Deckline Decks Tired grey deck to new merbau with a cable balustrade.
Erina. A rotting, bouncing timber deck on a sloping Erina block, replaced with a new merbau deck on engineered footings, with a stainless cable balustrade to the view.
- Project
- 042
- Completed
- Mar 2026
- Build time
- 2 weeks
- Footprint
- 34 m², 1.4 m up
Before 
After The job
What we walked into, and what we did.
The problem
A 34 m² timber deck off the back of a sloping Erina home had been built years earlier on pads sat straight on the dirt, with the joists spread out to save on timber. It bounced underfoot, the bearers were rotting where they trapped water, and the old rail was nowhere near the NCC for a deck that was more than a metre up. Two earlier quotes were a single lump sum for "a new deck" with no board named and nothing said about the footings.
Our approach
We measured the deck, set out the line and priced it by the m², with the merbau grade, the footing depth and the balustrade spec on the quote. We stripped the old deck, dug and concreted engineered footings for the height and the slope, set the posts and ran bearers and joists at the correct spacing, flashed the ledger properly where it meets the house, then laid the merbau hidden-fixed at the right gap and built a stainless cable balustrade above grade on real brackets.
The result
A flat, solid 34 m² merbau deck more than a metre up, with a cable balustrade that keeps the view wide open and an even oil finish across the boards. The old deck and rotted bearers were carted away with the disposal itemised. Handed over with the 10-year footings, bearers and posts warranty in writing.
Materials
- Genuine merbau hardwood, hidden-fixed
- Engineered concrete footings and H4 posts for the height
- Stainless steel cable balustrade above grade
Named in writing
Materials and the honest number.
2 weeks on site
How the job ran.
- Days 1 to 3
Strip and footings
Old deck taken down and carted away, footings dug and concreted to depth for the height, posts set plumb and left to cure.
- Days 4 to 7
Frame and ledger
Bearers and joists run at the correct spacing, the ledger fixed and flashed where it meets the house.
- Days 8 to 12
Boards, balustrade and oil
Merbau hidden-fixed at the right gap, cable balustrade set above grade on real brackets, timber oiled, site cleared and the warranty handed over.
On site
A closer look.
“Three quotes, and Deckline was the only one that named the board and the footings. The old deck bounced and rotted; this one is dead flat and the cable rail keeps the view wide open.”
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