Your Pinterest feed may be inspiring you to design your next building project with recycled timber doors or timber window frames. They can look stunning, but for how long and is this fast track to aged or stressed wood pocked with pitfalls? We’ll bore into some of the issues you may need to consider. Unknown […]
How timber-framed windows and doors shape up against aluminium
Even we were surprised at just how prevalent aluminium is for both residential and commercial windows. It’s 74% and 99% respectively, according to the Australian Government’s report Comparative service life assessment of window systems. So, why are architects, developers and home-renovators reaching for aluminium not wood for their projects? We decided to peer into […]
Smashing the top 5 myths about timber windows and doors
Sometimes too much choice can be a good thing. Over the past decades, architects, developers, builders and home renovators have seen an incredible boost in options for selecting timber windows and doors. Timber is a great choice for custom window and door frames because it’s strong, energy-efficient […]
Innovation and design the focus for Australia’s joinery industry
Embracing innovation and top-notch design is how the Australian carpentry and joinery timber manufacturing industry will be as strong as hardwood into the future. The Australian industry generates about $3 billion a year, according to the September 2017 report of industry-based research company, IBIS World. There are 2,180 businesses. Some 12,470 people are employed in […]
Top sites we follow for inspiration about using timber for door and window designs How we keep inspired – check out 10 sites we follow (plus a bonus one)
You might think by now civilisation may just have run out of ideas for new designs for bespoke timber doors and windows? Not even close. Here at Acacia Joinery, we’re keen to share our top list of who we’re following online, including social media, for inspiration and trends. It’s a moving feast of ideas, though, […]
