Wooden Garage Doors in Bronkhorstspruit

• 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 Bronkhorstspruit we fit them on homes in town and on the farmhouses and lodges where a timber door suits the building, and we are honest that this climate is harder on timber than a sheltered suburb is.

Wooden garage doors we supply in Bronkhorstspruit

• Hardwood sectional doors with the panel construction that suits the elevation.
• Timber tip-up 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 in an open Highveld position

Full sun, dry winters and hard summer storms move timber more than most owners expect, and out here there is rarely a neighbouring building giving any shelter. 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. On a badly exposed opening we will recommend timber-clad steel and explain why before taking an order for solid timber.

Maintenance, stated honestly

A timber garage door needs recoating, and on an exposed west-facing opening here that is sooner than the brochure suggests. We give the interval for your specific opening at survey. A customer who was not told is a customer with a warped door and a fair complaint, and out here a warped door also means a call-out at distance.

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 and on the supply available. A timber door on hardware specified for a steel one fails early and takes the hardware with it.

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. In this climate that recommendation comes up more often than it does in the city, and it costs less than the real thing.

Timber on farmhouses and lodges

On a farmhouse or a guest property a timber door is often exactly right, and the buildings are usually generous enough to carry one properly. We build to the proportions of the opening and match any other timber on the frontage.

Automating a wooden garage door

Entirely possible, with the operator sized to the finished mass and the door balanced properly first. Balance is the whole job on a heavy door; the motor should be moving a balanced door, not lifting a heavy one.

What a wooden garage door costs in Bronkhorstspruit

More than steel, both to buy and to keep. Priced on opening size, timber, construction, finish, automation and travel, with the maintenance expectation set out in writing.