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External Timber Fretwork Arches — Verandah Gallery

Photographs of external fretwork used outside — the curved fretwork panel that spans between two verandah posts and turns a row of uprights into a colonnade.

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17 photographs

Cream arched fretwork spanning three verandah openings, with a quatrefoil pierced frieze and onion-domed finials above
Cream arched fretwork spanning three verandah openings, with a quatrefoil pierced frieze and onion-domed finials above

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
Arched fretwork brackets seen from beneath a verandah, the garden showing through the quatrefoil pierces
Arched fretwork brackets seen from beneath a verandah, the garden showing through the quatrefoil pierces
Arched verandah fretwork against a stone facade, below a leadlight Gothic window
Arched verandah fretwork against a stone facade, below a leadlight Gothic window
The corner of a verandah where two runs of arched fretwork meet, under quatrefoil cresting and onion finials
The corner of a verandah where two runs of arched fretwork meet, under quatrefoil cresting and onion finials
An arched fretwork valance with a dentil-moulded edge, over the bay window of a roughcast bungalow
An arched fretwork valance with a dentil-moulded edge, over the bay window of a roughcast bungalow
Arched fretwork running the length of a verandah under a terracotta tiled roof
Arched fretwork running the length of a verandah under a terracotta tiled roof
Three arched fretwork valances in a row along a verandah, seen from the garden
Three arched fretwork valances in a row along a verandah, seen from the garden

The arch is what stops a verandah reading as a set of posts holding up a roof. Straight frieze panels give you a horizontal line under the gutter; arched fretwork gives you a repeated curve, and that curve is most of what people mean when they call a verandah "Federation". Look at the photographs for the proportion of the sweep against the bay width, because that is the decision — the pattern itself matters less than how deep the curve sits.

How is external arched fretwork built?

Differently from the internal fretwork, because it takes weather. An external arch is an arched fretwork panel sitting on a shaped bottom rail:

  • The FR1 arched panel runs a 90 x 65mm bottom rail with dentil mould worked to both faces — the right choice where the arch is seen from underneath as well as from the street.
  • The FR4 arched panel is made with or without a decorative motif (motifs A to G), on a 42 x 42mm dressed arched bottom rail trenched 19 x 12mm to receive the fretwork.
  • There is also an arched panel on a 70 x 42mm bottom rail with dentil mould to one face only.

All external fretwork, arched or straight, is made from LOSP H3 treated pine. As external LOSP H3 treated pine used above ground, it carries the Heritage & Decorative Timber Products 25 year guarantee. Prime and paint all six faces before installation — see our painting instructions, because that step is what the guarantee depends on.

How do I measure the span?

Measure the clear width between posts, from the inside face of one to the inside face of the other, and take it at more than one height — old verandah posts are rarely still plumb. Then the side drop (how far the panel comes down beside each post) and the centre drop (how far the arch dips at mid-span). Arched fretwork is priced by the lineal metre of the run between posts, the same as the straight panels.

Photograph the bay square-on with a tape measure in shot. If you are matching an original, send a section of the old panel. Ask about our timber-profile matching service. Australian made, delivered Australia-wide. Call 03 9720 1996.

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On the house

Arched fretwork at a verandah corner, wavy balusters standing above the curve of the arch
Arched fretwork at a verandah corner, wavy balusters standing above the curve of the arch
Arched verandah fretwork on a rendered stone house, with a quatrefoil frieze and cresting above
Arched verandah fretwork on a rendered stone house, with a quatrefoil frieze and cresting above
A long verandah colonnade of arched fretwork, the glazing behind it reflecting the garden
A long verandah colonnade of arched fretwork, the glazing behind it reflecting the garden
Arched fretwork at the corner of a verandah, below a slate roof and quatrefoil cresting
Arched fretwork at the corner of a verandah, below a slate roof and quatrefoil cresting
One arched fretwork bracket in close-up, a quatrefoil pierced through the spandrel
One arched fretwork bracket in close-up, a quatrefoil pierced through the spandrel
A weatherboard pavilion at dusk, its doorway set within a broad timber arch above the decking
A weatherboard pavilion at dusk, its doorway set within a broad timber arch above the decking
Timber arch head - a wide semicircular arch built up on the workshop bench
Timber arch head - a wide semicircular arch built up on the workshop bench

The pieces themselves

Arched panel drawing, vertical slats above a curved bottom rail
Arched panel drawing, vertical slats above a curved bottom rail
Timber arch - scrolled fretwork arch panel laid out on the workshop floor
Timber arch - scrolled fretwork arch panel laid out on the workshop floor
Timber arch - a pair of fretwork arch panels with dentil detail on the workshop floor
Timber arch - a pair of fretwork arch panels with dentil detail on the workshop floor

Browse 17 photographs in this gallery.

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