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  • Wooden Balau Decking Companies in Durban

      Here’s a wooden deck we at The Wood Joint built in Durban recently. The Wood Joint is a wooden decking company situated in Durban and servicing most of KZN. It was a low-level wooden deck basically at ground level joining the pool to the patio and semi surrounds. The site was situated in la…

  • Engineered Hardwood Flooring

    Hardwood flooring has become ever popular in many countries. In South Africa, home owners are opting for these in preference to the old style parquet and the laminated style of flooring. Hardwood floors go hand-in-hand with luxury, and offer timeless beauty and are low on maintenance. Home owners looking for a classic look might like…

  • Composite Deck Boards vs Hardwood Balau Decking

    I’ve often been asked to quote, on or at least comment on, composite decking. Firstly we need to have a look at what composite deck boards are. Composite deck boards are generally made from plastic and saw dust which can be anything from saw dust, wood chips to wood fibre pieces or bamboo. They can…

  • Wooden balau Deck Built in Umkomaas – KZN South Coast

    Wooden balau Deck Built in Umkomaas – KZN South Coast

    This wooden deck built in Umkomaas on the South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal turned into a very nice job with many extras and a happy client who paid timeously. What a pleasure. We removed and dumped an existing pine deck that had started to show signs of failure in the deck boards themselves. The structure…

  • Wooden Yellow Balau Deck – Kloof, Durban KZN

    Wooden Yellow Balau Deck – Kloof, Durban KZN

    Here’s another wooden deck we built in Kloof, Durban which is similar to one we built in Hawaan Forest estate a few years ago. It has a fire pit with a U Shaped bench which double up as steps around it. These steps were designed so that they were wide enough to sit around the…

  • Furniture Restoration

    Furniture Restoration

    Besides our timber construction activities we also attend to furniture restoration, both indoor and outdoor, refurbishment and techniquing. We sand and seal a fair amount of outdoor furniture in various species of timber from balau to pine. The same rules apply here to oils vs. coatings. Oils are better in the long run as they…

  • 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 Balustrades

    Wooden Balustrades

    Wooden balustrades are necessary on all decks that are above 1m off the ground for safety reasons. Some people opt for them even if the deck is lower than 1m. They normally sit 1m above the deck surface but on decks which are higher than about 4m off the ground, it is recommended that one…