Shopfronts+and+Commercial+Entries

This page is contains information and files about setting out and fabricating shopfronts. Shop fronts can be fabricated from wood, aluminium or steel and are used for large or small shops (with or without entrance doors and entrance doors of office blocks, commercial buildings and institutions such as Tafe. The fabrication and installation of glazed aluminium assemblies is by specialist shop-fitters or aluminium fabricators who obtain the extruded sections from the aluminium producers. TWo examples of shopfronts are shown below. The first is a timber shopfront from King Street Newtown.



The second is a modern shopfront incorporating a bulkhead and frameless glazing



The following file contains information on Shopfront terminology

Download the following file Shopfront Bulkheads

In preparation for making a shopfront we need take site measurements. Download the Undertake site measurements file for more details. Download the following files for a complete picture on fabricating and installing shopfronts and commercial entries. Set out shopfronts and commercial entries Fabricate shopfronts and commercial Entries Assemble and install shopfronts


 * Setting out curved shopfronts**; Powerpoint presentation on geometry

Special Notes: Shop fronts may be the last thing to be installed and a hoarding may be erected as a temporary barricade while the fit out is being constructed. "Type A" Hoardings are made using standard ply-wood and timber. The hoarding restricts access to construction sites to authorised people. A sample hoarding can be seen at the following web site []