Timber Screen Doors

A timber screen door lets the breeze through while keeping the character of a period home intact, far more in keeping than an off-the-shelf aluminium frame. At Classic Woodturning in Bayswater, on Melbourne's eastern side, we have made heritage timber screen doors to order since 1984. Each door is built to your opening size, with fretwork, turned detail or a simple classic frame to suit a Victorian or Federation entrance. Made to measure means the door hangs true, closes cleanly and complements the front of the home rather than fighting it.

Part of the Karem Woodcraft group, we manufacture in durable timbers finished for paint or a clear coat, and we deliver Australia-wide from our Victorian workshop. Our full matching service can copy an existing or original door from a photo or a sample, which is ideal when restoring a heritage home or matching a rear entrance to the front. If you need a custom size, a particular period design or specific detailing, we can make it.

A screen door has to fit the opening exactly, so measurement matters. Give us the height and width of the door reveal, tell us which way it opens and whether it sits in front of a hinged or sliding entry, and let us know the level of detail you want, from simple framing to fretwork and turned spindles. A photo of the entrance helps us match the design to the front of the home and suggest proportions that sit right.

Restoration work makes up much of what we do. Across Melbourne's heritage suburbs, inner-city terraces and the older homes of country Victoria, a tired aluminium door often replaced a timber original decades ago. Our custom manufacturing and full matching service can recreate that original, or copy a front door so a rear entrance matches it. We hang each door on quality hinges with a closer to suit daily use, then pack and deliver timber screen doors Australia-wide from our Bayswater workshop in eastern Melbourne, reaching entrances throughout Victoria and interstate.