Gallery
Timber Window Canopies — Design Gallery
Photographs of timber window canopies.
12 photographs and drawings
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
A window canopy is the small timber hood that projects over a single window — part shade, part ornament. On a Victorian or Federation frontage it does something no other component does: it gives a flat wall depth. A facade with one or two canopies on it reads as designed; the same facade without them reads as a box with holes in it.
What is a window canopy actually for?
Both jobs at once, and it is worth being honest about the balance. Structurally it is a shading device — it keeps summer sun off the glass and rain off the sill, which is why the originals appear on north and west elevations more than on south. Visually it is a bracket-and-hood assembly that breaks up a plain wall. Most people buying one today are buying the second thing, and there is nothing wrong with that.
What is in the range?
Five designs, WC1 to WC5, at a standard size of 620 x 1160mm. WC5 is also available as a kit (WC5KIT).
They suit a standard single window opening. For a wider window, a bay, or a pair of windows treated as one, the canopy is made to your size instead — tell us the width of the opening and how far you want it to project.
How do I choose one?
Work from the window, not from the wall. The canopy should be a little wider than the architrave around the window so it reads as sheltering the opening rather than stuck above it, and its projection should be enough to throw a visible shadow line across the glass. If the house already has one canopy, match it — a frontage with two different canopy designs on it never looks right.
What are they made from?
LOSP H3 treated pine — the hazard class for outdoor timber used above ground. As external LOSP H3 treated pine used above ground, the Heritage & Decorative Timber Products window canopies carry a 25 year guarantee.
Prime with two thin coats of oil-based primer on all six sides before installation, including the top surface. A canopy is the one component nobody re-paints, because nobody can reach it — so it is the one that most repays being primed properly the first time.
Australian made, delivered Australia-wide. Call 03 9720 1996.
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The pieces themselves
Scale drawings
Browse 12 photographs and drawings in this gallery.