Progress on balustrading

Mark has been working on the balustrade again today, adding the uprights to about half the balustrade so far. It's looking more and more finished. On the picture below you can see before on the right and after on the left.

Mark has been working on the balustrade again today, adding the uprights to about half the balustrade so far. It's looking more and more finished. On the picture below you can see before on the right and after on the left.

Today I've been working on the deck again. This Kookaburra took an interest in my work and didn't feel intimidated by me at all when I got to within arm's length to take the picture.
I guess this is a youngster that is still quite curious... :-)


Today I started with the balustrade on the front of the deck. I am using recycled hardwood that we picked up yesterday from a demolition yard.
As you can see we are already using the deck as our "camping" kitchen.
Over the last few months I have been busily working on the deck.
We purchased recycled and new decking timber. The new decking we purchased mainly because we couldn't get enough recycled decking at the time.
In my experience it is a lot nicer to work with recycled decking as …



Nick and Roger are amazing. In the last 4 weeks they have managed to do the deck, have the roof completed so the roofer can start and all internal walls are up as well. If you are ever considering building a straw bale house these are the guys to get …