A cabinet is an essential piece of furniture in Australian homes. Usually, it has a box shape with doors and drawers used for storing personal belongings such as clothes, medicines, and miscellaneous items. You can find different cabinets in the house according to its uses like wardrobe cabinets that stores clothes, display cabinets, medical cabinets, kitchen cabinets, etc.
Types of Cabinet
A built-in cabinet is customized to the room’s design and size where it will be installed permanently. Usually, one side of the cabinet is placed against a wall or framed in an opening. Cabinets found in kitchens are generally built-in cabinets since they are permanently attached under and above the kitchen’s countertop and sink area.
On the other hand, Freestanding cabinets are movable cabinets and can be transferred from one area of the house to another location. Most freestanding cabinets are not customized to the house but instead available off-the-shelf in furniture stores and ready to use.
Cabinets can also be categorized according to its design, for example, a face frame cabinet a frame supporting the front of the cabinet. On the other hand, and frameless cabinet does not have frame support and its doors are directly attached to the cabinet box.
Do carpenters build cabinets?
Carpenters are skilled workers whose primary work is to build, shape and install construction materials to construct houses, buildings bridges, wooden ships and other structures. Carpentry usually involves working with wood and sometimes also called timber framing. Sometimes skilled carpenters also are asked to do cabinet making and making furniture, but usually, these jobs are given to more specialized skilled workers.
There are several specialized skills need to create or repair a cabinet. Although a carpenter can also build a wardrobe, a cabinet maker is a better option since they specialized in making cabinets. Cabinet making needs more detailed craftsmanship and precise measurement.
Cabinet makers specialized in the making and installation of wooden furniture such as cabinets. They can do it on-site, but usually, they prepare and pre-cut some of the parts in the workshops and assemble them on-site. But there will still be some customization when they finalize the cabinets during installation.
Cabinet makers usually are involved in the planning, designing, creating and installing of the cabinet. The most common materials used for cabinet making is wood, although other materials like glass, metals and vinyl are also used in combination with traditional materials.
Although cabinet makers and carpenters work with wood, cut, shape and build suing them, cabinet makers have more focused training. Cabinet makers usually work the inside and build cabinets, cupboards, tables and desk. In contrast, carpenters work on more giant structures such as house frames, floors, walls and roof inside and outside the house. Bathroom renovations Wollongong have qualified cabinet makers who work on cabinet designing and building during their kitchen renovation projects.
How much that is it to hire a cabinet maker?
Cabinet makers in Australia should have an AQF Certificate III to be qualified to work. It takes around two years of on the job training to get the certification.
Australia’s cabinet makers paid at the rate between $50 to $75 per hour depending on the size, design, location, and experience level. Cabinet makers may have a different set of specialization, so make sure to research and ask for recommendations before choosing your contractor.