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 Affordable – hand-crafted products from a small shop provide a much higher grade of materials and craftsmanship without the huge overheads and expenses of larger companies

 Strong – Solid, non-finger jointed, rails and stiles with Deep, Extended Mortise & Tenon joinery from 1 3/4″ ~ 3″ Thick Vertical Grain Douglas Fir or Mahogany versus 1 1/2″ thick, house framing (2x or “two by four”) inferior woods.

www.vintagegaragedoor.com is the leading choice for carriage house doors.  If you are located in Seattle, WA or the state of Washington, there is no better choice for a Seattle custom hand-made swinging carriage house garage door, carriage house door, or garage doors!  Craig, owner & Master Craftsman, builds each door one at a time customized to your specifications, expectations, environmental considerations, and usage requirements.  Contact Vintage Garage Door LLC today to schedule a carriage house door evaluation and design consultation.

Combine design elements from different carriage doors to create a work of art for your home.  Something unique, spectacular and exciting.  Choose from the many proven historical carriage house door designs that have been developed by www.vintagegaragedoor.com.

Perhaps you would like to mix and match different custom garage door designs for a one-of-a-kind creation.  Or, create a completely new design to match your requirements for a unique vintage garage door.  Vintage Garage Door specializes in creating unique, proprietary designs for your custom seattle carriage house garage doors.

At a minimum (con’t):

• Commercial grade hinges like Craig at Vintage Garage Door LLC includes with their carriage doors; look here.
• In comparison, as you look at other sites closely examine all the GATE HINGES being used to hang carriage doors.  This is a great example of the level of craftsmanship and trust you can expect from these companies.

 Craig Erwin, Owner & Master Craftsman, at www.vintagegaragedoor.com builds hand-made custom swinging carriage house garage doors from scratch using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.  His doors are built to last for years!  And, he is the only Master Craftsman providing true value and quality based products including Design, Build, FINISH, and Install services.  Contact him at www.vintagegaragedoor.com for additional information. 

At a minimum (con’t):

• Unlimited carriage house door designs – why be a copy of the crowd?
• Although 1 3/4″ exterior thicknesses for your door are a great place to start, step up to carriage house doors with a true thickness of up to 3″ and R-values up to R-22.

Craig Erwin, Owner & Master Craftsman, at www.vintagegaragedoor.com builds hand-made custom swinging carriage house garage doors from scratch using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.  His doors are built to last for years!  And, he is the only Master Craftsman providing true value and quality based products including Design, Build, FINISH, and Install services.  Contact him at www.vintagegaragedoor.com for additional information.

 At a minimum (con’t):

• Solid, strong species of wood that will last for years; including Mahogany and Vertical Grain Douglas Fir.  Stay away from cedar or hem-fir.
• True 1 3/4″ exterior thicknesses for your door.  Stay away from glib imitation carriage doors built at thickness of 1 1/2″.

Craig Erwin, Owner & Master Craftsman, at www.vintagegaragedoor.com builds hand-made custom swinging carriage house garage doors from scratch using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.  His doors are built to last for years!  And, he is the only Master Craftsman providing true value and quality based products including Design, Build, FINISH, and Install services.  Contact him at www.vintagegaragedoor.com for additional information.

At a minimum, look for the following:

• Deep, Extended Mortise & Tenon Joints, not stub tenons
• Edge styling choices that are machined as part of the door elements, not separate trim strips pinned, glued, or stapled onto the door surface

Vintage Garage Door, LLC meets and exceeds these quality standards, and, provides a complete description of the true old world craftsmanship they build into their hand-made custom carriage house garage doors at www.vintagegaragedoor.com

At a minimum, look for the following:

• Custom threshold consisting of both custom concrete work & a custom REAL driveable threshold to seal the weather out
• Fully mortised Flush Bolts on inactive door located at the top and bottom of the door for impenetrable access
• Custom Astragals; inside or outside mounting

You can really see the quality differences at www.vintagegaragedoor.com  They build custom doors to last for YEARS.