Balcony Deck & Stairs To Garden

Balcony Deck

Built to replace a deck that was unsafe, the client wished to keep as much of the look of the orignal structure as was possible.

The client wished the handrail to be left as you see it, as they had their own ideas as to how it would be finished off after it was painted.

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Painted Deck As close to the original as I was willing to go. Less cut joins for water to ingress and rot to start. Every cut or potential point of ingress treated fully with preservative before painting.
Balcony Amongst The Foliage View from the office window
Raised Balcony Deck Deck boards laid out like a chevron.
Top Of The Stairs
Staircase Stringer
Raised Balcony Deck
Raised Balcony Deck
Raised Balcony Deck
Morticed Newell Post
Raised Balcony Deck
Stairs To Garden
Raised Balcony Deck
Original Stairs & Deck Overly complicated joinery with no consideration as to how the joints would hold and react to water. Rot was everywhere, but especially in the mortice and tenon joins and scarf joints. Some of the joists were so rotten they simply pulled away easily from underneath as only the paint was holding them on.
Original Stairs & Deck The original stairs were covered in thick gloss paint, as was the deck. Overly complicated joinery with no consideration as to how the joints would hold and react to water. Rot was everywhere, but especially in the mortice and tenon joins and scarf joints. Some of the joists were so rotten they simply pulled away easily from underneath as only the paint was holding them on.
Original Deck Overly complicated joinery with no consideration as to how the joints would hold and react to water. Rot was everywhere, but especially in the mortice and tenon joins and scarf joints. Some of the joists were so rotten they simply pulled away easily from underneath as only the paint was holding them on.
Blank Canvas Dangerous structure removed.