BUILT TO LAST
Nothing hidden. Every part drawn.
Here is exactly how a Driftroom is built: the pontoon underneath, the materials on top, the drawings and the order it goes together in our Gold Coast workshop.
- Marine-grade aluminium frame
- UV-stabilised polyethylene floats
- Stainless steel fixings
- Composite deck
- 12 mm toughened glass
- Assembled on the Gold Coast
The platform, layer by layer.
LAYER 1
Floats
Three rows of sealed, UV-stabilised polyethylene floats carry the load and keep the deck about 0.48 m above the water.
LAYER 2
Aluminium frame
A 6.40 × 3.00 m marine-grade aluminium frame. For the Studio and Pavilion, bolted widening beams take the deck to 3.70 m.
LAYER 3
Composite deck
Warm grey composite boards with a slim aluminium edge trim. No rot, no splinters, hose clean.
LAYER 4
The fit-out
Studio, Pavilion or Terrace, fixed to the frame with stainless steel fittings and finished before it leaves the workshop.
Drawings
Sheet 1 of 3 · General arrangement plan
Frame, three float rows and the two deck widths (3200 and 3700).
How it goes together
- 01Check the pontoon frame, floats and deck in the workshop
- 02Bolt on the aluminium edge beams
- 03Fix the beams to the frame cross members
- 04Side-fix the black base channel to the edge beams
- 05Fit the decking and edge trim
- 06Set the 12 mm glass panels in the channel
- 07Hang the 900 mm glass gate
- 08Bolt the drinks ledge posts and fit the ledge
- 09Furnish, clean and inspect
- 10Tow to the canal and moor beside the pontoon
Materials, product by product
Studio
- Floats
- Rotation-moulded polyethylene, UV-stabilised
- Frame
- Aluminium platform frame; powder-coated aluminium bedroom frame
- Decking
- Composite boards with built-in deck lights
- Walls
- Triple-wall wood-plastic composite, insulated
- Roof
- 10 mm polycarbonate over an 8 cm air gap and internal ceiling, hidden gutter, skylight
- Glazing
- Glazed front, keyed double doors, two opening windows
- Fixings
- Stainless steel
Pavilion
- Floats
- Black polyethylene, 3 rows
- Platform frame
- Aluminium, widened with aluminium outriggers and edge beams
- Decking
- Composite boards across the full 3.70 m, aluminium edge trim
- Enclosure frame
- Anthracite powder-coated aluminium
- Roof
- Hip roof in twin-wall polycarbonate with vented apex
- Walls
- Clear panels between slim aluminium profiles
- Doors
- Sliding leaves, one lockable
- Fixings
- Stainless steel
Terrace
- Floats
- Polyethylene, 3 rows
- Frame
- Aluminium
- Decking
- Composite boards
- Glass
- 12 mm toughened safety glass, heat-soaked (AS/NZS 2208)
- Balustrade channel
- Black anodised aluminium, side-fixed
- Drinks ledge
- Oiled spotted gum on black aluminium posts
- Cleats
- 4 × 200 mm horn cleats
- Fixings
- Stainless steel
Rules and checks
A Driftroom is an unpowered pontoon vessel, moored alongside an existing pontoon. Waterway and mooring rules still apply. We check each berth and tell you what applies before you commit.
[Builder's plate, engineering sign-off and warranty details to confirm.]
Downloads
- Studio spec sheetPDF coming
- Pavilion spec sheetPDF coming
- Terrace drawing set (5 sheets)PDF coming
- Parts list (CSV)CSV coming
- Care and maintenance guidePDF coming
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