Interior and exterior doors
Wooden doors, manufactured to your schedule
We manufacture. You specify, fit and sell.
Houteng manufactures interior and exterior wooden doors to order, for builders, developers, architects, joiners and kitchen companies. We work from your door schedule or drawings, in the sizes and timber you specify, in single or repeat quantities. We manufacture for the trade only. We don't hang doors, supply hardware or hold stock, so on your site we're the factory behind you, not a competitor.
Made to your specification
Sizes
Made to your sizes
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm)
Lead time
10–15 working days
Minimum order
None
Door types
Any door you can specify, made to your design
We build to the design, not to a catalogue. Whether a door pivots, slides or hangs on hinges is a question of how it's installed, not how it's made, so if you can specify it, we can usually manufacture it. Most of our work is non-standard sizes and custom designs.
The door drawings below are schematic only and not to scale.
Door type 01
2-panel doors
A solid timber frame with fielded or flat panels. The same construction suits interior doors and entrance doors.
Specification
Construction
Solid timber frame, fielded or flat panel
Typical use
Interior and entrance doors
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your sizes, no standard size
Door type 02
Horizontal slatted doors
Solid slats in a solid frame. Used for modern entrance and feature doors.
Specification
Construction
Solid slats in a solid frame
Typical use
Modern entrance and feature doors
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your sizes, no standard size
Door type 03
Barn doors
Solid timber, ledged or framed, for interior feature openings and sliding installations. Solid timber has no sheet-size limit, so we manufacture large sliders at around 2700 × 2000 mm, depending on design.
Specification
Construction
Solid timber, ledged or framed
Typical use
Interior feature openings, sliding installations
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your size, e.g. around 2700 × 2000 mm
Door type 04
Semi-solid doors
A solid frame with a double-faced veneer panel. The panel stays flatter on wider doors, so this is the choice for interior doors where width needs to stay flat.
Specification
Construction
Solid frame, double-faced veneer panel
Typical use
Interior doors where width needs to stay flat
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your sizes, no standard size
Door type 05
Pivot doors
Solid timber, made to your sizes. Pivot describes how the door is installed, not how it's built, so we manufacture the door to your drawing and the pivot detail stays with your installer.
Specification
Construction
Solid timber, to your sizes
Typical use
Entrance statement doors
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your sizes, no standard size
Door type 06
Stable doors
Solid timber, split as you specify. A common choice for kitchen and back entrances.
Specification
Construction
Solid timber, split as specified
Typical use
Kitchen and back entrances
Thickness
Typically 42 mm (40–48 mm), per your spec
Size
Made to your sizes, no standard size
Frames and architraves
Frames and architraves, made to order
Yes, we manufacture both, given the specifications and sizes. Builders usually order them with the doors, so add them to the same schedule.
Sizes and specifications
Doors are made to your sizes, so there's no fixed minimum or maximum. What limits a door in practice is the material, the construction, its weight, the hardware and how it has to be handled and transported.
- Thickness: typically around 42 mm, generally 40–48 mm depending on construction.
- Solid timber: no sheet-size limit. Large doors such as barn-style sliders run at around 2700 × 2000 mm, depending on design.
Outside those dimensions, send the drawing. We'll assess the size, construction and application and work out how best to build it.
Installed
Our doors, installed
Photos of doors we manufactured, fitted by our trade customers.
Horizontal slatted front door, kiaat
Semi-solid interior door
Internal door with architrave, reeded panel
Pivot door, timber
Pivot door with fixed panels, timber
Stable door, closed, timber
Stable door, top half open, timber
Stable door, painted
Timber and finishes
Manufactured in the timber you specify
Doors are manufactured in any of the timbers we work in, all commercially available and harvested sustainably under licence. Something not on the list? Ask, and we'll look at it against the project.
Local and African
Kiaat (all brown, or brown and white) · Saligna · Rhodesian Teak · Blackwood · Poplar · Roos
Imported
American Ash · Beech (pink and European) · Cherry · Cedar · Etimoe · Iroko · Larch (Siberian) · Mahogany · Meranti · Oak (European, red, white) · Spruce · Walnut
Finishing
Doors are sprayed in-house with a clear varnish and hardener, with water-based options available, or painted in any colour. Wood stains and oils are available too, and we supply raw if you'd rather finish on site. MDF is available on request for painted work.
Exterior doors
Exterior doors are not sealed or treated before dispatch unless you ask for a primer. That's deliberate: it leaves your installer free to trim, fit and prepare the door before the final protective coating goes on. Final sealing stays with the builder or installer.
For builders, developers and architects
Repeat work, matched unit after unit
Multi-unit work is repeat work: the same door, the same tolerance, unit after unit. We manufacture from your schedule so every opening on the project matches, and we deliver nationwide.
Send us the schedule with the sizes, quantities, timber and finish. We quote the doors and the delivery separately, so you can see the freight cost on the project before you commit.
On repeat quantities we get faster as the run goes on. But every component is still made to your dimensions, so each one is set up and manufactured to spec rather than pulled off a shelf.
Building or renovating your own home?
We manufacture for the trade. Ask your builder, architect or joiner to send us the door schedule and we'll quote them.
Process
How ordering works
1
Send your schedule or drawings
Sizes, quantities, timber, finish, and whether frames and architraves are needed.
2
We quote
Doors and delivery quoted separately. A complete schedule can often be quoted within the hour.
3
We manufacture
Typically 10 to 15 working days, depending on quantity, complexity and finish. You get an estimated completion date with the order.
4
Delivery or collection
Nationwide delivery, or collect from Plantation Street, Silverton.
Mon–Thu 08:00–16:00
Fri 08:00–14:00
No minimum order.
Questions
Door questions
Not covered here? Call 012 804 4295 or send your schedule and we'll tell you straight.
Do you hang doors, supply hardware or keep stock doors?
No to all three. We manufacture the doors; hanging them stays with your team, and the hinges, pivot sets and handles come from your usual supplier. Every door is made to the sizes and design you specify, which is why we can't sell one off the shelf.
Can you make pivot and stable doors?
Yes. Pivot and stable describe how a door is installed, not how it's built, so we can manufacture any door type to your specification.
Do you supply door frames?
Yes. Frames and architraves, manufactured to your specifications and sizes.
Do you deliver outside Gauteng?
Yes, nationwide from Silverton, Pretoria. Delivery is quoted separately from the doors.
Can you match an existing door?
Usually. Send a drawing, a specification or a photo and we'll assess whether we can manufacture it, and tell you straight if we can't. For a close profile match we ask for a physical sample when the order is placed; colour matching always needs a physical sample.
What's the difference between a solid and a semi-solid door?
Both have a solid timber frame. A solid door has a solid panel; a semi-solid door has a double-faced veneer panel, which stays flatter on wider doors.
Also manufactured
More from the Houteng factory
Cabinet doors
Solid and semi-solid five-piece cabinet doors, made to your sizes, in the timber and finish you choose.
See cabinet doors →Solid countertops
Laminated Kiaat and Saligna solid wood tops, butcher tops and table tops, cut to your list.
See solid countertops →Joinery and components
Bespoke joinery, custom joinery to your drawings, mouldings and turned legs.
See joinery and components →Send us your door schedule
We'll quote the doors and the delivery. One door or an entire development, the process is the same.