- Timber on a galvanised steel frame
- Sealed all six faces before hanging
- Tip-up or sectional mechanism
A wooden garage door is chosen for appearance, and it earns that choice on the right house. In Edenvale we fit them on the larger properties through Dowerglen, Greenstone Hill and Modderfontein, and on the older period homes where a modern steel panel would look wrong on the elevation.
Wooden garage doors we supply in Edenvale
- Hardwood sectional doors with the panel construction that suits the elevation.
- Timber tip-up and side-hinged doors on new or existing frames.
- Timber-clad steel doors where the look is wanted with less maintenance.
- Meranti and other hardwoods, selected for stability rather than only for grain.
Timber on period and heritage properties
On an older house, or a building within a heritage-sensitive precinct, timber is frequently the correct material rather than an indulgence. We build to the proportions of the opening, match any other timber on the frontage, and supply the specification for approval where one is required.
Weight, and what it means for the rest of the door
Timber doors are heavy, and that has consequences through the whole installation. The frame has to carry it, the balance has to be rated for the finished door rather than the previous one, and the operator has to be sized on the real mass. A timber door on hardware specified for a steel one fails early and takes the hardware with it.
Old frames and heavy leaves
On the period stock the frame a timber door is going onto may be as old as the house. We check what the subframe fixes into before quoting, because hanging a heavy pair of leaves on an original frame that has softened is a call-back waiting to happen.
Timber and the Highveld climate
West-facing garages take hard afternoon sun, and the swing between dry winters and heavy summer storms moves timber more than most owners expect. A door sealed on all six faces, including the top and bottom edges nobody sees, moves far less than one finished only where it shows.
Maintenance, stated honestly
A timber garage door needs recoating. On a sheltered opening that might be every three or four years; on a west-facing one in full sun it is sooner. We give the interval for your specific opening at survey, because a customer who was not told is a customer with a warped door and a fair complaint.
Timber-clad steel as the alternative
Where the look matters more than the material, a steel or insulated door with a timber-look finish gives the appearance with almost no maintenance. It costs less and it will still look right in ten years. On an estate that specifies a timber appearance rather than timber itself, it is usually the better buy.
What a wooden garage door costs in Edenvale
More than steel, both to buy and to keep. Priced on opening size, timber, construction, finish and automation, with the maintenance expectation set out in writing.
Common questions
About wooden garage doors
Meranti is the sensible all-round choice in South Africa: stable, takes stain evenly and reasonably priced. Cedar is lighter, which matters on a wide double door, and naturally insect-resistant. Saligna is beautiful but heavy. Pine only works under a deep overhang with disciplined recoating.
Look at it once a year. If the finish has gone matt or chalky at the bottom rail or the vertical edges, sand lightly and put two coats on. North- and west-facing doors in Gauteng need it more often than sheltered doors at the coast.
Usually because the back and the end grain were never sealed. Water goes in at the unsealed edges and the board moves. We seal all six faces on the bench before the door is hung, and build the timber onto a galvanised steel frame that carries the load.
No — timber cannot curl around a barrel. A wooden door runs as a tip-up panel or as a hinged sectional door. If you have no headroom for either, a woodgrain-finish aluminium door gives the same look on a roll-up mechanism.
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Commercial Roller Shutter Doors
Van Riebeeck Avenue shopfronts and offices
Quiet, tidy shutters for shopfronts and small business premises along the main routes, sized for daily cycling in a residential-facing street.
- Sized to your actual cycle count
- Powder-coated to brand colour
Tip-Up and Up-and-Over Garage Doors
Single-panel, spring balanced
A single rigid panel that tilts up and slides back overhead. Simple, robust, and still the most common door on older South African homes.
- One-piece steel or timber panel
- Counterbalance spring mechanism
- Motorisable with the right operator
Steel Garage Doors
The workhorse, galvanised and coated
Galvanised steel garage doors in 0.5mm to 0.8mm sheet, Chromadek or powder-coated, built to your measured opening as roll-up, sectional or tip-up. Repairs on any make.
- 0.5mm to 0.8mm galvanised sheet
- Chromadek or powder-coated to any RAL
- Roll-up, sectional or tip-up