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  • Balau Wooden Stairs in Hillcrest

    Long time no post.  After building this site over a number of years by adding hundreds of articles and pics of work in progress, work completed and general advice and sharing of experiences in our work, I realized that I had neglected our readers and hadn’t posted anything for a long, long time.  So here…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Wooden Balau Stairs built in Blythdale Beach

      Towards the close of 2017 we built these wooden balau stairs in Blythdale Beach, KZN. The original treads had been made of 19 x 68mm balau deck boards. Because the spacing between the stringers was 1m the stairs were very springy and were bouncing. The general rule is that a 19mm thick piece of…

  • 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 Building in Summerveld, Durban

    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…

  • Wooden Decking Companies in Durban

    Wooden Decking Companies in Durban

    There are many wooden decking companies in Durban that one can choose from when planning to install a wooden deck. Some are reputable companies and some are not, as in any industry. Besides comparing price one should always compare services to make sure you are comparing like quotes. Some wooden decking companies in Durban for…

  • 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…