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Joinery

Joinery is the trade of making and installing built-in timber work: kitchens, wardrobes, doors, window frames, and fixed furniture in residential buildings.

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Joinery is the trade of making and fitting built-in timber and board products: kitchens, built-in wardrobes, doors, window frames, staircase components, and other fixed furniture. In Australian residential construction, the term covers both the manufacturing side (a joinery workshop making cabinet carcasses and doors) and the on-site installation side (fitting those components to the structure). A cabinetmaker typically handles the kitchen and storage joinery on a residential job; a chippy handles structural timber elements and sometimes second-fix trim joinery (architraves, skirtings, door frames).

Also known as: cabinet work, built-in furniture, fixture joinery.

Category: Trade / construction.

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Last updated: 2026-05-10. Verified: 2026-05-10.