Royal Boards

Running a place on Batala Road means dealing with a lot of traffic noise and dust from the passing trucks. Royal Boards is just a basic shed and a small office area where we handle everything. You can usually hear the sound of machines running in the background if you come by during the day. We’ve got stacks of material everywhere, and there’s usually a faint smell of wood or glue in the air depending on what we are working on at the moment. It’s not a place for suits and ties. We’re usually in our old clothes, covered in a bit of dust by lunchtime. The office part is just a wooden desk and a couple of chairs that have seen better days. We don't have a secretary or anyone like that; if the phone rings, whoever is closest just picks it up. Some days are incredibly busy with orders piling up, and other days we’re just doing maintenance on the equipment. The tea guy comes around twice a day, and that’s usually when we take our only real breaks. It’s a grit-and-grind kind of job, and we’ve been doing it this way for years. Batala Road is a tough stretch, but it's where all the action is for businesses like ours. We just focus on getting the boards ready and out the door on time. There isn't much more to it than that. We just work until the light fades and then head back home.