Business South June 2021

64 | Pushing the boundaries of conventional joinery Lunds Joinery Lunds Joinery is a leading manufacturer of bespoke commercial, architectural, and residential joinery. JOINERY “The increasing focus on thermal performance of homes and buildings makes timber windows an exciting thing for New Zealand’s timber and construction industries.” BENCH TOPS • Kitchens • Vanities • Laundries • Caravans • Bars • Buses • Anything Considered • Custom Made or Made to Specifications Ph 03 684 8477 14 Redruth St, Timaru blacksbenchtops@xtra.co.nz RETAIL & WHOLESALE LAMINATE FABRICATOR Quality Workmanship Guaranteed LACKS Bench Top Specialists GROUP No1 FOR POSTS AND TIMBER Proud to be major timber suppliers to Lunds Joinery • Posts • Poles • Timber • Concrete Troughs • General Fencing Supplies Call our teamat Great SouthernOamaru Ph03 4348659 ll W ith a proud history of many decades supporting Canterbury’s construc- tion sector, Lunds Joinery today pushes the boundaries of traditional joinery pairing craftsmanship with commercial work- flows to deliver high quality joinery work, on time and at scale. Lunds Joinery was established in 1965 as an adjunct to renowned Timaru construction firm C. Lund & Son which was established a decade earlier and has since grown through five gen- erations into one of the leading firms handling some of New Zealand’s largest commercial construction projects. Lunds Joinery is a leading manufacturer of bespoke commercial, architectural, and residential joinery. Now owned by company founder Charles Lund’s great great grandson, structural engi- neer Jamie Macgregor, Lunds Joinery’s aim is to improve construction efficiency through prefabrication while using as much locally grown timber as possible, acknowledging the high volumes of timber currently being exported in an unprocessed state. Jamie is interested in the timber prefabri- cation side of joinery production, and timber windows in particular, and he is developing Lunds Joinery’s capabilities in this area. “With the arrival of CNC and parametric drawings, we now have software packages that do the bulk of the design for our cabine- try work,” he says. “These packages break the joinery down into components so when it comes to the floor, it’s a much simpler process to actually assemble it.” Until recently, Lunds Joinery was making windows the same way his grandfather did. “Now we’re using these automated tools to speed up the production of solid timber windows, leaving the finishing to our joiners. Kelly Deeks We have really skilled people on our floor and we want to make the most of them.” And it’s working well. The CNC doesn’t make a mistake unless it’s told to, the quality of the finished product is better, and it’s produced far more efficiently. Jamie and the team are continuing to devel- op their capabilities and hope to eventually have the CNC also producing jamb elements and sashes. “The increasing focus on thermal perfor- mance of homes and buildings makes timber windows an exciting thing for New Zealand’s timber and construction industries. “Windows make up about 8 percent of the building envelope of a house, but lose 40 percent of its heat. “If your invest in a small area with a high value product, and you can improve efficiency substantially.” Jamie is proud to say Lunds Joinery’s double glazed, argon filled timber windows achieve an R-value of R 0.5, compared to the R 0.26 required by the building code. The R-value is the measure of how well insulation can resist heat flow. He is also proud Lunds Joinery is contrib- uting to the future of the joinery industry, creating the skillset of the future with half of its production workforce currently young apprentices, while skilled staff hold more supervisory roles.