a dining table and chairs in a room

Wakanui Trail House

Wakanui Trail House embodies the affinity the homes owners have for the outdoors, and provides a deep connection with the natural environment and the public park beyond.

Failure of lamination of blackbutt steptreads

The glue joints should not have opened up. Prolonged exposure to direct sun will lower the moisture content of timber, but you report that the treads in shadow are also separating. It sounds as if the timber had a moisture content that was higher than recommended at the time of installation and is now adjusting to surrounding conditions by drying and shrinking a little. Was any specific moisture content mentioned at the time of supply? Even now it would be helpful if the joiner or the timber supplier could test the timber with a moisture meter.

a wooden structure in a grassy area

Summer Place Pavilion

A softly curved timber pavilion forms a beautiful container for a collection of large, locally harvested live edge timber slabs.

Skillion roof to existing Separating Wall

Australian Standard 1684, Residential timber-framed construction, deals with the design of the roof itself (member sizes, tie-down to resist wind uplift, etc.) but not the connection of a new roof to existing brickwork. This would usually be done by fixing a ledger board to the brickwork, which in your case appears to be a solid wall, the thickness of two standard bricks. We are not aware of an Australian Standard that covers this, but there is some advice on the net.

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