Joinery · Case study
The Reading Room
- Location
- Glenhaven, NSW
- Year
- 2025
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Category
- Joinery
Full-height built-in library, three faces, integrated lighting, ladder.
Why this needed an engineer.
Two walls that the floorplan called square were 8mm out across 3.2 metres, and the ceiling rolled 12mm front-to-back. The client wanted a flush face, hairline reveals, and shelves that read dead-level along every horizon.
The engineering thinking.
Scribed back panels to the existing surfaces rather than fighting them. Shop-drew the carcasses to a true face, then trimmed in-situ so the visible cabinetry stayed perpendicular even where the structure isn't. Shelves carry up to 28 kg per metre, sized from a load case, not a guess.
- American oak
- Tasmanian oak veneer
- Brass fittings
Twenty linear metres of shelving that reads as one piece, with reveals consistent to ±0.5mm. The client said the room finally feels intentional.
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