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Tag: Wooden Decks

  • Wooden Decks Durban – Westville

    Wooden Decks Durban – Westville

    This wooden deck built in Westville Durban was built in record time. We have been experimenting with new techniques of building to make the task quicker yet still remain accurate, neat and structurally sound. It was a 35m² wooden deck with a balustrade on 3 sides and a gate. It was flush with the floor…

  • Screwing Deck Boards Down on a Wooden Deck in Durban

    Screwing Deck Boards Down on a Wooden Deck in Durban

    Here’s few videos of us screwing deck boards down on a wooden deck in Durban.  This wooden deck is 35 square metres in size.  It took us one day to get the complete substructure down and ready, and a 2nd day to screw down all deck boards.  Monday morning we will build the balustrade 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 Deck Installed in Queensburgh, Durban

    Wooden Deck Installed in Queensburgh, Durban

    This wooden deck we are installing is almost complete. The pics alongside are work in progress pics. I’ll update it with some others once we are done and you can then get the full feel of the deck. It has been an interesting installation as there are effectively three sections to it and the whole…

  • 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…

  • Sealing a Wooden Sundeck by The Wood Joint – Durban

    Sealing a Wooden Sundeck by The Wood Joint – Durban

    Sealing a wooden sundeck can be a time-consuming task. One needs to ensure that the sealer gets in between the gap on the deckboards so as to seal both edges of each deckboard. Balustrades can also be very time-consuming as there are many corners and tight gaps to get in to. We use Timberlife Satin…

  • 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…

  • Wooden Balau Deck Built in The Bluff – February 2012

    Wooden Balau Deck Built in The Bluff – February 2012

    The Bluff is a wonderful place for a wooden deck builder in Durban. A lot of the properties there have relatively steep gardens and lend themselves well to installing wooden decks. It allows the property owner to make use of land which would have otherwise not been usable. This property was very steep with a…