Joinery and Fabricated Products
Timber joinery and fabricated products can make an outstanding and project-defining contribution to any interior or exterior design. The range of timber joinery and similar applications is considerable, and includes:
- Window and door joinery using internally or in the building’s external envelope.
- Stair components, such as stringers, treads and handrails.
- Furniture and joinery, including cabinetry, benches, shelving and stand-alone furniture items.
- Laminated tables and benchtops.
Many timber species are suitable for these elements, with appearance, workability, and the intended finish being key selection criteria. While rare and exotic species such as Celery Top Pine and Sassafras can generate pieces of outstanding beauty, more affordable and readily available species are also available for projects of different scale and appeal. Timbers like Tasmanian Oak, Blackwood and Myrtle make an excellent choice and can be easily matched with timber products in other components, like flooring or veneered lining panels.
Windows
Timber windows and doors add to a project’s design architecturally and offer improved thermal and acoustic performance when compared to similar alternative systems. Careful window selection and placement is correctly viewed as a means of increasing occupant amenity, reducing demand for artificial light, and moderating climate conditions internally. With regular maintenance, carefully designed and finished timber windows and doors can perform in the toughest external environment and if required, can be refurbished or updated easily and effectively.
Like timber windows, timber doors create visual impact in a project, adding value to any commercial or domestic building. Timber also provides a strength, flexibility and versatility that other materials find hard to match. Protected from moisture, a timber door will perform satisfactorily for the life of any building.
Timber windows and doors are usually made by specialist joinery companies from dry and stable board supplied by Tasmania’s timber producers. Often made for the project, these joinery items can be designed and glazed to achieve the required thermal performance or architectural design. They can be left natural for the required transparent coating or pre-primed for a paint finish.
Stair Components
Timber stairs are significant joinery components that can contribute to a project’s design architecturally and improve occupant amenity and sense of well-being. They can be detailed to compliment or contrast with other timber components such as flooring, lining and joinery.
Stair components include treads, risers, stringers, handrails and balusters. These can be produced from solid boards and laminated elements for appearance or structural applications. Like timber windows and doors, stair components are often made in a variety of species by specialist joinery companies from dry and stable board and laminated elements supplied by Tasmania’s timber producers.
Furniture and Joinery
The figure, colour, tone, and versatility of Tasmania’s iconic timber species makes them ideal for furniture and joinery in homes, offices, and similar public and entertainment venues. Varied but highly workable, timber furniture and joinery are appealing and comfortably robust items. Some of Australia’s most skilled furniture designers, joiners, makers and craft people use these timbers to produce pieces that either respect traditional furniture forms or push the boundaries of modern design.
Tasmania’s timber producers provide the full range of materials necessary for these components, including veneers, matching solid timber and glue laminated elements in a range of species.
Laminated Table and Benchtops
Laminated table and benchtops are seasoned and stable components assembled by gluing together smaller boards of a single or a mixture of species into a large and more useful section. Tasmania’s timber producers manufacture these elements in a range of sizes and thicknesses and supply them to joiners and builders for incorporation into benches, tabletops, shelving and similar joinery and appearance items.
These laminated elements are normally assembled from readily available species, such as Tasmanian Oak and Blackwood but can be assembled from other species for special projects or applications.
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