Side-Hinged Garage Doors in Bronkhorstspruit

• Steel, timber or aluminium leaves
• Welded steel subframe, adjustable hinges
• No headroom required

A side-hinged garage door opens outward on hinges like a pair of large doors. Around Bronkhorstspruit it is a genuinely practical door rather than a period choice: it needs no power, no headroom and no track, and on a store or a workshop that is exactly what is wanted.

Side-hinged garage doors we supply in Bronkhorstspruit

• Steel side-hinged doors in ribbed and panelled profiles.
• Timber side-hinged doors in hardwood or clad.
• Unequal leaf pairs so one leaf works as a normal pedestrian door.
• Glazed upper panels where the building needs daylight.

Why a hinged pair suits farm stores and workshops

You can open one leaf and walk in, which nobody does with an overhead door, and you can do it with no power and nothing overhead to go wrong. On a feed store, a tack room, a fuel store or a small workshop that combination is hard to beat, and it is why these doors are still everywhere on working properties.

Space and ground in front of the opening

The leaves swing outward, so the ground in front has to be clear and reasonably level. On a gravel or uneven yard the bottom of a leaf will foul, and we set the leaf height and the ground clearance for the surface as it actually is rather than assuming a concrete apron.

Wind and hold-open catches

This is open country and a pair of open leaves is two sails on hinges. A gust will slam them hard enough to bend a hinge or split a stile. We fit proper hold-open catches as standard rather than as an accessory, because out here they are not optional.

Frames, hinges and hanging

The frame carries the whole load. On a sheet-clad or purlin-framed building there is often nothing suitable to hang a heavy pair from, so we fit a properly braced subframe and quote it as its own line. A door that drops at the leading edge has almost always been hung on an inadequate frame.

Locking and security

Multi-point locking into head and threshold on the leading leaf, and shoot bolts on the slave leaf. On an outbuilding standing away from the house, with help a long way off, that locking specification matters far more than it would in town.

Timber doors and Highveld weather

Hardwood on an exposed opening takes hard sun and then heavy summer rain. We seal all six faces, specify the timber for the position, and state the recoating interval honestly. On a very exposed building we will recommend steel instead.

What a side-hinged garage door costs in Bronkhorstspruit

Priced on opening size, leaf material, glazing, locking, subframe and travel. Timber costs more than steel and lasts well when it is looked after.