Hardwood & composite decking, engineered to last.

Composite is virtually maintenance-free, won't splinter, and holds its colour — ideal for busy families and coastal sites. Hardwood gives you that natural timber warmth and patina that composite can't replicate. We'll walk you through samples and lifetime cost at your free design meeting.

Published Australian price guides (2024 to 2026) put an installed deck at roughly $180–$400 per m² in treated pine, $300–$715 per m² in hardwood and $250–$805 per m² in composite, before stairs, balustrades or height are added. Our decking cost guide shows where those figures come from. Your fixed-price quote is the real number for your deck.

Not if it meets every exempt development rule: no more than 25 m², a floor no more than 1 m above the ground, at least 900 mm from the side and rear boundaries, behind the front building line, and within the 15% total-area limit, among others. Otherwise it needs a Complying Development Certificate or a development application. We work out which and lodge it for you.

Once a deck floor is about a metre above the ground below, it usually needs a balustrade under the building code, and on a pool deck the pool fencing rules apply as well. We design it as part of the deck, in frameless glass, wire, aluminium or timber. See our balustrades page for the options.

Yes, and it's some of our favourite work. We step the footings down the slope and size the posts and bracing for the height, so a steep yard becomes flat, usable space level with the house. A raised deck is likely to need a balustrade and an approval, and we handle both.

Yes. We can extend a deck so the new section matches the old, or replace it outright. Replacing a deck that is no higher than 1 m can be exempt if it keeps the same size and height and uses materials of the same or better quality. A bigger or higher deck is treated as new work.

A properly built hardwood deck (with the right framing and fixings) will last 20–30+ years. Premium composite boards carry manufacturer warranties from 15 to 50 years. Either way, the framing and fixings are what determines real-world lifespan — which is why we spec marine-grade or treated framing as standard.

Yes — we regularly build low-profile decks over concrete and around pools, using aluminium or steel framing systems where height is limited. Drainage and ventilation are designed in from the start.

Yes. An insulated patio roof or a pergola over the deck turns it into an outdoor room you can use in summer heat and rain. A roofed deck can still be exempt if it meets the same rules, stays no higher than 3 m (and below the gutter line if it's attached to the house), and its roof overhangs by no more than 600 mm. See insulated patios and pergolas.

We're based in Dapto and build decks across Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, the Southern Highlands and Macarthur. Call us and we'll tell you straight away if we can help.