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Square
SolidFrame 65mm solid
Panel Solid fielded
Joint Stile & rail
Shared section: Square, Colonial and Cape Dutch (Houteng technical drawing, mm)
Cabinet doors
Houteng manufactures cabinet doors (cupboard doors, as most of our clients call them) for kitchen companies, joiners, installers, interior designers, builders and developers. You send the spec or cutting list; we manufacture to it, in solid and semi-solid timber, from one factory in Silverton, Pretoria. We don't design kitchens and we don't install, so we never compete with you on your own job.
Made to order only: no stock doors, no hardware.
Lead time
10–15 working days
estimated date given with the order
Quote
Often within 1 hour
on a complete cutting list
Construction
A five-piece door is four frame members and a panel, assembled as separate parts rather than routed from board. It moves with the timber instead of against it, which is why solid doors outlast wrapped and pressed ones in a working kitchen.
A solid timber frame with a solid fielded panel.
A solid timber frame with a double-faced veneer panel, which holds a wider door flat.
Made to your sizes, not cut down from a stock door.
Standard thicknesses
16, 22 and 32 mm
Other thicknesses made where a design called for it.
Typical hinged maximum
2500 × 600 mm
With a split rail. Up to 1700 mm high without one.
Décor panels
Depends on construction
Can be manufactured where they aren't hung as doors.
The right thickness depends on the style, material and construction, so we confirm it against your spec.
Specifications
Every profile below is manufactured to your sizes. Frame widths, panel type and jointing are set per profile; timber and finish are yours to choose. We also make special custom profile doors on request. Need something not listed? Send a drawing, specification or sample and we'll assess whether we can make it.
Raised and fielded panels in solid timber. Square, Cape Dutch and Colonial styles.
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel Solid fielded
Joint Stile & rail
Shared section: Square, Colonial and Cape Dutch (Houteng technical drawing, mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel Solid fielded
Joint Stile & rail
Shared section: Square, Colonial and Cape Dutch (Houteng technical drawing, mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel Solid fielded
Joint Stile & rail
Shared section: Square, Colonial and Cape Dutch (Houteng technical drawing, mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel Solid
Joint Stile & rail
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
Panelled range photos
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CloseReeded Shaker, plus open-panel solid doors for ventilation and detail: slats at 45°, woven slats and louvres.
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 20 × 5mm solid slats set at 45°
Joint As per design
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel Horizontal 20 × 5mm slats
Joint As per design
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid, 32mm thick
Panel Louvred
Joint Dovetail
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 40 × 22mm solid
Panel Solid, reeded
Joint Stile and rail
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
Lattice, basket and louvre photos
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CloseFlat-panel five-piece doors. Six profiles, from a 65 mm classic frame down to a 16 mm slim frame, all semi-solid.
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 10mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mortise & tenon
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid, V groove
Panel 10mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mortise & tenon
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid, bevelled
Panel 10mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mortise & tenon
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 40mm solid
Panel 17mm double-faced veneer
Joint Bud joint
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 32 × 16mm solid
Panel 17mm double-faced veneer
Joint Bud joint
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 16 × 22mm solid
Panel 17mm double-faced veneer
Joint Bud joint
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
Shaker range photos
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CloseMitred frames with Hoffmann dovetail keys. Four moulded profiles, all semi-solid with a 7 mm veneer panel.
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 7mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mitre with Hoffmann dovetail keys
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 7mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mitre with Hoffmann dovetail keys
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 7mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mitre with Hoffmann dovetail keys
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 7mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mitre with Hoffmann dovetail keys
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
Moseti range photos
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CloseCambridge mitred frame, grooved boarded panel (Farmstyle) and a bevelled 45 mm frame (Bevel). All semi-solid.
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 10mm double-faced veneer, grooved
Joint Mortise & tenon
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 45mm solid, bevelled
Panel 16mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mortise & tenon
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
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Frame 65mm solid
Panel 6mm double-faced veneer
Joint Mitre
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)
Farmstyle and bevel photos
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Prefer a handleless look? We machine a grip profile into the door edge, so the door opens on the profile itself and no handle is fitted. It's available across the range, in solid and semi-solid.

Door 22mm thick
Grip Machined finger grip in the door edge
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)


Door 22mm thick
Grip 45 degree bevel along the door edge
Cross-section, Houteng technical drawing (mm)

Materials
Any profile can be manufactured in any of the timbers we work in. We use timber that is commercially available and harvested sustainably under licence.
Local and African
Imported
Working in something that isn't on the list, such as MDF for painted work? Ask, and we'll look at it against the project.
We have a spray room, so doors can arrive finished or raw for your own finisher.
We don't offer hand-painted decorative techniques.
Custom work
We sometimes make special custom profile doors on request, to your drawing, specification or sample. This herringbone panel door is one example. Send us what you need and we'll assess it and quote.
View more custom doorsCustom profile doors and cabinetry
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CloseWho we manufacture for
Kitchen and cabinetry companies. Bedroom cupboard companies. Joiners, installers and carpenters. Interior designers and interior architects. Builders and developers running multi-unit projects. If you can't make five-piece solid doors in-house, or you're at capacity, we become that part of your workshop, without you buying machinery, hiring staff or turning work away.
Process
1
A cutting list, a joinery schedule or a marked-up drawing. Sizes, profile, timber, finish, quantities.
2
Trade pricing on your spec. With a complete cutting list we can often quote within the hour. Missing sizes or specifications are what slow a quote down.
3
Typically 10 to 15 working days, depending on quantity, complexity and finish. Raw components run quicker; extra machining, assembly, sanding or finishing takes longer. You get an estimated completion date with the order.
4
We deliver nationwide, quoted separately from the doors. Or collect from Plantation Street, Silverton: Mon–Thu 08:00–16:00, Fri 08:00–14:00.
No minimum order. One door or a full development, the process is the same.
Questions
Both have a solid timber frame. A solid door has a solid fielded panel; a semi-solid door has a double-faced veneer panel, which stays flatter across wider doors.
For hinged doors, typically 2500 × 600 mm with a split rail, or up to 1700 mm high without one. Décor panels can be manufactured where they aren't hung as doors, depending on the construction.
Either. We have a spray room, so doors can arrive finished, or raw for your own finisher.
Yes. We machine a grip profile into the door edge, so the door opens on the profile itself. It's available across the range, in solid and semi-solid.
Usually, yes, and if we can't, we'll tell you. Send a drawing, a specification or a photo and we'll assess it. When the order is placed we ask for a physical sample so we can match the profile as closely as possible. For colour matching we always need a physical sample.
Yes, on request. We sometimes make special custom profile doors to a customer's drawing, specification or sample. Send us what you need and we'll assess it and quote.
No to both. Everything is made to your sizes and specification, and we manufacture the doors only. Hardware comes from your usual supplier.
Also manufactured
See our interior and exterior doors, made to your schedule.
Our solid wood tops, cut to your list.
Mouldings and turned legs, and bespoke joinery to your drawings.
If you're working from an architect's joinery schedule, send that instead. We'll work straight off it.