Timber Gates

A timber gate sets the tone for the whole front of a home, and a well-proportioned heritage design does it with quiet confidence. At Classic Woodturning in Bayswater, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, we have made custom timber gates for front entrances, side access and driveways since 1984. Every gate is built to your opening and to suit the period of your home, whether that is a Victorian picket, a Federation frame or a solid privacy gate. Because each one is made to order, we supply a drawing plus a finished photo so you can see exactly what you are approving before it is built.

As part of the Karem Woodcraft group, we manufacture in durable timbers suited to Australian conditions and finish them for paint or a clear coat, then deliver Australia-wide from our Victorian workshop. Our full matching service can replicate an existing or aged gate from a photo or a sample, ideal when you are restoring a heritage property or matching a neighbouring panel. If you need a custom width, height or design, that is our everyday work.

Every gate starts with your opening. Measure the clear width between posts or fence returns and the height you want, tell us whether it is a single gate or a pair for a driveway, and let us know the style that suits the home. Because the work is made to order, we prepare a drawing plus a finished photo of comparable work, so you can approve the proportions, timber and detailing before we cut a single board.

Much of our work is sympathetic to older homes. Across Melbourne's heritage suburbs, inner-city terraces and the townships of country Victoria, a front or side entrance needs to match pickets, capping and posts that may be a century old. Our custom manufacturing and full matching service reproduces an aged or damaged design from a photo or a sample. We build in durable timbers with hinges and hardware to suit the weight, then pack and deliver custom timber gates Australia-wide from our Bayswater workshop in eastern Melbourne, reaching homes throughout Victoria and interstate.