Commercial Joinery
Introduction
The terms cabinet making and joinery are used interchangeably in Australia but is there actually a difference? Well, cabinet making and joinery are actually two different trades where joinery is a specialised process to connect wood together with a minimum of mechanical fastenings (nails & screws) and is far more commonly used in pieces of high aesthetic value, where fixings should not be visible.
What is Commercial Joinery?
Commercial joinery encompasses a wide range of furniture, fixtures, and fittings for commercial spaces, including cabinets, shelving, reception desks, partitions, dividers, and office furniture like desks, chairs, and tables. The commercial joinery process involves consultation, design, fabrication, and installation.
Some examples of commercial joinery are shop counters and shelving, partitions in bathrooms and dividers, specialised storage and desks in office spaces. Whilst how the joinery functions and is used are the focus when it comes to commercial joinery, with the right design and attention to detail, commercial joinery can be beautiful as well.
Commercial joinery is specified by an engineer, architect or interior designer in their scope of works and schedule of finishes this type of joinery takes a specialist craftsman to design, build and install it.
Choosing A Commercial Cabinet Maker
Commercial joinery is in fact a different subset of joinery or cabinetmaking, in that there are many various elements that step it outside of the realm of building cabinets and drawers. Strength, durability and ease of use often take priority over the aesthetic, but not always. More often than not a delicate balance needs to be struck between the form, function and affordability of commercial joinery, which makes it a much more nuanced branch of the industry.
Commercial joinery should not be undertaken by just any cabinet maker or joiner. As mentioned previously, commercial joinery requires specialist cabinetmaking and joinery skillsets that are only mastered with many years of experience.
Commercial joinery is one of Arete Joinery’s specialties with more than 70 years of combined experience and a broad set of skills across carpentry, joinery, cabinetmaking and shopfitting, we are the ideal choice to assist with your architectural joinery requirements.
Our factory is conveniently located in Northgate, Brisbane meaning that we are both easy to visit for a design consultation and our close proximity to the major thoroughfares meaning that our getting to site in full and on time can be depended on.
Contact us today to discuss your commercial joinery needs on (07) 3555-5139