Timber Balusters Melbourne

Timber balusters, sold loose
The uprights that go between the handrail and the bottom rail, sold on their own for repairs, infills and your own balustrade builds. All in 1 metre lengths of LOSP treated pine, turned and cut in our Bayswater workshop, and the same balusters that go into our assembled panels and kits.
Slat balusters (SBA, 19 x 42 mm) from $8.81 and square dressed balusters (SQBA, 42 x 42 mm) from $11.67 are the plain uprights of the BS1, BS2 and BS6 styles. Turned balusters (TB4 and TB5, 42 x 42 mm, the turning 620 mm long) from $28.48 are the BS5 style. The decorative motif balusters A to G (90 x 19 mm, a pierced fleur-de-lys, tulip, spade, trefoil, bud or poppy, 690 mm cut-out) from $31.25 are the inserts used in the BS4 style, and can be mixed into any panel.
Need a baluster that matches an old verandah? Send a photo or an offcut and we turn it to match — profile, timber and length. Prices are per baluster; made to order, usually 2 to 3 weeks, delivered Australia-wide.

How many balusters per metre
The balustrade styles tell you the count. A BS1 panel uses nine 42 x 19 mm slat balusters to the metre; a BS4 uses six slats with two decorative motif balusters between them; the BS5 and BS6 use six turned or six square 42 x 42 mm balusters to the metre; the BS2 uses eight square uprights with two motifs. So a 3 m run in the BS5 style is 18 turned balusters, and a repair of one bay is the number you count. Each baluster is 1 m long and is cut down to the height of your rail.
Reading the motif and turning positions
The decorative motif balusters are all 90 x 19 mm, but the pierced cut-out sits in different places: motifs A to D carry a 690 mm cut-out in the centre of the baluster, E and F a 290 mm cut-out starting 150 mm down from the top, and G a 345 mm cut-out starting 145 mm down. The turned balusters TB4 and TB5 have a 620 mm turning that starts 145 mm from the top. Those offsets matter when you are matching an old verandah: measure where the detail starts on the original and we turn to it.
The rails and fillets they sit in
Both handrails carry a 12 mm deep trench underneath, sized for either 19 mm or 42 mm balusters, and the BR2 bottom rail (65 x 42 mm, from $24.96 a metre) has the matching trench on top. Fillet mould fills the trench between the balusters so water cannot sit in it: 19 x 12 mm (from $3.60 a metre) for slat balusters, 43 x 12 mm (from $4.15) for 42 mm uprights. See the timber handrails for the 19 rail profiles.
Turned timber balusters for a Victorian or Federation verandah
Turned balusters suit Victorian and Federation houses; square balusters suit Edwardian and later, more restrained work. The spacing between them is a safety matter as well as a look: the National Construction Code rule of thumb in our balustrade guide is that openings must not let a 125 mm sphere through, so confirm the gap with your builder before you count them. Delivered Australia-wide from Bayswater.