Terrace House Factory
Links and Resources.
 

House Restoration
Building materials for all you renovating needs. Four Panel Doors, Fire Places, Renovation Hardware, Second Hand Building Materials, Building Yard, Architectural Salvage, Old House Parts, Victorian, Federation, Edwardian.

Doors
Victorian Four Panel Doors, Edwardian Doors, Front Entry, Lead Light Doors, Gallery Doors, Arched, Raised Panel, Kauri, Red Cedar, French Doors, Room Dividing Doors, Federation, Bungalow, 1930s 1940s Traditional Joinery Doors.

Windows
Victorian, Arched, Edwardian, Federation, Verandah Sashes, Coloured Glass, Multi Pane, Lead Light , Stained Glass, Double Hung, Casement, Hopper, Original Joinery.

Fireplaces and Mantles
Original Hob Grates, Victorian, Edwardian, Federation Tiled Inserts, Tiled Fire Grates, Timber & Marble Mantle Pieces, Solid Fuel Stoves, Early Kooka, Meters, Carron, Etna & Falkirk, Fireplaces, Arts and Craft, Art Nouveau, Art Deco.

Locks, Handles & More...
Original Carpenter Rim Locks, Brass & Porcelain Handle Sets, Pressed Iron Handles, Escutcheon Plates, Cast Hinges, Centre Knobs, Finger Plates, Tessellated Tiles, Majolica and Hearth Tiles, Fan light openers, Tap sets, Bathroom Fittings, Chimney Pots & Roof Finials, Pressed Metal Ceilings.

Cast Iron Lace
Columns, Sydney Lace, Verandah Lace, Decorative Cast Iron, Frieze, Key Frieze, Corner Brackets, Palisade Fence, Spear Head Fence, Spear Heads, Wrought Iron, Victorian, Edwardian, Federation, Original, Antique, 1890, 1900, 1910.

Australian Heritage Styles
Kauri Pine, Australian Red Cedar, Victorian, Federation, Edwardian, Four Panel Door Styles, Gallery Doors, Front Doors , Original Restoration Items Large Range, Cast Iron Repairs, Door Knobs, Centre Knobs, Rim Locks, Friendly Advice.

Links

Here are some links and resources that we hope will help with your renovating.

 

Descriptions and illustrations of Victorian house styles.
www.allegria.com.au/houses/House Styles/victorian.htm

Lots of pictures & construction details of Federation houses.
http://www.buildreport.com.au/heritage1900.htm

The National Trust NSW.
http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/

The Historic Houses Trust.
http://www.hht.nsw.gov.au/

Where did your fireplace come from? Find out here.
Database & great readable Cast Iron information.
http://www.scottishironwork.org

All manner of Australian Historical links
http://www.dropbears.com/l/links/history.htm

Working with recycled timber & building materials.

/www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/sel_spec.htm

Wrought Artworks
Guido Gouverneur & Wendie McCaffley, blacksmiths & founders who design & make contemporary lighting, furniture, sculpture, security door screen & fencing at the original blacksmithing bays of the historical Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop Sydney.
http://www.wroughtartworks.com.au/index.cfm

NRMA building recommendations

Andrews favorite paint stripping product.
http://www.coopers-restoration.co.nz/

 

 

 

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webmaster at Art Communication.

 

Recommended Reading

STAPLETON, Ian LH720.3 Sta
How to restore the old Aussie house
Sydney : John Fairfax, 1983

EVANS, Ian R728.0994 Eva The Australian home Sydney : Flannel Flower Press, 1985

How our houses were built, decorated, furnished and lived in.

EVANS, Ian R728.3 Eva Caring for old houses Sydney : Flannel Flower Press, 1988

EVANS, Ian R728.3028 Eva The federation house: a restoration guide Glebe: Flannel Flower Press, 1986

Ian Evans Old House Web Site
http://www.oldhouses.com.au/

 

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