Front Door and Garage Door Spraying: The Complete Yorkshire Guide

Professional spraying gives a tired front door or garage door a smooth, factory-style finish in any colour, usually in a single day and for a fraction of the cost of replacement. With ColourHaus, front doors start from £200 and single up-and-over garage doors from £150. uPVC, composite, steel and timber doors can all be sprayed with the right preparation. This guide covers materials, the process, costs, colours and how to choose a door sprayer.

What Is Professional Door Spraying?

Professional door spraying applies a hard-wearing coating with spray equipment instead of brushes or rollers. The finish is smooth and even, with no brush marks, drips or roller texture, much like a factory-finished door.

It is not the same as a DIY aerosol. We use HVLP (high-volume, low-pressure) spray equipment and coating systems chosen for each material, including Kolorbond-certified coatings on uPVC. The door is cleaned, keyed and primed, then built up in thin coats, and the finish is inspected before we leave.

For exterior doors, the advantages are durability and finish quality. A properly applied system bonds to the substrate, resists UV and copes with constant opening, closing and weather far better than brushed paint.

Materials That Can Be Sprayed

uPVC

The most common door material in Yorkshire and the one we spray most often. uPVC is non-porous, so it needs thorough degreasing and a specialist adhesion primer; without one, paint on uPVC eventually peels. Factory white or woodgrain foil disappears completely under the new finish. uPVC doors sprayed with Kolorbond-certified coatings carry a 10-year guarantee. Read can you spray paint a uPVC front door? for the detail.

Composite (GRP)

Most composite doors have a GRP (glass reinforced plastic) skin with a textured, woodgrain-effect surface. It holds a sprayed finish well, and because the texture is kept, a resprayed composite door still looks like a premium door.

Steel

Steel doors, including most up-and-over garage doors, need any rust treated and bare metal primed before the colour goes on. Steel in good condition gives a durable, attractive result.

Timber

Timber needs the most preparation: the wood must be sound, dry and free from rot and flaking paint, with bare areas primed and any grain checking dealt with. Timber keeps moving with temperature and humidity, so it needs more maintenance than other materials, but a well-prepared timber door looks outstanding.

Front Door Spraying: Process, Costs and Results

The Front Door Spraying Process

A standard single door usually takes four to six hours:

1. The door is inspected and hardware (letterbox, handle, knocker) is removed or masked.
2. The door and frame are thoroughly degreased.
3. Where needed, the surface is lightly sanded to key it and remove minor imperfections.
4. An adhesion primer is applied where the material needs one.
5. Two topcoats in your chosen colour are sprayed with HVLP equipment, each allowed to flash off before the next.
6. The finish is inspected with you, hardware is refitted and your written guarantee is issued.

Front Door Spraying Costs

Our front door spraying service starts from £200 for a standard uPVC or composite door. Timber doors that need more preparation start from £250, and spraying the frame adds £80 to £120 depending on its size. Glazed panels, sidelights, complex mouldings and doors in poor condition push the price towards the upper end. The price is fixed before work starts.

For comparison, a new uPVC front door typically costs £600 to £1,500 supplied and fitted, and a new composite door £800 to £2,500. Our full comparison is in front door replacement vs spraying.

How Long Does a Sprayed Front Door Last?

Preparation is the biggest factor. Front door work carries a 5-year written guarantee, and uPVC doors sprayed with Kolorbond-certified coatings carry a 10-year guarantee; how long the finish lasts beyond that depends on exposure, colour and cleaning. Our guarantee page sets out the terms, and our article on how long front door spraying lasts covers each material.

Garage Door Spraying: Types, Process and Costs

Garage door spraying follows the same principles as front doors, with larger surfaces and different door designs.

Types of Garage Door

Up-and-over doors are the most common type and the most straightforward to spray. They are prepared and sprayed closed, with the frame and surrounding surfaces masked.

Sectional doors open vertically in horizontal panels that run up into the garage on tracks. More panels and edges mean more care, so they are priced like a double door.

Side-hinged doors open outwards in pairs, like traditional carriage doors, and are common on older houses. They spray very well; we price them after seeing them.

Roller doors can often be sprayed, but the slatted construction needs specific preparation, so we assess them on site before quoting.

Garage Door Spraying Costs

Our garage door spraying service prices are:

• Single up-and-over garage door: from £150
• Double or sectional garage door: typically £220 to £350, depending on size and preparation
• Side-hinged and roller doors: fixed price after a free survey

Prices include preparation, primer and two topcoats, and garage door work carries a 5-year written guarantee. Heavily pitted or rusted surfaces, failing old paint and custom colours can add preparation time. A new steel up-and-over door typically costs £600 to £1,200 supplied and fitted, and a new sectional or roller door £1,500 to £2,500 or more. Our garage door spraying cost guide has the full breakdown.

Why Colour Matters for Kerb Appeal

The front door and garage door together form most of a house's street view. A faded, peeling or dated door drags down the look of the whole frontage, however well the rest is kept. Spraying both to a coordinated colour makes the frontage look deliberate.

If you are thinking about a sale, read does front door colour affect house value? For colour advice on stone houses, see the best front door colours for Yorkshire stone houses.

Popular Door Colours

These five RAL colours are the ones we spray most on doors:

• RAL 7016 Anthracite Grey: the most requested. Works on almost any house and suits satin or matt.
• RAL 9005 Jet Black: bold, and particularly good on Georgian and Victorian houses. Popular for front and garage doors, in satin or gloss.
• RAL 6005 Moss Green: a deep green that works especially well with Yorkshire stone.
• RAL 5011 Steel Blue: a sophisticated dark blue for stone and brick, when you want colour without going to black or green.
• RAL 3005 Wine Red: a deep, heritage red that suits older stone houses.

We are not limited to RAL. Our colour matching service can match a Farrow & Ball chip, another brand's swatch or an existing door, which is how we match a garage door to a new front door. If your windows are uPVC, our uPVC spray painting service can coordinate them in the same visit.

How to Choose a Reputable Door Sprayer

Ask about the coating system. A professional should tell you exactly what they use on each material, and whether they are certified for it. Vague answers are a warning sign.

Ask about preparation. Ask how they degrease the surface and what primer or adhesion promoter they use. Preparation is where jobs succeed or fail.

Ask about the guarantee. Get the guarantee in writing, with its length and what it covers. Do not proceed without one.

Check genuine reviews. Look for a consistent record of detailed reviews on Google that mention door work specifically. You can read ours on our reviews page.

Be wary of very low prices. A front door quote far below the going rate should prompt questions about what preparation or materials are being skipped.

What Customers Say

“Matt and his colleagues came to match our garage door to our new front door. Great care was taken to mask the surrounding features. Very professional and we're very happy.”

“We highly recommend Matthew at ColourHaus. He did a fantastic job spraying our garage door from white to anthracite grey. It looks so much better.”