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Design and appearance
The Traditional Horizontal Ribbed door in white creates a classic, cottage‑style appearance with real glazed toplights set above horizontal profiling. This design brings traditional carriage‑door character to smaller garages and heritage properties where an authentic period look is essential.
The horizontal ribbing gives a calm, grounded proportion, while the toplights allow natural daylight into the upper part of the garage without compromising privacy or security at eye level. In white, the door sits quietly on rendered or painted façades and coordinates easily with traditional timber windows and joinery.
Construction and insulation
Each leaf is constructed from a 40mm thick insulated steel panel with factory‑fitted glazed toplights. The insulated core provides good thermal performance and structural rigidity, helping to keep the garage space more comfortable and reducing temperature swings.
The glazing is set into a robust steel frame with toughened or laminated glass for safety and durability. Seals around the frame and threshold complete the weather protection system, controlling draughts and water ingress.
Operation and configuration
This is an outward‑opening, side‑hinged doorset with no internal tracks or ceiling gear. One leaf is used for everyday pedestrian access, bringing light into the garage each time it is opened, while the second leaf remains closed unless full‑width access is required.
The door is manufactured to order up to a maximum width of 2500mm, making it ideal for single garages and smaller double openings typical of period properties and more compact modern plots.
Finishes, textures and colours
The Traditional Horizontal Ribbed model in white is supplied in a single external colour to keep pricing accessible. The white finish suits a wide range of property styles and coordinates easily with painted render, timber cladding and traditional windows.
The internal face is supplied in a light colour to keep the garage bright. The clean white external finish provides a neutral backdrop that allows the glazing and profiling to stand out as design features.
Sizing and installation
Doors are purpose‑made up to a maximum width of 2500mm, allowing them to be tailored to smaller openings without excessive infill work. Factory manufacturing ensures the ribbing is evenly spaced and the toplights are positioned correctly.
The doorset is supplied pre‑assembled with the glazing fitted and the leaves hung in the frame. This reduces site work and helps maintain consistent quality across installations.
Key features
- Traditional horizontal ribbed design with real glazed toplights for period character.
- 40mm insulated steel panels for strength and thermal comfort.
- Purpose‑made up to 2500mm wide for smaller garages and heritage properties.
- Outward‑opening side‑hinged operation with clear internal headroom.
- Natural light enters through toplights while maintaining lower‑level privacy.
- White external finish for compatibility with painted and rendered façades.
- Light internal finish for a brighter garage interior.
- Supplied as a complete doorset with glazing and frame pre‑assembled.
- An affordable option for traditional styling on smaller openings.
Domestic garage doors or light commercial use
Carteck door leaves are fabricated using 40mm thick insulated panels with an extruded aluminium perimeter frame and integral seals.
The door frame is a three side 53mm deep extruded aluminium profile with mitred corners and integral seals. An aluminium ramped low profile cill is also included.
Carteck side hinged drive through clearances.
Overall Frame Width less 75mm per side.
Overall Height less 80mm.
Raised threshold = 16mm.
When ordering the measurements are based on maximum overall frame sizes with no allowance for fitting tolerance.
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.
Door texture finish:
Woodgrain
Smooth
Stucco
Micro Proile
The doors are supplied traffic white embossed woodgrain on the outside as standard and grey white embossed woodgrain on the inside (RAL 9002).
The inside face of the door panels are very easy to keep clean and have no unsightly bracing bars and locking mechanisms.
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 (please note RAL 9006 & RAL 9007 may not be an exact match) and in the case of the laminate woodgrain panels a complimentary RAL colour is used for the framework.
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.
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.
> 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.
> Door stays - Protecting your door from slam closure on windy days these top grade, spring dampened stays hold the door securley in the open position.
> Flush bolt security - The inactive leaf is secured with flush bolts to the top and bottom of the leaf.
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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.
5-year manufacturer’s guarantee
> on castors, hinges, springs, cable castors and cables for normal use (opening/closing max. 5 times a day)
10-year manufacturer’s guarantee
> on the panel against rust inside and outside
> on the steel splitting away from the foam
> on material and manufacturing faults of all immoveable frame parts, if it can be proved that they are inoperative or their use is impaired
> on floor seals, central seals, side seals and header seal against perishing
> on high-performance springs
Ordering: The ordering dimensions refer to the OVERALL width and height of the door and sub fixing frame combined and the door is delivered with the frame factory fitted.
Please allow for any tolerances you require in the ordering dimensions and the doors will be manufactured to the exact dimensions specified.
