Woodrite Doors

Looking for Standard Timber Ranges?

If you want a standard production cedar door rather than a full bespoke joinery build, Garador and Cedar Door manufacture reliable off the shelf and made to measure timber models:

Garador Up & Over →

Traditional cedar panel designs mounted to a rigid steel chassis.

Garador Side Hinged →

Classic 50/50 split hinged doors with pre-fitted perimeter weatherstrips.

Cedar Door Up & Over →

Hand-selected Western Red Cedar facing on solid timber or steel back frames.

Cedar Door Side Hinged →

Solid timber construction using traditional mortice and tenon joinery joints.

Timber Garage Doors: Choosing the Right Species

For more than 20 years, Woodrite earned an excellent reputation for their Coach House collection. Whether you're matching existing joinery on a period property or designing an entrance for a modern home, timber provides natural character and structural strength that pressed steel and aluminium simply cannot replicate.

When ordering a replacement or custom built timber door, choosing the right timber species is critical to how the door balances on its gear and how it stands up to everyday weathering:

• Western Red Cedar: Naturally lightweight with low moisture movement. Its light weight puts less demand on spring counterbalances and lifting gear, making manual operation effortless. It holds rich, warm honey tones and contains natural oils that resist rot and insect attack in damp British climates.
• European Oak: A dense, heavy hardwood known for distinctive grain patterns and strength. Because of its weight, oak panels demand heavy-duty retractable lifting arms or heavy-gauge steel chassis gear to operate smoothly.
• Idigbo: A West African hardwood that behaves like oak visually, but without the extreme weight or high tannin leaching. An excellent timber for wide boarded and raised-and-fielded panel designs that need structural stability.
• Accoya®: An acetylated, modified wood where the cellular structure is treated to prevent water absorption. It will not twist, swell, or shrink with seasonal changes, allowing precision tolerances and factory microporous paint warranties of up to 10 years.

*Practical Note: Timber is a living natural product. All doors supplied factory finished must receive regular inspections and care to maintain the protective microporous coating, especially on south-facing or exposed coastal elevations.

Woodrite's Original Ranges & Re-manufacture Options

We can recreate the exact aesthetics, board widths, and panelling styles from Woodrite's original catalogue across both up and over and side hinged configurations:

Somerset – Cedarwood

Built using cedar mouldings faced on exterior-grade cedar plywood. Lightweight, dependable, and suitable for standard steel chassis framing.

Buckingham & Balmoral – Cedarwood

Constructed with cedar mouldings and solid tongue-and-groove boards. Full solid construction without visible steel subframes from the kerb.

Warwick – Idigbo

Crafted in idigbo mouldings, tongue-and-groove boards, and raised and fielded panels. The premier choice when you want the look of oak with superior stability.

Monmouth – Oak

Solid oak framing with exterior-grade oak-faced ply panels. Offers the distinctive grain structure and weight of traditional British timber joinery.

Thetford – Accoya®

Machined with Accoya® mouldings and precision T&G boarding. Maximum resistance to shrinking, swelling, and rot, backed by extended finish guarantees.

York – Cedar Side Hinged

Traditional side hinged doors and matching personnel doors. Constructed with mortice and tenon framing for clean, timber-only visuals inside and out.

Somerset Collection (Panel Construction)

The Somerset range uses panel-built construction where timber is fitted into a sub-frame chassis. This design keeps the overall weight manageable and balances perfectly on standard retractable or canopy operating gear. Read more about gear and chassis options >

The Chard

The Kingsdon

The Yeovil

Buckingham & Balmoral Collection (Solid Timber Construction)

Solid-construction doors use wider, deeper cedar framing sections that carry their own structural load without requiring an external steel chassis border. Retractable gear mounts directly to the timber leaf, presenting a clear, all-wood face inside the garage. On wider openings, subtle rear bracing is added to prevent door leaf deflection.

The Chalfont

The Bierton

The Gawcott (Wide)

The Padbury

The Uttoxeter

The Whitchurch

Warwick Collection (Idigbo Hardwood)

The Warwick range showcases the structural advantages of Idigbo. It mimics the distinctive texture and colour of traditional oak, but with lower overall panel weight and superior resistance to warping on south-facing garage openings.

The Brandon

The Claverdon

The Southam Wide

Monmouth Collection (English & European Oak)

Crafted for classic brick, stone, and barn-conversion homes where only authentic oak will do. Monmouth doors use heavy-duty steel sub-chassis frames and commercial-grade counterbalance springs to handle the panel weight smoothly.

Oak Broadoak

Oak Oakridge

Oak Oakgrove

Thetford Collection (Modified Accoya®)

Thetford designs use non-toxic, acetylated timber that will not swell against timber frame jambs in wet weather. With outstanding dimensional stability, factory-painted finishes last far longer between re-treatment cycles than standard softwoods.

The Barnham

The Oulton

The Elveden

York Collection (Traditional Side Hinged)

The York range represents classic side hinged timber doors built using solid mortice and tenon joinery. Ideal for garages used as workshops, gyms, or storage areas where quick pedestrian access is needed without opening the entire door width.

The Bierton

The Chalfont

The Ickford

The Chartridge

The Padbury

The Hampden