Brands
Woodrite garage doors
Woodrite is a UK manufacturer of bespoke hardwood garage doors, mainly side-hinged and sectional styles built to individual opening sizes rather than sold as stock sizes. A Woodrite-specified bespoke hardwood door installed in the UK typically costs £4,800–£10,000 inc. VAT, well above steel equivalents, reflecting solid timber and made-to-measure joinery.
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Woodrite is a UK maker of bespoke hardwood garage doors, mainly in classic side-hinged and sectional styles. Doors are built to the exact opening rather than sold in fixed stock sizes. Consequently, Woodrite sits at the top end of the market, aimed at older and characterful homes.
This is an independent, editorial page. We are not a Woodrite dealer or authorised installer.
Ranges
Side-hinged hardwood range
£4,800–£10,000 inc. VATBespoke hardwood side-hinged doors built in traditional coach-door styles, made to measure for the individual opening.
Sectional hardwood range
£4,800–£10,000 inc. VATBespoke hardwood sectional doors combining a timber finish with the space-saving vertical opening of a sectional mechanism.
Bespoke sizing, not stock sizes
Unlike volume steel door makers, Woodrite builds doors to the customer’s exact opening. It doesn’t offer a fixed range of stock sizes. This matters most on period properties, since their garage openings often don’t match modern standard sizes. Most steel door ranges assume a standard 2290mm × 2250mm opening.
Why timber costs more than steel
A bespoke hardwood door costs significantly more than an equivalent steel up-and-over or sectional door. This is because of solid timber material costs, made-to-measure joinery and hand finishing. In contrast, a factory-line steel door is built to standard sizes on a production line. This keeps costs down for buyers who don’t need a bespoke fit.
Maintenance expectations
Timber doors need more upkeep than steel or GRP equivalents. Owners should expect periodic repainting or re-staining, since exposure to weather varies by location. It’s also worth checking that the finish hasn’t broken down and let moisture into the timber. This is a genuine ongoing cost to budget for, not a one-off cost at purchase.
Automating a Woodrite door
Side-hinged Woodrite doors can be automated with a powered operator. However, solid hardwood weighs more than steel. Because of this, the operator and gear must be sized correctly for the extra load. It’s worth confirming this with your installer at the quoting stage, well before fitting day.
Questions people ask
- What does a Woodrite garage door cost?
- A Woodrite-specified bespoke hardwood door installed in the UK typically costs £4,800–£10,000 inc. VAT, reflecting solid timber material, made-to-measure joinery for a non-standard opening, and hand finishing, well above steel equivalents at the same opening size.
- Can Woodrite doors be automated with an operator?
- Side-hinged timber doors can be automated, but the heavier weight of solid hardwood compared with steel means the operator and gear must be correctly specified for the extra load — this is worth confirming with your installer at the quoting stage.
- Why is a Woodrite door more expensive than a steel side-hinged door?
- Woodrite doors are built bespoke, to the exact opening, from solid hardwood, with hand joinery rather than a factory-line steel process. That combination of material and made-to-measure labour is the main driver of the price difference over a stock-size steel equivalent.
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