Backyard Mates

It's an old house with wonky walls but now it's been insulated, covered in building wrap and fitted with new windows and weatherboards. Once it's painted it'll be ready for many more comfortable years

We do hundreds of metres of weatherboards every year but this is our first experience with Block Face. To make things more complicated some had been previously replaced but didn't match the original size, and these replacements were slightly different again. We've managed to match them as best as possible.

The Dilemma: You've moved into your new house but you don't like the look of the front fence. It's structurally sound but building a new one is prohibitively expensive. The Solution: Modify it

The dilemma: You've got kids with too much energy, and you've just acquired a basketball hoop, but there's really no space for it to be used safely in the backyard, however there's a laneway at the back.
The solution: Fit a solid timber beam above the roller door, and attach the hoop to it.
The result: Happiness

This used to be a shed like any other shed. But when you install a new pool beside it, it has to be more than a shed. We fitted the new window and sliding doors, then lined it with these beautiful shiplap boards, beginning its transformation from shed to pool-cool.