Side-Hinged Garage Doors in Fourways

• Steel, timber or aluminium leaves
• Welded steel subframe, adjustable hinges
• No headroom required

A side-hinged garage door opens outward on hinges like a pair of large doors. In Fourways it is a considered choice rather than a default: it goes on outbuildings, workshops, stores and stables, and on the houses where the elevation is traditional enough that an overhead panel would look wrong.

Side-hinged garage doors we supply in Fourways

• Steel side-hinged doors in ribbed and panelled profiles.
• Timber side-hinged doors in hardwood or clad, for traditional elevations.
• Unequal leaf pairs so one leaf works as a normal pedestrian door.
• Glazed upper panels where the building needs daylight.

Why a side-hinged door suits a workshop or store

You can open one leaf and walk in, which nobody does with an overhead door. On the Chartwell and Farmall holdings, and on the store and workshop buildings behind the larger Fourways houses, that single fact usually decides it.

Side-hinged doors and estate guidelines

On most Fourways estates a hinged pair will not be approved on a street-facing garage, because the guidelines specify sectional doors. On rear buildings, staff quarters and stores they are usually fine. We check the rules before quoting so nothing is manufactured that cannot be hung.

Space required in front of the opening

The leaves swing outward, so the apron has to be clear. On a cluster driveway there is rarely room; on a smallholding there almost always is. We check the ground at survey, because this is the thing that catches people out.

Frames, hinges and hanging

The frame carries the whole load, and on a heavy timber pair that load is considerable. We fit a proper subframe anchored into the structure, with hinges rated for the leaf mass. A side-hinged door that drops at the leading edge has almost always been hung on an inadequate frame.

Locking and security

Multi-point locking into head and threshold on the leading leaf, and shoot bolts on the slave leaf. Locking a pair of doors at the centre only is what makes them easy to force, and on an outbuilding away from the house that matters more, not less.

Timber doors and the Highveld climate

Hardwood on a west-facing opening takes strong afternoon sun and then hard summer rain, and it needs a maintained finish to cope with the swing between them. We specify the timber and the sealing for that exposure and state the maintenance interval honestly.

What a side-hinged garage door costs in Fourways

Priced on opening size, leaf material, glazing, locking and whether a new subframe is needed. Timber costs more than steel and lasts well when it is looked after.