- 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 Roodepoort we fit them on the larger properties through Little Falls, Constantia Kloof, Ruimsig and Helderkruin, and on older homes where a steel door would look wrong on the elevation.
Wooden garage doors we supply in Roodepoort
- 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.
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 springs have 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.
Timber and the Roodepoort climate
West-facing garages on the ridge through Roodekrans and Helderkruin take hard afternoon sun, and the seasonal swing between dry winters and summer storms moves timber. A door that is sealed on all six faces, including the top and bottom edges nobody sees, moves far less than one that is finished only where it shows.
Maintenance, stated honestly
A timber garage door needs recoating. On a sheltered south-facing opening that might be every three or four years; on a west-facing one in full sun it is sooner. We tell you 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. We offer it alongside the real thing rather than instead of it.
Automating a wooden garage door
Entirely possible, with the operator sized to the finished mass and the door properly balanced first. Balance is the whole job on a heavy door; the motor should be moving a balanced door, not lifting a heavy one.
Insulation and sealing
Solid timber has reasonable thermal performance, and a sectional timber door seals well all round. Bottom and side seals keep out the dust that blows across the West Rand.
What a wooden garage door costs in Roodepoort
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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