof, Durban

    This wooden deck was a simple pool deck that we built in Kloof, Durban. The pool had originally been built at an angle to the house which limited the available space between the house and pool. The client wanted to create a wooden deck that was parallel to the house so that he could maximise…

  • Wooden deck in Massaranduba, Hillcrest, Durban

    Wooden deck in Massaranduba, Hillcrest, Durban

    This deck was built with Massaranduba. Although Massaranduba is about 30% more per square metre than balau the client insisted on it as it is a much harder and denser wood than balau. As such it will last longer. It has a slight reddish tinge to it. This deck is to be left unsealed so…

  • Wooden Flooring Durban

    Wooden Flooring Durban

    Many years ago, as late as 1625, most European houses did not have a wooden floor. Instead they had a beaten earth floor which of course created problems with water and dust, as you can imagine. Wooden floors were reserved for wealthier people and in those days consisted of joists with planks of elm or…

  • 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…