Before and After: Timber Joinery Renovations

They say “the proof is in the pudding.” You can rave to your friends how great your special pudding recipe tastes, but until they taste it, they won’t quite believe you. You can look at a beautiful timber entrance door in the Allkind Joinery catalogue, but until you’ve seen what it looks like whe...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Replacing Old Windows with New Timber Windows

Allkind Joinery has been making timber windows for the better part of half a century. The difference between Allkind Joinery and most window manufacturers is that their creative craftsmen know how to think outside the box. While they offer cost-effective solutions with their Renovators Range of...
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Written by Richard Travers

Renovating Your Living Room with Timber Windows & Doors

You’ve been through the usual list of living room renovation ideas. A fresh coat of paint helped, but it wasn’t enough to transform your living room into a room you really wanted to live and entertain in. You looked at furniture, but decided the cost of new furniture was too high in...
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Written by Rob Schneider

History of Allkind Joinery and Brisbane Architecture

History of Allkind Joinery and Brisbane Architecture

Allkind Joinery has a long and distinguished history, but in a very real way, this Brisbane joinery is also part of Brisbane’s greater history. Home to some of Australia’s finest architecture, including Customs House and St. Stephen’s Cathe...
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Written by Richard Travers

Ventilating Timber Windows and Doors – the Cure for Sick Building Syndrome

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is a term used to describe a variety of health problems associated with “sick” buildings – buildings that contain high levels of air contaminants. In some countries, SBS is called Tight Building Syndrome or Closed Building Syndrome. These more descriptive terms are th...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Transforming Your Bathroom with Timber

The trend in bathrooms today is away from the slick-surfaced, institutional look of traditional tiled bathrooms towards a more natural look. What could be more natural than timber?
The trend towards the natural look in bathrooms began with natural healing spas, where all natural ingredients are...
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Written by Rob Schneider

The Hazards of Lead-Based Paint on Timber Windows

Until 1970, lead-based paints were used extensively on Australian homes. Until that time, the health hazards of lead were little understood and most paints contained extremely high levels of the toxic metal — as high as 50% of their entire contents in paints produced prior to 1950....
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Why Choose Solid Timber Doors and Windows?

Solid timber doors have become rare in Australia. It started in the post war years, when mass production replaced custom joinery and housing developments replaced custom-built homes. There were sound economic reasons for the change: Aussie battlers needed to save money wherever they could. There...
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Written by Rob Schneider

What is Architectural Timber Joinery?

Concrete and steel is giving way to timber as the architect’s building material of choice today. All around the world, architects are pushing the boundaries and creating award winning structures made entirely or predominantly of timber. What is architectural timber joinery and why is it the l...
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Written by Rob Schneider

What is Architectural Timber Joinery?

Concrete and steel is giving way to timber as the architect’s building material of choice today. All around the world, architects are pushing the boundaries and creating award winning structures made entirely or predominantly of timber. What is architectural timber joinery and why is it the l...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Custom Timber Joinery versus Mass Produced

When we think of custom timber joinery, we think of the work of master cabinet makers. When we think of mass produced joinery products, we think of a poorer level of craftsmanship, but much cheaper prices. What’s the truth about custom timber joinery versus mass produced joinery products?
The T...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Brisbane Architectural Styles

Brisbane has a rich architectural history that is often under-appreciated even by local residents. The commandant of early Brisbane’s Redcliffe settlement built Brisbane’s first residence in 1824. Sadly, this house is no longer standing, but outstanding examples of Brisbane architectural styles f...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Make it Wood, Make it Good

Did you know that the inaugural World Wood Day was launched in March of 2013? Unfortunately, the day passed unnoticed by most of the world this year, but is likely to catch on in years to come.
The reason for the launch of World Wood Day was to raise public awareness of the ecological advantages...
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Written by Rob Schneider

How to Design a Timber Kitchen

In the past, timber kitchen design was a job best left to kitchen designers or the timber joinery you chose to build your kitchen for you. Without a working knowledge of scale drawing and an understanding of cabinet construction, it was just too hard a job for the average person. Advancements in...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Styles of Timber Windows

If you’re doing home renovations, do yourself a favour and take a look at timber windows by Allkind Joinery & Glass in Brisbane before you finalise your plans. A look at the wide range of styles produced by this Queensland joinery will expand your creative horizons and help you choose the f...
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Contemporary and Traditional Front Door Designs

When the team at Allkind Joinery Brisbane moved from Brooks Joinery and established Allkind Joinery in 1970, they had already established their name as master timber craftsmen and designers. Arguably, their contemporary and traditional front door designs were a big part of the reason why Allkind...
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Written by Rob Schneider

How to Recognise Quality Carpentry & Joinery Services

We live in a competitive world. In order to survive, any business needs to put its best foot forward and advertise its services to the public. This is fine, but it puts the onus of responsibility on the consumer to separate the wheat from the chaff. This can be especially tricky when you’re l...
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Adding a Touch of Class with Timber Gates

Have you ever noticed how something as small as a gate can make or break a home’s exterior? You can approach one gate and get a sense that the homeowners are warm, approachable people. Reach for the latch of another gate, even if it’s unlocked, and you can get the feeling they would really not ha...
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Written by Rob Schneider

Fly Screens that Really Work

Have you ever thought that your fly screens were almost as much of a nuisance as the flies they were designed to keep out? In the past (and too often, even today), fly screens were considered a necessary evil. They did what they were supposed to do, but looked unattractive and were cumbersome to...
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Trends in Timber Bathrooms

Ask an interior designer what’s trendy today and they’ll tell you it’s bathrooms. For too long relegated to the status of utilitarian “water closets,” bathrooms have been redefined as “mini spas,” and are taking their design cues from the bathrooms found in better tropical resorts....
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Written by Rob Schneider