Victorian House Roof Trim

Adding decorative roof trim exterior house trim or fretworks can make your home as unique as you are.

Victorian house roof trim.

Ornate trim work around the porches included gingerbread cutouts and spindle work. This is because wood is susceptible to rot insect problems and damage. Flat sawn porch and deck balusters. Vintage woodworks produces traditional wood trim for porches verandas front porch additions country porch designs and back porches plus wood screen doors railings and more since 1978.

Check throat illustration by harry bates. We show you ideas for spandrels brackets gable decorations running trim and more. Victorian roof trim roof trim available in various heights and virtually unlimited length. As this trim is installed exposed into the full sun and weather.

Complex roof lines became the rage as architects worked to create designs that would pull the eye to the top of the house. Originally this victorian wood trim also called vergeboard or verge board verge being the end or edge of a thing was used to hide the ends of rafters. The drawing at left shows our three square bracket in a dormer. Roof shapes became steeper in victorian homes.

The victorian woodshop victorian gingerbread home exterior products. Porch brackets arch and span brackets. House trim decorate your home or business with beautiful running trim by caribbean gingerbread. A board attached to the edge of a gable roof.

Also called vergeboard or gableboard. Wood is cost effective and visually appealing but it is not a long lasting material. The groove cut into the underside of a windowsill that prevents rainwater from reaching the wall. Wood roofing was used primarily for early victorian homes.

The 12 12 roof pitch is also known as a square pitch roof since a 90 degree angle is formed at the peak of such roofs. It hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof. See our extensive selection of house trim in both caribbean and victorian gingerbread styles. In house styles such as gothic revival and tudor bargeboards often bear intricate carvings or colorful painted details.

Victorian gables and roof trim door window headers and more. Bargeboard is exterior house trim usually ornately carved that is attached along the roof line of a gable. Running trim gable decoration. I construct each piece from high grade 3 4 inch thick pine shipped sealed and primed ready to paint.

Because of the right angle they form any bracket that is symmetrical equal on both sides can be used as decoration.