Very little in this country is made of wood. The construction you do see from wood is normally very old and is a particular type of wood that is natural to this country and has been treated in a very specific way. Teak, for example, holds up really well in this country. It is also really expensive (teak) so building a house out of it would be impractical.
I don't want to go on too much of a diatribe about this so let me get to the point.
I am quite certain that this door was extremely lovely when it was first put in, but like anything else made of wood, the rather harsh factors of weather in this country rips it to pieces. When you combine intense sunlight, intense heat, and a tremendous amount of moisture by way of rain and humidity... bad things happen to wood.
This is actually one of the very first "garage doors" I have even seen in this country. Most people do not have closed garages because of the heat and humidity that I was just talking about.
Beteen the rotting and near complete loss of whatever wood-stain the owner had on these additions to his home, he (or she, i don't know them) are probably regretting installing these. Since very few people build with wood over here, it also tends to be extremely expensive.
You don't often see Thai people build with wood because they are extremely aware of the fact that for the most part, it simply doesn't work in a country as hot and humid as Thailand. This house (where I got these pictures from) is owned by foreigners, and so are all the other places I'm thinking of with the same problems.
I don't intend to buy a house in this country but if and when then that happens, I will build nothing out of wood.