Carteck 40mm Luxe Traditional (4 Wood Finish Options) garage door Steel Carteck

CarTeck Luxe Traditional Wood Effect Insulated Side Hinged Door

Classic 1940s Style with Integrated Windows

Unlike other models where glazing is a bespoke extra, the Luxe Traditional design includes classic 1940s style top windows as standard. You can customise these windows with various glazing options to suit your exact needs. Choose from clear, frosted, or satin glass finishes depending on how much privacy you need in the garage, alongside various mock leading or glazing bar designs to perfectly match your home's era.

Panel Arrangements and Ribbed Designs

To get the exact look you want for your property, you can choose from 3 different ribbed panel designs. Furthermore, you have the complete flexibility to run these panels either vertically, for a classic traditional boarded look, or horizontally for a slightly wider, alternative visual appearance.

Authentic Wood Effect Finishes and Textures

To replicate the look of an actual wooden garage door, these steel panels are finished in a highly durable, realistic wood effect laminate. You have a choice of 4 classic timber finishes: Golden Oak, Night Oak, Rosewood, and Winchester. Uniquely, you can also select your preferred external panel texture to pair with these laminates, giving you complete control over the final look and feel of the door.

To ensure a completely seamless finish right around the opening, the outer aluminium fixing sub frame is carefully colour-matched to complement your chosen wood effect at no extra cost.

Made to Measure and Split Options

Made to measure sizes come as standard at no extra cost. You simply choose the overall width and overall height to maximise your clear opening. These side hinged garage doors are available as the standard 50/50 equal split, which gives a balanced and symmetrical look. Alternatively, you can select an asymmetric 1/3 and 2/3 split arrangement. This is highly practical if you only need to open a smaller pedestrian door to get a bike, lawnmower, or the dog out without swinging a large heavy door.

* You can specify the doors as either left or right hand leading leaf when viewed from the outside, depending on what obstacles might be in the way on your driveway.

Door Construction and Insulation

If you spend time in your garage, thermal performance is incredibly important. These doors use 40mm thick double skin steel panels with a highly insulating rigid foam core. The panels themselves have an independently tested core U-value of 0.56 W/m²K. When tested as a completely fitted doorset, including the frame and seals, they achieve a very respectable overall U-value of 2.20 W/m²K.

The inside face of the panels is completely smooth, meaning there are no exposed bracing bars. Finished internally in a light Grey White (RAL 9002), it makes the interior far easier to wipe down and helps reflect light nicely inside the room.

Locking, Hardware and Security

With the more robust door panel construction comes high-quality locking and hardware. The doors are supplied with an upgraded BS EN1303 Cylinder Security Grade 2 lock, featuring an anti-drill and anti-pick internal design. It includes a built-in break-off system, meaning a sacrificial front section snaps away under attack but leaves enough cylinder in place for you to still operate the lock with your key.

For taller doors over 2020mm high, a 3-point locking system is available for stronger resistance against forced entry. To secure the inactive leaf, recessed lever action flush bolts are fitted at the top and bottom. High-grade stainless steel lever handles and built-in door stays are all included in the box to securely hold the door open while you are in and out.

Hinges and Frame Assembly

For doors up to 3188mm wide, the doorset comes completely factory fitted within a fully finished aluminium fixing sub frame. This ensures incredibly tight tolerances where the door closes, meaning a much simpler installation process on site without the need for a separate timber frame. The frame profiles have mitre jointed corners for a very clean final finish.

These sizes also use concealed hinges as standard. Moving the hinges out of sight makes it far harder for anyone to lever the door open from the hinge side by removing a visible point of attack. It gives you a sleeker visual appearance from the outside, and makes alignment much quicker during installation.

* If your ordering width is over 3188mm, the doors are supplied with heavy-duty 3 dimensional adjustable hinges to safely handle the extra load. Because of the sheer size and weight, these wider doors are supplied unassembled rather than factory fitted, making them much safer to transport and handle on site.

Threshold and Weather Sealing

To keep cold draughts out, there is a continuous seal right around the circumference of each door leaf, backed up by an additional three-sided seal on the frame itself. Across the floor, a 3-part threshold system is supplied as standard. This incorporates a bulb seal to give you a much better weather seal at the bottom of the door, helping to keep leaves and rain outside where they belong.

* A level floor is essential for the best results with this threshold system.

Ordering Your CarTeck Traditional Side Hinged Doors

Every CarTeck Luxe Traditional Wood Effect side hinged garage door is made to measure and built to your exact required dimensions. Before you begin choosing your options below, simply select the next size up on both width and height from our pricing table to get your base price. When you proceed to the checkout stage, you will be able to enter the exact millimetre dimensions you need for a perfect fit.

Wood Effect Finishes

These specific doors are finished in a highly realistic wood effect laminate, giving you the traditional visual appearance of natural timber alongside the practical benefits of a maintenance-free insulated steel door. You have a choice of 4 classic timber finishes:

• Golden Oak
• Night Oak
• Rosewood
• Winchester

To ensure a completely seamless look right around the opening, the outer aluminium fixing sub frame is carefully colour-matched to complement your chosen wood effect laminate as standard, at no extra cost.

External Panel Texture

To help replicate the exact look and feel of real timber you want for your property, you can choose the external panel texture to pair with your wood effect finish. This texture applies to the outer face of the door panels. The inside face is always supplied with a smooth finish, making it far easier to wipe down and keep clean.

Ribbed Design and Orientation

You have the flexibility to choose from 3 different ribbed panel designs to suit your home. Once you have selected the rib style, you can also choose whether these panels run vertically for a classic traditional boarded look, or horizontally for an alternative visual appearance.

Leading Door Leaf

You need to select whether the leading door leaf (the one that opens first) is on the left side or the right side when viewed from outside the garage looking in. When making your choice, think about which side you will use most often for pedestrian access and what obstacles might be in the way when the door is open.

Panel Split

To keep the classic 1940s style top windows perfectly aligned, this traditional design is supplied exclusively as a 50/50 equal panel split. This gives a highly balanced and symmetrical visual appearance right across the full width of the opening.

Threshold Options

To keep draughts and debris out, you have a choice of 2 standard threshold options that sit right across the floor. The right choice often depends on whether you are driving over it or just walking.

• There are alternative deep threshold profiles available, which are designed specifically for garages where no vehicle access is required and getting the tightest possible floor seal is the main priority

* Please call or email us for details and pricing if you require non standard threshold options.

Handle and Locking Options

A robust stainless steel lever handle is fitted as standard on these doors. If you want to increase security or just change the visual appearance, there are several upgrades available.

• Standard: Stainless steel lever handles paired with the standard locking mechanism
• Upgrade: Choose from 8 alternative handle designs, all supplied with an upgraded 3 point hook locking mechanism for enhanced security
• Bespoke: You can supply your own door furniture to be fitted at the factory, available on a price on application basis

Standard Window Designs

Unlike other door styles where glazing is an extra cost, the classic 1940s style top windows are included as standard on the Luxe Traditional model. You can choose from various window designs and mock leading layouts to perfectly match the era of your property and let natural daylight into the garage.

Window Glazing

Once you have chosen the window design, you need to select the actual glass finish based on how much privacy you need in the garage.

• Clear: Offers maximum natural daylight and full visibility through the windows
• Frosted: Lets plenty of light in while completely obscuring the view for full privacy
• Satin: A smooth translucent finish that diffuses the light softly while keeping the inside private

The Carteck Standard Ribbed, Centre Ribbed and Solid Wood Design Doors are finished in a Smooth Wood Effect.
The inside face of the door panels are very easy to keep clean and have no unsightly bracing bars and locking mechanisms.

Carteck Modern Side Hinged doors are supplied in a choice of 39 high quality powdercoat colours for the outside face and grey white stucco on the inside (RAL 9002).

These doors are supplied as right or left hand leading door leaf (viewed from outside looking in).

Colour Options
Wood design - modern steel door in classic wood look:
Golden Oak (laminate finish)
Winchester (laminate finish)
Rosewood (painted)
Night Oak (painted)

Fixing Sub Frame
All Carteck side hinged doors are factory fitted with a fully finished aluminium fixing sub frame to make installation easy and precise with tight tolerances where the door hinges and closes.
The doors are all made to order to ensure a perfect fit and maximise the width and height of your garage opening.
The frame is finished in the same colour as the door panel colour chosen.

3 Point Locking
Please note that 3-point high security locking is only suitable for doors over 2020mm high.

Window Options - Scratch resistant Polymer double glazing windows

Aluminium Windows - high-grade Aluminium window designs from the Teckentrup Bling Range!

The windows options are priced per window and can be in alternative window configurations.

3-Part Threshold now standard on all Carteck Side Hinged Garage doors
Containing a new bulb seal this will help to improve weather seaing at the bottom of the door. 
Being 3 part allows you to extend the end beyond the frame leg allowing a neater job and gives the option to line up with other, in-line, openings.  Extended lengths are available upon request.
Click here for further information.

> Door Lock Cylinder Security Upgrade - To make it cheaper and easier to obtain replacement keys Carteck have upgraded their locking system, keys can now be sourced from local key cutters rather than via Teckentrup.  Additional benefits include:
- BS EN1303 Cylinder Security Grade 2
- Anti-drill and anti-pick design
- 3 keys as standard
- Break off system - designed to prevent the cylinder from being broken by including a 'sacrificial' section that is designed to break off in an attempt to break the cylinder is made, whilst leaving sufficient cylinder remaining to still operate the lock with a key. 

 

> Stainless Steel Handles - High grade stainless steel handles and lock covers are tough and attractive.
> Double seals and mitred corners - In addition to the circumferential seal around the door leaf the door frame has a three sided seal for excellent draught reduction. Profiles are mitre jointed for a neat finish.
> Flush bolt security - The inactive leaf is secured with flush bolts to the top and bottom of the leaf.
> Hardware - DIN standard CE marked European sash lock and a pair of stainless steel round bar lever handles on 50mm diameter roses. A Euro profile cylinder and thumb turn with stainless steel escuthcheons is included as standard (double cylinder, key both sides is available as an option if required). The inactive leaf is fitted with top and bottom recessed lever action flush bolts. A stay is fitted to each leaf to hold the door in the open position.
> Concealed Hinges - As part of their constant product development, Carteck have introduced Concealed Hinges to all Side Hinged doors, the benefits of this include:
- Easier trimming up process due to not having hinges at the edge of the door frame
- Only two hinges required per leaf, making adjustments faster and easier
- Improved sleek look
- No additional costs 
- Improved security by removing the visible point of attack and making it harder to lever open the door. 
See Installation tab for vidoe of how to adjust a concealed hinge. 


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Please see the Declaration of Performance for performance details.

Installation details provided with the door.

The door is delivered with the frame, hinges and all major components factory fitted, ready for easy on-site installation.

Installation Guidance – Made to Measure as Standard

Every CarTeck 40mm insulated side hinged garage door is made to measure as standard. This means the doorset is manufactured to your exact brickwork opening sizes (allowing for the correct fitting tolerances), so you are not trying to "make do" with a standard size. You benefit from maximum clear opening width and height, tighter seals and a far neater finished appearance.

1. Measuring Before You Order

Before ordering, carefully measure the structural brickwork opening width and height in at least three places (top, middle, bottom for width; left, centre, right for height). Use the smallest measurements and check that the reveals and lintel are reasonably plumb and level. These clear opening sizes are what you provide for your made to measure doorset – the factory will calculate the finished frame sizes and tolerances from these figures.

2. Delivered as a Complete Doorset (Up to 3188mm)

For openings up to 3188mm wide, CarTeck side hinged doors are supplied as a fully assembled doorset. The aluminium fixing frame, door leaves, hinges, locks, seals and glazing are all factory fitted and pre-aligned. This eliminates the need to hang door leaves separately on site. Once unpacked, the frame and doors are lifted into the opening as one unit, making installation faster, cleaner and more predictable.

* Important Note for Oversized Doors: Due to the sheer physical weight and handling practicalities of very large panels, any doors ordered over 3188mm wide will not be delivered pre assembled. The aluminium outer frame and the door leaves will be delivered as loose components that require assembly and hanging on site. Additionally, these oversized doors will be supplied with heavy duty traditional surface mounted hinges to safely support the extra weight, rather than the standard concealed hinges.

3. Fitting the Aluminium Sub Frame

With the old garage door and frame removed and the opening cleaned back to sound masonry, the new aluminium frame is positioned into the reveal. For pre-assembled units, use packers and a spirit level to ensure the whole frame is perfectly plumb, level and square, then drill and fix through the pre-designated fixing points into the brickwork. Check the operation of both leaves as you go and make minor hinge or latch adjustments if required. For oversized loose-component doors, you will need to perfectly plumb and fix the frame first before carefully hanging the heavy door leaves.

4. Threshold & Final Sealing

The supplied 3-part threshold is then positioned and fixed in line with the frame legs, creating a continuous base for the bulb seal and improving weather protection at floor level. Because it is in three pieces, you can extend it slightly beyond the frame legs for a neat transition to adjacent paving or doorways. Finally, any small gaps between frame and brickwork are neatly sealed with a suitable external grade sealant or trim.

5. Post-Installation Checks

Once installed, check that:

• Both leaves open and close freely without fouling the floor or reveals.
• The locks engage smoothly and the compression seals make consistent contact all round.
• The stays hold the doors open securely at the desired angle.

Because these doors are made to measure, a competent installer or experienced DIYer can achieve an excellent, professional result with far less time and adjustment than a traditional, site-built timber door and frame.

CarTeck Side Hinged Garage Doors Warranty

CarTeck insulated side hinged garage doors are manufactured by Teckentrup to the highest standards and are backed by a comprehensive, long-term manufacturer’s guarantee for complete peace of mind. The warranty periods apply to doors that have been correctly installed, maintained and cleaned in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

10-Year Manufacturer’s Guarantee

• •  On panels against rust penetration from the inside to the outside.
• •  Against door panel separation of the steel skins from the inner foam core.
• •  On material and manufacturing flaws of all non-moving parts of the frame that are verifiably unusable.
• •  On the floor seal, intermediate seals and frame weather seals against rotting.

5-Year Manufacturer’s Guarantee

• •  On factory paint finishes against peeling and blistering (excluding normal colour fade and excluding coastal locations). Note: A specific 3-year guarantee applies to coastal installations, providing the door was ordered with the official coastal paint upgrade.

2-Year Manufacturer’s Guarantee

• •  On all hardware and moving components, including window units, hinges, locks, handles and door stays (based on standard use of up to 5 open/close cycles per day).

Please note: The guarantee does not apply to doors that are subjected to extreme conditions, such as corrosive influences resulting from use in a coastal climate with high salt content, unless the relevant coastal paint upgrades were specified at the point of order. Regular cleaning of the door finish is required to maintain the warranty.

Measuring for your CarTeck 40mm Luxe Traditional side hinged garage door is a straightforward process. These fully insulated doors are completely made to measure and supplied factory assembled with their sub fixing frame and hardware already fitted, ensuring a fast and simple installation. The entire unit is designed to be installed directly in between your structural garage opening.

Step 1: Measure the Structural Opening Width

Take the width measurement from brickwork to brickwork inside the structural opening.

• Measure the width in three distinct places: at the top, the middle, and the bottom of the opening.
• Record the smallest of these three dimensions. This becomes your definitive structural opening width.

Step 2: Measure the Structural Opening Height

Take the height measurement from the floor directly to the underside of the lintel.

• Measure the height in three places: on the left, in the middle, and on the right side of the opening.
• Record the smallest of these three dimensions to determine your definitive structural opening height.

Step 3: Calculate Your Ordering Size

Because the door and its pre-fitted frame sit inside the opening, you must allow for a fitting tolerance. The manufacturer recommends a minimum tolerance of 10mm all around to ensure the frame fits comfortably without being forced.

• Ordering Width: Deduct 20mm from your smallest structural opening width, which allows for a 10mm gap on both the left and right sides.
• Ordering Height: Deduct 10mm from your smallest structural opening height to allow a gap at the top.

The resulting dimensions are your Overall Frame Size, which is the exact measurement you will use when placing your order.

Step 4: Check Floor Levels and Squareness

The garage floor level is a critical factor because standard CarTeck side-hinged doors open outwards.

• Use a spirit level to check that the driveway is completely flat or falls away from the garage opening. Ensure the ground does not rise up and obstruct the outward swing of the door leaves.
• The door features a 3-part stepped aluminium threshold as standard, which requires a sound, level surface across the full width of the opening to sit correctly and provide an effective weather seal.
• Check how square and true your brickwork is. If the opening is visibly out of square or the stonework is particularly rough, you may need to increase your fitting tolerances (deducting more than 10mm) to ensure the pre-squared frame will fit within the space.

Please allow for any tolerances you require in the ordering dimensions and the doors will be manufactured to the exact dimensions specified.