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Australian-made fretwork: bench work and finished examples

Follow decorative timber from the workshop bench to completed panels and documented finished work. Compare actual photographs, source records and the information needed for a fretwork or matching quote.

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Worker beside a large circle-pattern timber fretwork panel in the Bayswater workshop — **A large circle-pattern panel**A worker stands beside the assembled fretwork in the workshop. This photograph records the panel at workshop scale. View larger photograph

Photographs from our workshop, product and brochure archive. Different examples are identified separately; original-to-reproduction pairs are labelled. Open any photograph for a larger view.

Fretwork being made and assembled

Our Bayswater workshop makes decorative timber fretwork and reproduces existing details from photographs, drawings or surviving samples. The photographs show actual pieces in the workshop: cut patterns, assembled runs and the space needed to handle large panels.

Long pierced timber fretwork panels laid out on a workshop bench — **A run laid out on the bench**Long pierced decorative panels laid out along a workshop bench, with the repeated details visible. View larger photograph

Documented workshop-to-finished work: the Oslo Hotel

The original workshop brochure records FR4 assembled arched fretwork without a motif and BS6 balustrade panels for the Oslo Hotel / The Block 2019. It includes both a workshop photograph and the completed building. The documented scope is those timber components, rather than responsibility for the whole building.

Original brochure photograph of assembled Oslo Hotel timber panels in the workshop — **Workshop panels — original photograph**Assembled timber panels in the original brochure’s Oslo Hotel project record. This is the untouched brochure image at its native resolution. View larger photograph

Original brochure photograph of the completed Oslo Hotel with fretwork and balustrade — **Completed building — original photograph**The completed Oslo Hotel shown in the same brochure project record. The supplied fretwork and balustrade are identified in that record. View larger photograph

Source: original workshop brochure, PDF page 9 (printed page 8). The historic supply credit is retained in the workshop project archive.

A documented finished interior example

The original brochure identifies HFR5 frieze work made for Toad and Mandy’s House Rules home in 2018. The photograph shows the finished decorative work across an internal opening. Interior fretwork and exterior verandah fretwork have different materials and exposure requirements.

HFR5 timber frieze across the interior opening in the brochure-documented House Rules home — **HFR5 across an interior opening**Original brochure photograph of the completed internal frieze. No AI enhancement. View larger photograph

New curved timber fretwork reproduction with repeated carved motifs — **A completed matching reproduction**New curved timber fretwork made to reproduce an older sample. This is a different workshop example from the installed interior photograph. View larger photograph

Interior source: original workshop brochure, PDF page 11 (printed page 10). Compare the curved reproduction with its original sample.

Choose the product and show us the opening

For a verandah, start with the external fretwork and frieze range. A complete assembled panel, an individual repair component and an internal hallway design are different orders. Include the design or surviving pattern, clear opening width, available drop, number of openings and delivery postcode.

For an internal opening, the shop mini visualiser shows all 19 HFR/DFR patterns. Choose a visible pattern, enter your opening size in millimetres and compare the proportions. It keeps your size when you switch patterns and can add the selection to your quote. The full internal fretwork visualiser gives a larger working view. These tools preview proportions; the workshop confirms the finished setout and price.

External LOSP H3 treated pine is for above-ground outdoor use; the internal MDF insert in a clear pine frame is an interior product. Confirm the material and finished dimensions for the actual job, and use the preparation and painting instructions before fitting exterior work.

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Timber fretwork

Bench work, completed panels and documented interior and verandah components.

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Original to reproduction

Seven matching examples showing surviving pieces beside new timber work.

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