Treated Pine Batten Door in Black Rock

Batten Door Black Rock Treated Pine

Wider custom batten door and narrower sidelight replaced a smaller door and large sidelight in Black Rock. Treated pine battens, KD hardwood jamb, Merbau threshold, customer-supplied digital smart lock.

Door Type Vertical Batten Entry
Material Treated Pine (paint-ready)
Location Black Rock, VIC
Hardware Customer-supplied digital smart lock
Scope Reconfigured opening u2014 larger batten door, narrower clear glass sidelight, KD hardwood jamb, Merbau threshold, external trims, internal architraves
Price $6,500
The Challenge

The original front entry at this Black Rock home had its proportions wrong. A narrower door sat alongside an oversized sidelight — the glass dominated and the door felt like an afterthought. The owners wanted to flip that balance. More door, less glass. A stronger entry that actually read as a front door from the street.

Changing that ratio meant more than swapping the door leaf. The entire opening configuration needed to change — new framing, a repositioned mullion, a new jamb, new trims inside and out. A door swap alone wasn’t going to cut it.

The Solution

We reconfigured the opening to shift the balance toward the door side. The new custom vertical batten door is wider than what it replaced. The sidelight beside it is narrower — clear glass, but no longer dominating the entry. The proportions now make sense.

The door is built from treated pine battens — prepared for paint, so the owners can finish the door to whatever colour suits the house. Treated pine is stable, paint-ready, and the right call when a coat of colour is part of the plan. No point building in a feature grain timber when the final finish is going to be solid.

The jamb is KD hardwood — kiln-dried, dimensionally stable, no movement once it’s in. The threshold is Merbau, which handles foot traffic and weather at the entry without wearing down quickly. External trims and internal architraves were fitted to complete the reveal on both sides. The customer’s own digital smart lock was installed on the day.

Our front door replacement work includes the full scope of changes around the door opening, not just the door itself.

The Result

The entry looks like it was designed this way from the start. The wider door takes its proper place as the centrepiece of the facade. The narrower sidelight lets light in without giving the glass all the visual weight. Clean lines inside and out, with everything trimmed correctly. Ready for paint whenever the owners are.

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