H1
130 mm
Joinery and components
Bespoke joinery, made to your drawings
Houteng manufactures bespoke joinery, custom furniture, mouldings and turned legs to the drawings you send us, for interior designers, architects, builders and joiners across South Africa. We don't design and we don't install: the specification stays yours, and so does the client relationship.
Joinery
Custom joinery for designers, architects and builders
Send the drawing, the joinery schedule or the spec list and we manufacture from it. We quote from the drawing, query anything ambiguous before we cut, and build to the tolerances your installer needs on site. Also bar counters, bookcases and kitchen components: if it can be drawn and specified in timber, ask us.
Wall panelling
Made to your wall layouts and joinery schedule.
Staircases
Solid timber staircases, made to your drawings.
Reception counters
Counters for offices, hotels and retail, built to the drawing.
Shopfitting components
Repeatable components for store and showroom fit-outs.
TV units and vanities
Built-in and freestanding units to your sizes.
Pedestals and coffee tables
One-off and matching pieces in solid timber.
Furniture
Custom furniture to your drawings
Dining tables, benches, sideboards, dividers, boardroom and hospitality pieces, manufactured in solid timber to a designer's drawing. One piece, or a run of matching units for a hotel, restaurant or development. We manufacture timber frames only, not upholstered ones.
Finishing. We have our own spray room, so pieces can leave finished or raw: clear varnish with a hardener, water-based varnish, painted colour, wood stains, or oils including Rubio Monocoat, Jax Oleum and Pronature. We can also wire brush a surface for a raised, textured grain. We don't do hand-painted decorative techniques.
Mouldings
Mouldings machined in your timber
Cornices, beading, architraves, skirtings and panel mouldings for joinery and furniture work, to your profile or ours. Send a drawing, a specification or a physical sample and we assess the profile, dimensions, material and quantity, then tell you whether we can run it.
Lengths. Solid timber is supplied in the lengths our suppliers have available, made up to your order using the fewest total metres, and charged per running metre.
Timbers. Any species we work in. See the timber list on the cabinet doors page.
Standard moulding profiles. Your own profile can be run from a drawing, specification or sample.
H2
Classic Dental, 30 mm
H3
Rosette, 90 mm
H4
100 mm
H5
100 mm
H6
75 × 64 mm
38 mm groove
H7
72 mm
H8
120 mm
H9
116 mm
H10
64 mm
H11
114 mm
H12
65 mm
H13
65 mm
H14
85 mm
H15
140 mm
H16
93 mm
H19
65 mm
H20
90 mm
H21
65 mm
Turned legs
Turned legs for tables, benches, islands and cabinets
Standard size
880 × 100 mm, or made to your size
Practical maximum
Up to 1.6 m long and roughly 280 mm in diameter. Up to about 380 mm may be possible depending on the component and the machining.
Larger pieces
Built up in two glued sections and finished into one continuous-looking piece. Often easier to transport and install too.
Profiles
Our standard profiles, or your own from a drawing, specification or sample.
Timbers
Any species we work in. Painted legs are turned in Meranti.
Finish
Raw, sanded or finished, as specified.
We ask about the application before quoting an oversized turning, because transport, handling and installation matter as much as machining limits.
Standard turned-leg profiles
Standard height 880 × 100mm. Legs are also made to your size.
Repeat work
Built to hold the spec from first unit to last
For developers, architects and contractors we manufacture in repeat quantities: matching furniture through a student accommodation block, solid butcher tops for a school science lab, joinery across a hospitality fit-out. Send the schedule and the quantities; we quote the joinery and the delivery separately, and deliver nationwide.
In 2023 we manufactured around 100 solid Saligna laminated tops, 40 mm thick and up to 4 metres long, for Rovange Lifestyle Concepts' school projects, delivered inside two months against their cut-off date.
Ordering
Send the schedule as it is
We read an architect's joinery schedule and quote straight off it. No need to convert it into a cutting list first.
1
Send the drawing
Include sizes, timber, finish, quantities and any site constraint that affects delivery or assembly. If a detail can't be manufactured as drawn, we say so before quoting.
2
We quote
A cutting list with full specifications can often be quoted within the hour. Furniture drawings take longer, as we work out the cutting list ourselves first.
3
We manufacture
10 to 15 working days depending on quantity, complexity and finish, with an estimated completion date on the quote. No minimum order.
Questions
Joinery questions
Not covered here? Call 012 804 4295 or send the drawing and we'll tell you straight.
What is bespoke joinery?
Joinery made to a specific drawing for a specific space, rather than bought as a standard unit. In our case it also means made for the trade: we manufacture, you design and install.
Do you draw up or fit the joinery?
No. You send the drawing or schedule and we manufacture to it. Installation stays with your team, so we never compete with you for the client.
Can you match an existing profile or piece?
Yes, for both mouldings and turned legs. Send a drawing, a specification or a physical sample; we assess the profile, dimensions, material and quantities and confirm whether we can produce it. If we can't, we'll say so.
Do you finish the joinery?
Yes, we have a spray room, so work can leave finished or raw. See the finishing options under custom furniture above.
Do you work outside Gauteng?
Yes. We manufacture in Silverton, Pretoria and deliver nationwide, with delivery quoted separately.
Also manufactured
More from the factory
Cabinet doors
See cabinet doors →Interior and exterior doors
See wooden doors made to spec →Solid countertops
See solid wood countertops →Projects
See recent projects →Send us the drawings and we'll quote from them
One piece, a full fit-out, or a run of components: the process is the same.