Series work, not a single piece
Six apartments with the same wardrobe are not six identical pieces: they are six openings. The adjustment clearance goes into the drawing and the fit becomes predictable.
The north of the island, high density and one of the largest short-let stocks in the city. Joinery here is almost always a problem of repetition and of wear.
Six apartments with the same wardrobe are not six identical pieces: they are six openings. The adjustment clearance goes into the drawing and the fit becomes predictable.
A holiday property is used by strangers. Hardware, edges and handles take far more than they would in a home — and spares held in stock are worth more than a sophisticated finish.
Much of the neighbourhood is directly exposed to sea wind. The coastal specification, in its own section on this site, applies here at full weight.
Timber on the coast
A house 200 metres from the sea in Florianópolis is not the same joinery job as a flat in the centre. None of this is opinion: it is specification.
Near the sea, relative humidity swings far more than it does inland. Solid timber expands and contracts with it, and the design has to allow that movement: a groove instead of rigid glue, calculated clearances on doors and drawers, and the dimensional reference chosen for the worst case, not the average.
In panel work, water almost never gets in through the face. It gets in through the edge: the top of a door, a sink cut-out, a foot standing on a wet floor. Sealing the edge and applying the banding properly matter more than any colour choice.
Hinges, runners and handles are metal in salt air. The corrosion class of the hardware is a line in the estimate, not a detail. [CONFIRM which hardware is specified near the sea]
A unit pressed against a wall that breathes collects moisture at the back. A standoff and an air path change the working life of the piece more than any varnish does.
The face turned to the sun shifts tone before the others. That is not a defect, it is how timber behaves — but it has to be said at the moment of choosing, not two years later.
A penetrating finish repairs locally; a film repairs as a whole. Anyone living near the sea should be choosing with the repair in mind, not only with how the piece leaves the workshop.
A photo, a screenshot, a drawing or the wall measurements. The prior estimate is written, free and without obligation.