Garador Vertical Cedar (7 Colour Options) Side hinged garage door Timber Garador

Garador Vertical Cedar Timber Side Hinged Garage Door, Purpose Made

The purpose made Garador Vertical Cedar features the exact same solid Western Red Cedar boards running top to bottom across both leaves as the standard size door, built to the overall width and height of your opening. Plain vertical tongue and groove boarding is one of the very best designs for a made to measure timber garage door—because there is no fixed panel layout to keep in proportion, the door looks balanced and natural at any custom width or height in the range.

It is most often chosen to replace old handmade timber doors on a country cottage, coach house, barn conversion, or period brick garage, where the structural opening is rarely a standard size and you want a new door that looks like it has always belonged to the property without wide packers or trims down each side.

Everyday Walk In Convenience

With most UK garages now used as workshops, bike stores, utility rooms, or general household storage rather than parking a car, outward opening side hinged doors are far more practical day to day than lifting an overhead door. You can unlock and open just the right hand leading leaf to step in and out on foot, while both leaves swing out onto the driveway so your internal ceiling and wall space stays completely clear of tracks and springs.

Made for Your Exact Opening

The purpose made Vertical Cedar can be built from 1930mm to 2539mm wide and from 1891mm to 2196mm high overall (including the steel frame). That covers the full Garador side hinged size range, including the narrower and lower openings often found on older garages that panelled steel designs cannot be made to fit.

• Made to your exact overall size, door and steel frame together
• Solid Western Red Cedar boards built into a rigid welded steel box section chassis
• Supplied factory framed in Brown (RAL 8028) as standard, or White (RAL 9016)
• Black lever handles inside and out with two point shoot bolts on the fixed leaf
• Concealed hinges, hydraulic gas pistons, metal door stays, and a 20mm floor threshold
• Dip treated base coat stain as standard, or 5 factory wood stains at extra cost

Hybrid Timber and Steel Construction

Unlike traditional all timber joinery doors that can drop on their hinges or swell and stick in wet winter weather, the solid red cedar boarding is set into a rigid steel box section chassis and prehung at the factory inside a steel frame with 75mm wide uprights and a 60mm high head. The steel frame gives you a straight, square fixing directly between the brickwork reveals, keeping the locks and hinges properly aligned even as the natural cedar seasons.

Stain and Finish Options

Every door is supplied in a neutral dip treated base coat stain as standard, ready for you to finish on site with a breathable exterior wood treatment. Alternatively, Garador can fully factory finish the door in Light Oak, Antique Oak, Mahogany, Walnut, or Chestnut at extra cost.

Door Split and Ordering

The door comes as an equal 50/50 split as standard. On overall frame widths up to 2234mm, a 1/3 and 2/3 split is available at the exact same price, giving you an 800mm wide leading leaf for everyday pedestrian access (note that the board widths on the narrow leaf can differ slightly from a 50/50 door). Please call or email us if you would like to order the 1/3 and 2/3 split.

You order by the overall width and height of the door and steel frame together. Please also have your brick to brick measurements to hand at checkout so you can add them to the comments box.

* See the Measure tab for step by step instructions on working out your overall ordering size, and check the Installation tab for timber care and treatment guidance.

Garador Purpose Made Timber Side Hinged Door Options

These options apply to every made to measure Garador timber side hinged garage door. The timber designs, finishes, and hardware match the standard size doors.

Timber Finish

Every door is supplied dip treated in a neutral base coat stain as standard, ready for you to treat on site with your chosen exterior wood finish. If you would rather the door arrived finished, Garador can factory finish it at extra cost in any of the 5 wood stains below (listed in alphabetical order):

• Antique Oak
• Chestnut
• Light Oak
• Mahogany
• Walnut

* Cedar is a natural material, so expect natural variation in grain and colour from board to board. Stain colours on screen are a guide only.

Steel Chassis and Frame Colour

Because Garador timber side hinged doors are built into a steel box section chassis and prehung in a 75mm steel frame, you can choose between two powder coated colours for the steel chassis and frame:

• Brown (RAL 8028): Supplied as standard, and the natural choice to blend in with the Light Oak, Antique Oak, Walnut, Chestnut, and Mahogany timber tones.
• White (RAL 9016): Ideal if the timber door is going to be painted on site or fitted to a house with white windows and frames.

Door Stays and Gas Pistons

Every purpose made Garador timber side hinged door comes fitted with both overhead solid metal door stays (with a pull cord release) and hydraulic gas pistons on each door leaf as standard. The mechanical stays hold the timber leaves securely open at around 90 degrees so the wind cannot blow them shut, while the gas pistons dampen the swing for a smooth, controlled closing motion.

Handles and Internal Release

• Black lever handle outside and inside: Included as standard for easy everyday opening from either side.
• Black plastic knob outside with lever inside: The fixed outside knob means the door can only be opened from outside with the key, so it cannot be left accidentally unlocked.
• Anodised aluminium lever handles in White: Matching lever handles inside and out.
• Anodised aluminium lever handles in Chrome effect: Smart metallic lever handles inside and out.

Inside, a central flip up handle on the fixed leaf releases both the top and bottom shoot bolts in one movement.

Leading Leaf

The right hand leaf leads as standard when viewed from outside. A left hand leading leaf is available at extra cost if a wall, fence, or path makes the right hand side awkward to open.

Door Split (50/50 or 1/3 and 2/3)

Purpose made timber doors are supplied as an equal 50/50 split as standard. The Vertical Cedar (and Horizontal Cedar) can also be made as a 1/3 and 2/3 split at the same price on overall frame widths up to 2234mm. On a 1/3 and 2/3 door, the 1/3 leaf is always 800mm wide and always leads. Please call or email us to order this split.

Chevron Cedar, Kingsbury, Seymour, Tudor, Ashton, and Ashton Chevron are supplied as a 50/50 split only.

Glazing (Ashton and Ashton Chevron Only)

Plain clear or stippled (obscure) glazing is available for the top windows at no extra cost. Stippled glazing lets daylight through into the garage while obscuring the view inside.

Garador Purpose Made Timber Side Hinged Specification

Door Construction

Solid red cedar built around a strong welded steel box section chassis. Seymour and Tudor combine solid red cedar with marine grade plywood panels, while Ashton and Ashton Chevron have factory fitted glazing to the top of each leaf.

Finish

Neutral dip treated base coat stain as standard, or factory finished in Light Oak, Antique Oak, Mahogany, Walnut, or Chestnut at extra cost. Supplied wrapped for protection in transit.

Factory Framed

Made to your exact overall size and prehung in a steel frame at the factory, finished in Brown (RAL 8028) as standard or White (RAL 9016). Frame uprights are 75mm wide (150mm total width), the head is 60mm high, and the frame is 75mm deep, all included in your overall ordering size. Viewed from outside, the right hand leaf leads as standard and the left hand leaf is the fixed leaf (meaning the fixed leaf is on the right hand side when viewed from inside the garage).

Concealed Hinges

Heavy duty hinges are concealed within the 75mm steel frame, with no hinge knuckles standing proud of the exterior door face.

Two Point Shoot Bolt Locking and Floor Level

Internal shoot bolts are fitted at the top and bottom of the inner leading edge of the fixed leaf, with the active leading leaf locking tightly against it via a Euro cylinder lock and lever handle. The overlapping centre stile helps prevent forced entry to the locking mechanism. Please note that the garage floor must be finished and level across the threshold for the bottom bolt to engage properly.

Door Stays and Gas Pistons

Solid metal door stays with a pull cord release hold the leaves securely open, paired with hydraulic gas pistons on each leaf for a smooth, controlled close.

Weather Seals and Threshold

Rubber weather seals are built into the steel frame along the door stop and leading leaf, sealing around three sides of the opening. A 20mm high aluminium floor threshold is supplied as standard for the base.

Handles and Internal Release

A black lever handle is fitted on the right hand leading leaf as standard (viewed from outside), and a central flip up handle on the inside of the fixed leaf releases the top and bottom shoot bolts in one movement.

Purpose Made Size Range

1930mm to 2539mm wide x 1891mm to 2196mm high overall (including the steel frame), for every timber design. Please see the Measure tab for step by step measuring guidance.

Door Split and Outward Operation

Supplied as an equal 50/50 split as standard. Vertical Cedar and Horizontal Cedar are also available as a 1/3 and 2/3 split at the same price up to 2234mm overall frame width (see the Options tab). Both door leaves open outwards as standard, leaving the internal ceiling and wall space clear.

Fixing and Drive Through Clearance

Designed to fit between the brickwork, with a recommended minimum fitting clearance of 5mm per side. Fixing behind the brickwork opening is not recommended. With both leaves open to 90 degrees, the nominal drive through clearance is 30mm less than the nominal opening width (or 180mm less than the overall frame width) and 125mm less than the opening height.

Standards and Use

All Garador garage doors comply with BS EN 13241 safety standards and are suitable for domestic garages and lightweight commercial use.

* Purpose made doors are built to the exact overall size you give us, so please double check your brickwork measurements before ordering.

Installing Your Purpose Made Garador Timber Side Hinged Door

Your purpose made door arrives fully assembled and hung in its steel frame, built to the overall size you ordered, with the hinges, handle, locking, stays and gas pistons fitted. On site it's a case of fixing the frame into the opening, a job a competent DIYer can manage with a helper.

Installation instructions are supplied with every door.

When Your Door Arrives

Store the door upright, under cover and in a dry place, with the wrapping intact. On doors supplied in the base coat stain, apply one coat of a good quality base coat primer to both sides as soon as the wrapping comes off.

Before You Fit

• Re measure the opening and check it against your door size. The frame should go in with the fitting tolerance you allowed when ordering, around 10mm on the width and 5mm on the height
• A level, finished floor is essential for the bottom shoot bolt to engage
• The doors open outwards, so make sure there's clear, level ground in front of the garage
• The frame is designed to fit between the brickwork, not behind it
• Check the brickwork either side can take fixings. Older openings, where purpose made doors are most common, can have soft or uneven brick at the reveals

During Fitting

Fix the frame plumb and square, checking the diagonals. On openings that aren't quite true, pack behind the frame at the fixing points rather than forcing it to follow the brickwork.

After Fitting

Straight after installation, apply two further coats of a good quality exterior wood finish to both sides of the door, following the finish manufacturer's instructions. Not doing so leads to early deterioration of the timber, which isn't covered by the warranty.

Ongoing Care

Re coat the timber in line with the finish manufacturer's guidance, and more often on exposed or south facing garages. Factory finished doors also need periodic maintenance coats. Lubricate the hinges, lock and shoot bolts once or twice a year, using graphite powder on the lock cylinder.

Garador Timber Side Hinged Door Warranty

Garador cover the safe and reliable function of their timber side hinged garage doors for 10 years from the date of purchase. That 10 year cover applies to the door mechanism and the steel frame. The timber door panels themselves carry a 2 year warranty, and a 5 year warranty applies to the hinges. Replacement parts are covered for 6 months, or to the end of the original warranty period, whichever is longer.

What's Covered

During the warranty period Garador will put right any defect that can be shown to be caused by a material or manufacturing fault. At their discretion they'll replace the faulty part, repair it or offer a reduction in price. The costs of removal, refitting and carriage aren't covered, and any replaced parts become the property of Garador Ltd.

Requirements

Warranty claims only apply in the country where the door was bought, the door must have been bought through Garador's authorised distribution, and the warranty only covers the door itself. You'll need the completed warranty card and your dated proof of purchase to make a claim.

Treating the Timber

The timber warranty depends on the door being treated correctly. That means a base coat primer on both sides as soon as it's unwrapped, then two coats of exterior wood finish on both sides straight after fitting, with periodic re coating after that. Deterioration caused by missing or late treatment isn't covered.

What Isn't Covered

• Normal wear and tear
• Incorrect installation
• Lack of care and maintenance
• Incorrect use, at first or later on
• Deliberate or careless damage
• Fire, water, salts, alkaline solutions, acids and abnormal environmental conditions
• Damage in transport or fitting
• Priming and other surface treatments, including treatments applied incorrectly or too late
• Repairs by unqualified persons
• Use of non Garador parts without the manufacturer's approval
• Removal or defacing of the product number

Making a Claim

If you need to make a claim, please contact us with your name, address and phone number, your original invoice, the door type and product number, and a description of the problem. Garador may need to inspect the door in place. If the claim turns out not to be covered, the cost of the inspection visit may be charged.

Measuring for a Purpose Made Garador Timber Side Hinged Door

Purpose made timber doors are ordered by the overall width and overall height of the door including its steel frame, which comes factory fitted. The frame uprights are 75mm wide and the head is 60mm high.

Every timber design can be made from 1930mm to 2539mm wide and from 1891mm to 2196mm high overall.

How to Work Out Your Ordering Size

1. Measure the opening brick to brick across the width, at the top, middle and bottom. Use the smallest figure.
2. Measure from the finished floor to the underside of the lintel, on both sides and in the middle. Use the smallest figure.
3. Take at least 10mm off the width and 5mm off the height. These are total allowances, not per side. If the opening is out of square or the brickwork is uneven, allow a little more.
4. The figures you're left with are your overall ordering width and height.

No fitting tolerance is added at the factory, so the door will be made to exactly the size you give us.

Choosing Your Size Online

Choose the width and height options your ordering size falls into, then enter your exact overall width and height when prompted.

Worked Example

Your brick to brick opening on an older garage is 2010mm wide and 1960mm high. Take off the tolerance and your overall ordering size is 2000mm x 1955mm. Choose the up to 2233mm width option and the up to 2041mm height option, then enter 2000mm x 1955mm as your exact size.

Clear Opening Inside the Frame

The clear opening inside the frame is 150mm narrower and 60mm lower than your overall size. On a 2000mm x 1955mm door that's 1850mm wide x 1895mm high. The thickness of the open leaves takes a little more off the usable width.

* If your ordering size matches one of the standard sizes exactly, for example 2234mm x 2041mm, check the standard size listing as it will usually work out cheaper.

* If you can't find the size you need in the drop down menus, please call or email us.