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This particular project is a custom deck made of Brazilian Ipe wood. It was designed/built By Mike Bless to flow over and around the above-ground pine tree roots in order to save the tree. The structure atop the deck was designed to simulate a large planter box for the tree as well as create privacy and seating.

For more information on the  ”Lifeguard House”   view this link   Unique Newport Beach Home 

Bless Construction Inc. can handle many projects such as (but not limited to) Structural concrete walls, decks, basements, tilt ups, multi level parking structures, general residential construction, concrete patios, concrete and or wood patio covers/gazeboes, corbels, interior and exterior doors, wood gates, garden gates, kitchen cabinets, entertainment centers, Exotic wood interior coffee tables, exotic wood inlays, custom file cabinets, custom patio areas in either wood or concrete, Fire tables, Large solid wood exterior grade (teak) tables with the option to include a fire pit in the table, large conference tables, Hardwood ceilings, baseboards and crown moldings, concrete counter tops, Redwood and Tropical Hardwood decks, and more.

Although a soft and light weight gate is often acceptable for many people’s needs, many other’s prefer a higher quality, more elegant, and durable wood product that will be more resistant to dents, as well as the abuse, from accidents of children, movers, gardeners etc.

We use Mahogany to build our “High Quality Gates” in a process which eliminates the need for visible Bolts, Brackets, and mending hardware which is often used to help hold together a soft wood product such as a Redwood Gate.

Just as you will rarely ever find the doors of a house made of Cedar or Redwood, we prefer to use a much higher quality wood for our gates as well. We take pride in standing behind our values of delivering quality by the means of using very weather resistant woods including our most cost effective, Philippine Mahogany wood as opposed to the softer/cheaper Cedar or Redwoods. We use Philippine Mahogany wood for some of the same reasons that major door manufacturers use Mahogany.

Some our reasons are as follows:

• The stability of Mahogany
• The lack of “Sapwood” in Mahogany
• The great weather resistance of Mahogany
• The hardness of Mahogany
When selecting Mahogany boards to be used for a gate, we look at each board for certain wood grain patterns to use, as well as wood grain patterns to stay away from. A particular board that appears to be nice and straight one day may warp or twist in the future after your gate has been installed. This can become quite a headache as door locks may not work properly. This can be due to not knowing and /or selecting a poor wood grain pattern.

This process is more involved than just running to the store and picking up Mahogany Boards (or any boards of wood) and expecting to build a gate that will not warp in the future.

Our experience, as well as our specializing in Mahogany, gives us the confidence in knowing that we can build a straight Door/Gate for you today, and have it remain straight for you in the future.

Whether you are interested in having a showpiece for your home, or simply trying to avoid a gamble for Dependability;

Think about our High Quality Gates!

Where does your money go for an installation?

If a typical door hinge (butt hinge) is to be used, then typically the installation requires recessing the hinge, flush into the door edge, just as you can find on all of the doors of your house. This type of installation is of the typical door installation process, which is normally done by a door hanging specialist/professional or a finish carpenter. Normally this type of installation includes a typical door knob that that has the latch portion precisely flush-set into the door edge as well. This can be a quite lengthy installation compared to the “Barn Door Hinge” installation, due to the fact that the typical door installation, and tolerances are much more precise and time consuming compared to the Barn Door Hinge or other surface mounted gate hinge installations.

The “Barn Door” type of hinge is commonly found on an economy line of gates, and is a surface mounted hinge that is screwed to one of the outside faces of the gate. This type of hinge lends itself to a much quicker installation as the gate can easily be positioned from right to left or even up or down , before the gate is secured into it’s final position, as opposed to the timely calculations of the standard door hanging process. The type of door securing hardware that is normally used in conjuction with the common gate hinge or “Barn Door Hinge”, is typically a simple metal handle that has a thumb latch to open the gate, or even more simple, a common gate latch that has a string coming through a small hole in the gate in which you can pull this string to open the gate.

Although the “Barn Door Hinge” and typical gate latch hardware is not as streamlined nor as sleek as typical door hardware, it is however, a nice alternative for those who don’t mind the look and wish to save the installers time, which in turn, “should” save your money.
We prefer that you select/supply your own hardware due to the hundreds of wonderful designs, sizes, and colors available, but are happy to answer questions for you regarding your hardware if you are not interested in the designs we have to offer.

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