Comments for Ben and Kylie's Dream Home

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:07:12 +0000

Hi Kilo

I’d highly recommend against that. Yes, it would be very slippery smooth side up. The ‘normal’ side up is not slippery and in my opinion looks great and natural, with its grain. However when laying the deck, many times slipped on the boards when up the other way. Hope that helps.

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:05:07 +0000

Hi Mel, sorry I missed your reply. No, have had no issues at all.

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Kilo India

Kilo India — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:23:16 +0000

Hi Mel and Ben,
We are looking at installing this product around a pool. I’d like to install it with the the smoother side facing up as it looks a lot nicer – but do you find it slippery at all when wet?
Thanks heaps!

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Melanie Catchpole

Melanie Catchpole — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:31:30 +0000

Thanks Ben, we’re a bit worried about it only having a 10 year warranty too (especially as from 6-10 years, they require 50% repair payment from customer). Have you had to go back to them at all in anything?
Other composite companies have a 25 year warranty.
Cheers,
Mel

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:46:56 +0000

Hey Mel, yes have had a few scratches such as moving a bbq around, but not with the likes of deck chairs. But I’d so no more so than normal timber marks/dents. Depending on the types of chair feet, you’ll find furniture can slip more than on timber, something to think about. It also heats up more than timber, something to think about if you’ve got little kids especially. But overall I can’t speak more highly of it – 8 years on still looks brand new, no splinters and minimal to no maintenance.
Hope that helps!

Comment on Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking. by Melanie Catchpole

Melanie Catchpole — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:17:46 +0000

Hi Ben,
We’re looking at installing the sea salt outdure around our pool. My biggest concern at present is I have heard it can get scratched. In your experience has that happened on your deck when you’ve moved furniture around for example, or a heavy bbq?
Thanks,
Mel

Comment on Love Thy Stairs by Ben

Ben — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:38:15 +0000

Thanks Vicki, we really love them. The finish was all done by our stair manufacturers Stylecraft: https://www.stylecraftstairs.co.nz/ – there was some colour put in it to give them a bit of a whiter finish – I’m not sure what type of product they used though sorry. Drop them a message, they’re great.

Comment on Love Thy Stairs by Vicki Scott

Vicki Scott — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:43:50 +0000

These are gorgeous. What type of finish did you apply to the timber ie a clear matt oil, a polyurethane etc. And what brand did you use? Thanks so much.

Comment on The Finishing Touches. by Ben

Ben — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 01:57:42 +0000

Thank you. No drawings, but we used a blank aluminium door and fixed the cedar to the face of it. Then we used an electronic door opener vs door handles, that has a pin from above to close it. Which allowed us to keep it seamless/frameless. Hope that helps somewhat, had very clever builders/electricians!

Comment on The Finishing Touches. by Ashleigh walker

Ashleigh walker — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:51:30 +0000

Hi there! Absolutely love this front door do you have any detail on how you achieved this? We are trying to do the same and having trouble figuring out how it is done!
Thanks