It was hard to describe this project in CHIRNSIDE PARK at the time! Was it a "repair" Was it an "addition" or was it a "delayed completion?"
Regardless of how it was described at the time, there was work to be done! The upper level deck was completed and occupied! It was supported by timber posts encased in brickwork on the lower third. The bottom level deck did not exist at all.....Yet some one had begun the basic frame work....but quickly realised they were out of their depth and therefore abandoned any further efforts. It was time to bring in the professionals to fix this embarrassing problem. We have seen this embarrassment many times. Well meaning home owners attempting what seems on the face of it "a handyman project"... has now become a "face saving" exercise! Melbourne Deck Builders, Timber Decking Now removed the initial works and then proceeded to install a treated pine subfloor, handrails and an access set of steps. 88mm TREATED PINE decking was chosen as a budget, yet durable finish. The deck works in themselves were straight forward and completed the owners original desire to have access to the very large rear yard from the lower deck via a previously unusable glass sliding door from a rear living room. In a tightly held pocket in Melbourne's outer East, there was once an in ground pool surrounded by a very dated slate and aged MERBAU deck. To complete this sad scene, an ugly 2.4M tall timber framed wall painted blue surrounded the pool area on two sides. The wall separated the pool area from what could only be described as a "vegetative waste dump" at the rear, which the new owners described as "Jurassic Park". Without doubt this project was the largest and most complicated pool deck MELBOURNE DECK BUILDERS (Timber Decking Now) had ever taken on. The existing 140mm Merbau has been fixed down with Stainless Steel "Philips head" 50mm screws, which promptly either stripped or sheared off at the head when removal was attempted, resulting in a long and arduous task under the Summer sun. Sections of the subfloor were rotted out and additional joists were added in the existing structure. Removal of the 2.4m walls revealed the full extent of the challenge ahead! Although access was good on foot, there was nowhere to place the extraordinary amount of building materials required to complete this very serious project. TWO HUNDRED & FORTY square metres (1680L/M) of H/duty135mm wide COMPOSITE DECKING was laid over hundreds of additional lineal metres of H3 subfloor, terrace benches and steps. The Timber Decking Now team had to carry ALL the materials some 50 metres down to the work site from the front yard "storage area". Three 12 cubic metre bins accounted for the waste and demolition materials in "Jurassic Park" along with hundreds of metres of old weathered Merbau pulled up from the various levels around the pool. The project took a four man team a little over a month working six day weeks in mostly very hot and tiring conditions. The end result was a TOTAL TRANSFORMATION into an extremely pleasing civilised leisure zone with a sparkling pool, beautiful lawns and rock work, BBQ nook, broad terraces featuring deck lighting and steps, plus easy access to the new landscaped garden at the rear. Looking for a Trex Composite Deck for your home or investment property? Visit our Composite Deck Builders Melbourne page on this site and ask us for a no obligation, Free Composite Decking Quote.
Luxury Townhouses require special consideration when it comes adding a deck. This up market home (above) in Melbourne's Eastern suburb of Heathmont, enjoys wonderful vistas of the adjoining golf course. The home's owners were of Scottish origin and retired. They were looking forward to morning tea on their new deck, whilst observing the local birdlife on the golf course. Timber Decking Now received a request to quote and offer ideas for the construction of the proposed deck. It did not take us long to demonstrate our ability through photos, references and practical knowledge. After receiving an additional two quotes, the retired owners awarded the project to Melbourne Deck Builders, Timber Decking Now. In doing so they stated "it's not all about price, it's as much about feeling good with the people you are dealing with!" Leafy Heathmont in MELBOURNE was the location Melbourne Deck Builders, TIMBER DECKING NOW was called in 2007 to construct this wrap around deck and verandah. There was no existing structure to demolish or alter, this was a straightforward addition in an overgrown garden. The owner cleared away the vegetation and trimmed the tree branches back to give the team a clear work site to work in. As with many of these older weatherboard homes, compromises had to be made with floor levels being a little out of "flat and true!" However, these minute compromises did not affect the integrity nor the ascetics of the finished product. Built by Decaid, part of the Timber Decking Now Group.
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