The big front door is a 16'x8' overhead sectional door. The door company builds an insulated door with rigid foam core and dimensional lumber for the structure of each panel sandwiched between masonite sheets (similar to the doors that a production builder would put in a house, but much heavier duty). Once they have the door built, they then apply 1x cedar trim boards (that the owner/builder supplies) per my design. Black powder-coated faux strap hinges and handles are applied to complete the appearance of swing-out barn doors.
A number of the local overhead door companies have been doing these types of doors for 20 years now. I've spec'd these often times for multi-million dollar new homes. Some of the door companies are national, so these types are available in other parts of the country.
My door was done by Overhead Door Company, but I also got quotes from Raynor Door, and a few others. These doors are not cheap - this 16x8 ran $3,000 installed with opener, remotes, etc. It has a heavier gauge, 3" galvanized track (standard door tracks are 2"). Prices from other companies ranged all the way up to nearly $5,000 for the same door. Many of the companies are now offering similar styles of doors out of their catalogs in masonite clad, which can be painted, and in steel insulated doors for quite a bit less money. But the cedar clad, stained doors are the most realistic looking, and thus, most expensive ones.
I will be putting a similar door on the garage attached to the house, but it will be 18'x8'.
