Our Story.
Windowmakers in Auckland is a premium aluminum joinery fabrication business with over 20 years of experience in designing and manufacturing high quality doors and windows. Experience that has built a strong reputation for producing quality aluminum joinery that enhances the quality of buildings.
"Our builders trust us to enhance their reputation, and together, we strive to deliver a home our clients can take pride in."
— Heidi Johnston, Managing Director
Heidi Johnston, the owner and managing director of Windowmakers, is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of aluminium joinery and service integrity. She understands that Windowmakers are responsible for producing one of the key elements that can make or break any building project. This is why Windowmakers has a core focus on fostering enduring and collaborative relationships with clients, ensuring full understanding of the unique requirements of any project. This approach ensures that the aluminium joinery produced not only meets but exceeds all client expectations.
Such relationships have maintained our position as the primary aluminium joinery fabricator for numerous building and architectural companies across Auckland for many years. Some of these relationships have even transcended generational handovers, showcasing the trust and satisfaction our clients have in our work.
This has necessitated ensuring that every team member at Windowmakers is proficient in our seven-step process, "The Windowmakers Way" which has been pivotal in aligning all our actions with the goal of delivering the best outcomes for our clients.
It’s very much a family business.
Windowmakers currently boasts a team of nearly 50 employees. Heidi takes immense pride in their passion for delivering high quality windows and doors. She emphasises the cultivation of a close-knit work environment characterised by effective teamwork— factors that are crucial to Windowmakers' success.
With several employees who have been with us for a decade or more, including second-generation Windowmakers and family duos on the team, this dynamic has shaped us into a truly family-oriented business.
Windowmakers dedicate significant time to training and developing our team because we are committed to expanding our knowledge and expertise internally as much as possible.
Each of our team members brings a unique skillset and knowledge, all dedicated to what's best for both the business and our clients. This dedication paves the way for Windowmakers to reach new heights.
This has involved the design, execution, and transition to our new facility in Wainui, scheduled for April 2024. The move dramatically boosts our capacity and provides opportunities for technological advancements, ensuring that our aluminium joinery products and services meet and capitalise on the ever-changing needs and demands of customers and the industry.
Our team.
Heidi Johnston
Managing Director
Paul Keen
Business Development Manager
Tiaan Johnston
Project Manager
Brandon Child
Project Manager
Graham Garnett
Quality Control and Training
Where it all started.
Heidi comes from an entrepreneurial family, with experience in renovating and building houses with her husband, Bruce. This experience, combined with her passion for architecture, technical drawing, quality craftmanship and engineering, convinced her that running an aluminium joinery company would be a good idea.
That’s when Heidi took over Windowmakers, formerly known as “First Windows and Doors North Harbour,” in 2002. She promptly rebranded it as Windowmakers, the name it is known by today, with her knowledge and experience laying a strong foundation for Windowmakers. A new factory and showroom helped launch the company and shake up the industry.
Fast forward to 2015, the demand for products and services had outgrown the capacity, leading to the establishment of a second factory in Silverdale. Playing a pivotal influence in the current development of our new factory, the merger of both Silverdale factories into one unified space aims to achieve ultimate business cohesiveness.
What’s ahead.
As a dynamic and forward-thinking business, we continually seek opportunities to adapt and evolve. Our aim is not only to deliver aluminium joinery solutions that are current to the expectations of our clients and the demands of our industry but to ensure they are future-proof. We view every shift in the business landscape as an opportunity to innovate, improve, and elevate our standards to solidify our position as a leader in the aluminium joinery industry and a trusted partner for your bespoke windows and doors.
