These are jobs we have built around the Northern Beaches, from Whale Beach and Avalon down to Newport and Belrose: hardwood decks and stairs, pergolas, curved fences and privacy screens, a club bar, a shop fit-out and one-off pieces like a curved floating bench.

Tap any photo to see it full size, and watch the videos Davey filmed on site to see how each job went together.

16 jobs · 36 photos · 11 videos

Decks & Stairs

About decks & stairs

Long Blackbutt deck and built-in bench beside a weatherboard house in Whale Beach, among ferns

Floating hardwood stairs beside an Oregon batten screen at the Whale Beach deck

Whale Beach · 2025

Blackbutt deck, bench and floating stairs

A long Blackbutt deck winding beside a weatherboard house among the ferns, with a built-in bench seat, floating stairs and an Oregon batten privacy screen.

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Aerial view of a new Merbau deck being finished behind a house in Newport

Merbau decking boards laid in a herringbone pattern with stainless screws, Newport

Newport · 2025

Merbau outdoor area

A new Merbau deck and outdoor area behind a house in Newport, including a section of Merbau laid in a herringbone pattern with stainless screws.

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Rebuilt Tallowwood deck with stairs down beside a stone wall

Northern Beaches · 2025

Tallowwood deck rebuilt in a week

The sub-frame rebuilt in two days, the joists and brackets locked in over the next two, then decked out in 136x21 Tallowwood with 12-gauge stainless square-drive screws.

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External Tallowwood stair treads on a white stringer with a stainless steel handrail

Northern Beaches

External Tallowwood stairs

Outdoor stairs with 135x35 Tallowwood treads set into rebates cut with a purpose-made jig, sanded ready for paint and finished with a stainless steel handrail.

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Pergolas & Outdoor Living

About pergolas & outdoor living

New pergola and deck subframe under construction on a lawn in Belrose

Deck subframe and bearers being set out under a new pergola in Belrose

Crew cutting Merbau boards beside the new deck frame under the pergola in Belrose

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Carpenter at the saw station beside the blue-wrapped wall on the Belrose deck job

Merbau deck board meeting a pergola post, with stainless screws, Belrose

Pergola posts and deck framing alongside the house in Belrose

Lined pergola ceiling and white posts over the Belrose deck

Pergola roof and deck taking shape in a Belrose backyard

Belrose · 2025

Pergola and Merbau deck

A new pergola and Merbau deck built together in a Belrose backyard: posts, beams and a lined ceiling above, and the deck framed and boarded underneath by Davey and the crew.

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Pergola with clear roofing sheets and white posts over a brick courtyard, seen from above

Replacement pergola with a clear roof over a brick courtyard and rendered planter bench

Northern Beaches · 2025

Storm-damaged pergola, replaced

After a storm brought the old pergola down, a new one went up over the brick courtyard with a clear roof that keeps the rain off and lets the light through.

Fences & Privacy Screens

About fences & privacy screens

Curved Blackbutt slat fence rising along a dark hardwood deck, with a garden behind

Northern Beaches · 2025

Curved Blackbutt fence

Blackbutt slats set out on a curve along the edge of a hardwood deck, each one spaced and fixed so the fence reads as one clean line.

Hardwood privacy screen with horizontal boards and vertical battens beside a pergola and deck

Looking up at a Blackbutt batten privacy screen against a blue sky

Northern Beaches · 2026

Blackbutt privacy screen

Horizontal hardwood boards topped with Blackbutt battens beside a pergola and deck: privacy from the neighbours, with light and breeze still coming through.

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Bespoke Carpentry

About bespoke carpentry

Curved floating hardwood bench set into a rendered garden wall over a sandstone paved terrace

Curved floating bench seat in tallowwood following the curve of a rendered wall

Sweep of a curved timber bench above crazy-paved sandstone

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End of a floating timber bench seat with even board gaps, against a white rendered wall

Northern Beaches · 2026

Curved Tallowwood floating bench

A curved Tallowwood bench that floats off a rendered garden wall over a sandstone terrace, built with the landscaper and metal fabricator on a new garden.

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Hardwood-clad bin enclosure with hinged lids and doors open, brass hinges and two wheelie bins inside

Northern Beaches · 2026

Hardwood bin enclosure

A hardwood-clad enclosure for the wheelie bins, with hinged lids, doors on brass hinges and black framing.

Bench seat built from recycled hardwood boards on a deck surrounded by bush

Northern Beaches · 2025

Recycled hardwood bench seat

A bench seat built from recycled hardwood boards on a deck in the bush, giving good old timber a second life.

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Renovations

About renovations

Home office with a desk and lamp beside a built-in Murphy bed cabinet with fluted doors

Close-up of the fluted panel doors of a built-in Murphy bed cabinet

Built-in Murphy bed cabinet with fluted doors and a recessed shelf above

Northern Beaches · 2025

Murphy-bed home office

A home office with a built-in Murphy bed behind fluted cabinet doors and a recessed shelf above, so the room works as an office by day and a guest room at night.