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Period Style Heritage & Decorative Timber Products
Heritage & Decorative Timber Products makes period joinery for the whole house, not one part of it — twenty-one product families across every era, from Edwardian, Federation and Victorian through old Colonial and Post War to Contemporary and Art Deco. Beyond the typical Edwardian and Victorian profiles, we offer a collection of special period profiles. Confirm current availability and manufacture timing for the profile and quantity you need. This page is the index. Find the part of the building you are working on and it will take you to the range that suits it. The parts of a period verandah guide helps identify an unfamiliar component. Twelve galleries of period timber photographs sit alongside it if you would rather start from pictures, and the catalogue covers the same range as one PDF.
In the shop
The shop, and a quote when you need one.
420 products across 24 ranges are priced in the shop. Anything made to your own sizes is quoted — send us the measurements.
What you get
- Australian made — every product, made in our Bayswater workshop since 1984
- 25 year guarantee — on external LOSP H3 treated pine, above ground
- An answer within one business day — we reply to enquiries and quote requests
- In stock, or made in 1 to 4 weeks — some of the range is in stock; the rest is made to order
- Timber-profile matching — from a photograph, drawing or sample
What goes on a verandah?
The verandah carries most of a period frontage, and it is built up in layers. Verandah posts stand the frame up. Verandah rafters give the roof its shape. Compare shaped verandah rafter prices when planning your roof. Balustrades and handrails close the front edge, and a newel terminates each run of it. Between the posts go fretwork and frieze panels or decorative arches, with corner brackets filling the angle where the post meets the beam and droppers hanging from the beam where a bay has no post beneath it. Post knobs and capitols finish the post tops.
What goes on the roofline and the gable?
Roofline details help restore the outline and character of a period house. A gable finial sits at the apex of the gable. Gable inserts and vents fill the triangle below it. Barge boards and decorative relief run down the rake of the gable and along the fascia line, and eaves brackets space out under the eave itself.
What goes on the openings and the boundary?
Doors, windows and entrances each have a range of their own. Screen doors for the front door. Window canopies over the windows. Timber gates, made to your opening, and lych gates — a roofed gateway over the entrance path — where the arrival wants to be more formal than a gate on its own. Fencing ties the frontage together.
What do you make for indoors?
Corbels, turned and carved, for mantels, shelves and internal brackets. Fire surrounds and wall radiator covers, made to order. Internal fretwork and hall arches are built differently from the external range because they never see weather, and are listed with the fretwork.
What is all of it made from?
Most of the range is external, and external means LOSP H3 treated pine, rated for outdoor use above ground — posts, rafters, balustrades, corner and eaves brackets, finials, gates, droppers and newels are all treated pine. As external LOSP H3 treated pine used above ground, those products carry our 25 year guarantee. The rest of the range is made from something else and the guarantee does not follow it. Corbels are clear pine, which is untreated, and are meant for staining or painting indoors. Internal fretwork and hall arches are a pine frame with an MDF insert. Gable infills are ply. Fire surrounds are supplied in timber for stained work or MDF for a paint finish. Whatever the product, prime and paint all faces before it is fixed.
Can you match a profile that is no longer made?
Usually, yes — that is most of what we do. Send a photograph or a surviving length and we will work from it. Ask about our timber-profile matching service. Everything is Australian made at our Bayswater workshop and delivered to your home or site anywhere in Australia. Call 03 9720 1996.
(21 named families → 19 destination slugs: newels and droppers share one page, fire surrounds and wall radiator covers share one page.)
Related pages
The range
Product photographs and profile drawings.
4 photographed · 1 scale profile. Select any one to see it larger.
Photographed
Scale profiles
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- Workshop852 Mountain Highway, Bayswater VIC 3153
- DeliveryAustralia wide
Product and ordering questions
Which house periods does the range suit?
Heritage & Decorative Timber Products makes period joinery for the whole house - twenty-one product families across every era, from Edwardian, Federation and Victorian through old Colonial and Post War to Contemporary and Art Deco. Aside from the typical Edwardian and Victorian profiles, a large collection of special period profiles is available. Confirm current availability and manufacture timing for the profile and quantity you need.
What is the range made from?
Most of the range is external, and external means LOSP H3 treated pine, rated for outdoor use above ground - posts, rafters, balustrades, corner and eaves brackets, finials, gates, droppers and newels. As external LOSP H3 treated pine used above ground, those products carry the 25 year guarantee. The rest is made from something else and the guarantee does not follow it: corbels are untreated clear pine, internal fretwork is a pine frame with an MDF insert, gable infills are ply.