We build new verandahs, fix the ones that leak or rot, and restore the timber detail on period verandahs across Geelong. Posts, framing, ceiling linings, fretwork and paint, all done by one team of qualified carpenters.
Three kinds of verandah job come through. A lot of them start as a repair and end with the owner asking us to line the ceiling or enclose a side while we are there.
A verandah has a roof and usually fixes to the house, so it is closer to an extension of the roofline than a garden structure. We frame it, stand the posts on proper supports, line the ceiling if you want it lined, and paint it to match the house. We also enclose existing outdoor areas, framing between the posts and fitting doors, when you want the space usable through winter.
Most verandah calls are about water: a leaking roof or gutter that has ruined the ceiling lining, or posts that have rotted where they meet the ground. We find where the water is getting in first, then replace the damaged posts, boards or beams and patch paint so the repair does not stand out.
Period homes carry verandahs with turned posts, brackets and fretwork you can’t buy off the shelf. We save what can be saved and match what can’t, profile for profile. It is the same skill behind our heritage carpentry, passed down the family since the 1950s.
Posts sitting on concrete or set in the ground draw water up into the end grain. We prop the roof, replace the post and stand the new one on a galvanised stirrup so it stays dry.
A leak in the roof or the gutter soaks the lining until it stains and bows. We fix the leak first, then replace the damaged boards, using fibre cement sheet where it suits, and patch paint.
Decorative timber rots first because it is thin and catches water. We replace those pieces and check the structural timber behind them while they are off.
An overflowing gutter or a split downpipe pours water onto the posts and decking below. We get it sorted in the same job, with the plumber we work with where it needs one.
Photos of the verandah and the damage tell us a lot before we come out.
On a repair we trace where the water comes from before pricing the fix. On a new verandah we measure up and check what permit it needs.
Every part set out, carpentry and painting on the one quote.
One team does the carpentry and the paint, and leaves the site clean.
We battened out the existing frame, lined the ceiling with cement sheet, trimmed it and painted all the timber and lining. Five downlights went in, and we restained the front deck on the same visit. 2024.
Water had come through and damaged the lining boards. We took them out, fitted new cement sheeting and patch painted the new sections. 2019.
The decorative timbers on the verandahs of a group of units had rotted. We replaced them, remade the finials in treated pine so they last longer, swapped a timber fascia for metal capping, replaced a rotted post and the timber around it, and fitted a new stirrup under another post. 2020.
We framed between the existing posts, clad the new walls in Colorbond, flashed the roof to them and hung a set of double doors and a single door. 2023.
A new alfresco area and deck built to plans, with the back wall clad in cement sheet and shadowclad. 2020.
Verandah work often turns up something next door to it. These are the jobs that most often come with it.
No roof needed? A pergola gives shade without closing the space in.
Posts, beams and roofing sheets on an existing pergola.
Matching original timber detail across the rest of a period home.
Rot often spreads from a verandah into the boards beside it.
We build and repair verandahs across Geelong, the Bellarine, the Surf Coast and Golden Plains. Pick your town to see everything else we do there.
Send us a photo or give us a call, and we will come and have a look and give you a free estimate.
