Business South September 2016
BUILDING » Orange Joinery
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Joiner’s young gun takes award Kelly Deeks One of Nelson’s longest established timber joinery firms has now been recognised for its young talent, winning the best fitment by an apprentice 4001 to 8000 hours at the 2016 New Zealand Master Joiners Apprentice Awards. Orange Joinery former apprentice, now fully qualified craftsman joiner Howie Weeden, won the award for his part in building one of the company’s more unique projects, for a client who wanted a set of stairs with a shelving unit installed underneath. Orange Joinery manager John Andrew says the shelving unit under the stairs was a difficult project for Howie to complete as there were a lot of different angles, and the installation was difficult due to the limited access to get in under the stairs and put the shelves together. “The shelving had to be installed in a precise sequence so minimal fixings were seen,” he says. “The whole thing was screwed together in position from the back, in very limited space, and the final unit was designed to slide into place from the front. It was very technical to do.” Apprenticeship now complete, Howie assists John with everything from customer liaising to building, along with delivering and installing custom joinery needs. Orange Joinery has been around in Nelson for more than 50 years, and is now part of the long established Orange Building Group, a locally owned Nelson building company. Orange Residential Homes is one of Orange Joinery’s regular clients, with the company completing most of its joinery work, and also completes a range of joinery projects for other private clients. Orange Joinery provides custom-made designer kitchens and timber joinery to the wider Nelson Tasman region. John’s experience in kitchen design has him creating ergonomic spaces that keep all kitchen essentials to hand when they are needed. Hundreds of samples of a wide range of materials from
“We have specialist guys that do it the old school way using modern materials and techniques, and know what they’re doing.” leading suppliers is available to browse through at Orange Joinery’s showroom, with friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff also on hand to talk through the options. Kitchens are manufactured in Nelson by trained and experienced tradespeople, and installed by expert installers to ensure the kitchen units, doors, and work surfaces are integrated into the home, with a minimum of fuss and disruption. Orange Joinery also designs and manufactures all styles of timber and wooden joinery, from traditional timber designs to architectural creations for a contemporary new home. Everything at Orange Joinery is custom made, with no CNC equipment on site. “My guys cut everything out from scratch and assemble it,” John says. “We have specialist guys that do it the old school way using modern materials and techniques, and know what they’re doing.” He says the team is committed to delivering designer joinery that exceeds the customers’ expectations. Design concepts are functional and modern, quality control in the workshop and on site is consistent, and installation services are professional. As a Registered Master Joiner, all Orange Joinery custom made kitchen and joinery projects are backed by a full five year Registered Master Joiners workmanship guarantee, as well as individual product warranties.
The shelving unit built by Orange Joinery’s Howie Weedon which won an award at the 2016 New Zealand Master Joiners Apprentice Awards.
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