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Monthly writing from the shop. Timber prices, policy that changes our jobs, DIY guides we wish more people had read, project diaries, and the occasional rant about regulators.
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4 featuredWhat's next: the year ahead at Zargari
Where we're investing, what's changing on the floor, and the kind of work we want to take on in the back half of 2026.
Winter project planning: when to commission
Sydney winter is the best time to commission joinery, here's the calendar logic and why the work that lands in your home in October starts on paper in June.
Pergola plans: the structural review process
What an engineering review actually catches before the post-holes get dug. A walk through the four checks we do on every pergola brief.
The PhD applied: a structural diary
How the civil-engineering background actually changes day-to-day decisions on a job site. Not theory, three specific moments from a single deck build.
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36 posts · Mar 2023 → Feb 2026
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