A cabinet is engineered,not just a look.

Cabinet specification is deciding a cabinet as an engineered product — its core material, hardware grade, ventilation, LED and driver access, profiles and service gaps — not just its look. In Sibu's humidity and termite-active climate, the core and hardware you choose by moisture zone decide whether a cabinet lasts or swells and fails within a year or two.

ELS by ALUMAX clarifies the specification: core by moisture zone, hardware grade, ventilation and drainage logic, LED and driver access, profile details and service gaps — written as a cabinet sheet. ALUMAX supplies the product system, fabricates and installs it, built to that approved sheet. Design and specification on one side; product, fabrication and installation on the other.

For a simple, like-for-like cabinet or wardrobe in a dry zone, ALUMAX can handle the product directly — no ELS layer needed. Involve ELS by ALUMAX when the job is more complex: wet kitchens, mixed moisture zones, LED and appliance coordination, or when several trades and an approved scope need to line up before anyone quotes.

A dry kitchen handles display, light storage and appliances, so board cores and finish-led choices are usually fine — as long as ventilation, electrical points and LED driver access are planned. A wet kitchen sees heavy cooking, washing and standing water, so it needs moisture-stable or aluminium cores, sealed edges, drainage falls and hood ducting. Using dry-kitchen logic in a wet kitchen is one of the most common — and costly — mistakes in Sarawak homes.

Sibu sits in a humid, termite-active region. Unsealed board cores wick moisture and swell; timber and untreated board can be hollowed out by termites before it's noticed. For wet and high-risk zones we lean toward non-cellulose cores such as aluminium, with sealed edges, raised legs and drainage — so the carcass isn't food for termites and isn't sitting in water.

Strip lighting, drivers and concealed fittings fail eventually. If access wasn't planned into the cabinet — driver bays, access panels and serviceable LED channels — a simple repair means tearing the cabinet apart. Specifying access up front is cheap; retrofitting it is not. That's exactly the kind of decision a cabinet specification settles before fabrication.

Cabinet specification is delivered under the ELS Design + Specification track, from RM1,500 (excl. SST). The figure scales with scope — how many zones, cabinets and coordination points are involved — and the final cost is confirmed after site measurement. ALUMAX then supplies and installs the product to the approved specification.