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Shawford Group
How we build it

Our
workshop.

Drawing-led manufacture, in-house, in Rotherham. The team that makes the work is the team that installs it.

The advantage

In-house
end to end.

Bespoke joinery is won and lost in the detail: the radius on a waterfall edge, the reveal on a panel-to-ceiling junction, the grain match across a 6-metre run of veneered ply. None of those survive a long supply chain.

Our workshop sits between drawing and site. Shop drawings are produced by the joiners who'll cut the work; the work is cut, finished and inspected by the team who'll install it. Issues caught at the bench, not at handover.

It's also the fastest route to a one-off: bespoke reception desks, feature ceiling rafts, perforated acoustic panels, fitted furniture. If it can be drawn, it can be made.

Drawing → Workshop → Install

The process,
step by step.

  1. 01

    Survey & shop drawings

    We survey on site, then issue shop drawings against the architect's design intent. Materials, edge details, sequencing: all signed off before a single board is cut.

  2. 02

    Procurement & specification

    Veneers, solid stock, ironmongery and finishes specified to schedule. Lead-time-critical items ordered first so the programme never waits on a single hinge.

  3. 03

    In-house manufacture

    Cut, machined, edged, assembled and sprayed in our Rotherham workshop. Quality controlled at every stage by the team who'll install the work on site.

  4. 04

    Delivery & install

    Sequenced delivery to suit the site programme. Our own joiners install: no third-party handover, no margin lost in translation between maker and fitter.

What we can make

Materials, machines,
output.

  • Materials

    • Solid hardwoods and softwoods
    • Veneered MDF and ply substrates
    • Laminate, melamine and Corian
    • Solid surface, stone and stainless inlays
  • Machinery

    • CNC routing and nesting
    • Edgebanding and post-forming
    • Spray booth (water-based and 2K)
    • Hand-finishing bench for one-offs
  • Output

    • Wall panelling: flat, fluted, slatted, perforated
    • Fitted furniture: reception desks, banquettes, lockers
    • Bespoke doors and architraves
    • Acoustic and feature ceiling rafts

Built on quality.
Delivered with pride.