Built-ins in Uxbridge
Built-ins are cabinets and shelving fixed to the room, drawn to the walls they sit against and scribed on site. Uxbridge pairs a heritage village core with newer houses on acreage across the moraine. Older houses with chimney breasts and alcoves are made for built-ins; newer rooms with flat walls gain a place for them from a run of shelving with a lit centre.
Uxbridge, on the ground.
Village streets are narrow and rural driveways are long, so the delivery route is agreed before install day. Boxes are built and finished in the shop, delivered and scribed to the alcove over [n] days.
Older houses in Uxbridge carry tall baseboards and deep window reveals, so plinth heights and stile widths are set to match them.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Uxbridge or the full built-ins page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01Elevations of every alcove and wall, measured at several heights
- 02Closed cabinets below, open shelves above, or any mix, sized to what you own
- 03Window seats and benches with drawers or lift-up storage
- 04Scribe panels, crown and plinth details that run into the existing trim
- 05Lighting wired in the shop where shelves are lit
- 06Delivery and install by our crew, [n] days on site
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Linear feet and shelf count | Open shelving is the lightest line; closed cabinets with doors and drawers add parts. |
| Site conditions | Chimney breasts, sloped ceilings and out-of-square alcoves add scribing time. |
| Door construction and finish | Painted shaker at one end, veneer or fluted fronts at the other. |
| Lighting and stone | Lit shelves and a stone top on a console add wiring and a fabricator. |
Paint colour and hardware are the smallest lines. Site conditions and what the piece hides set the number.
Asked before the first call.
Do you build alcove units in Uxbridge?
Yes. Alcove built-ins either side of a chimney breast are one of the most common jobs in Uxbridge. Each side is measured separately and drawn as a pair.
Are built-ins in Uxbridge painted on site?
No. Everything is sprayed in our shop, so the room stays clean and the finish is smoother. Scribe edges are touched up after fitting.
We are outside the village on a rural road. Does that change anything?
Only the logistics. We confirm the driveway, the turning space and the site contact before the truck is loaded, and we ask about the road surface if it has been wet. [Kam confirms delivery scheduling for rural Uxbridge addresses.] Design, shop build and install run exactly the same as in the village.
Will new cabinetry look wrong next to our old trim?
It will if the proportions ignore the trim. We take the baseboard height, the casing width and the reveal depth at the measure, then set the plinth and the door stiles to relate to them. On the rendering you see the cabinetry against your actual trim, so that judgement is made before anything is cut.