At a minimum, look for the following:
A Master Craftsman building your entire carriage door from scratch with raw materials without any pre-made parts, pieces, or “slabs”. Considering a garage door installer or garage door store for your custom hand-made carriage house garage doors? Think again. They purchase a cheap, interior rated, ”slab” or premade “blank or flush” (usually particle board with a very thin veneer applied) door then apply cedar or other substandard wood to create a door. These doors are ONLY rated for INTERNAL USAGE, your door will fail from the inside out.
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