Composite door and side panel options

usman330

Need to get a new front door so will go for composite, the gap is 1705 wide by 2210 high so will need a side panel as its quite a wide gap.

Is it possible to get a cheapish off the shelf composite door from bq for around 400 and then get a local window installer to make a separate white upvc side panel and join the 2 when fitting , or does the composite door and side panel have to be one fused unit?

Just trying to find the cheapest option as I have had a few quotes for a composite door and side panel together which are over 1000 fitted.


Also,i have noticed bq composite door heights are a maximum or 2125 whereas my opening is 2210. Would the fitter be able to bridge the 85mm gap with some sort of cladding?

Unfortunately for me I'm stuck with a non standard opening size!


Here is a pic of the current door :

usman330

Another question :

The current door is a slider as a inward opening door wouldn't fit due to the porch being very narrow.

We are going to get rid of the doors that are inside of the house, and just have the new composite door level to the bricks on the outside so that we can have a normal door which opens inwards.

However, the current height of the front upvc sliding door is lower than the rest of the house, as in when you step into the porch you have to take a step up when passing the wooden inside doors.

Is it simple enough to raise the height of the porch floor, and raise the height of the new composite door so it is in line with the rest if the house flooring?

I am thinking can be done by adding bricks at the front of the house to raise the height of the new door, then raising the height of the porch floor somehow to match the flooring inside the house. Better explained with pictures :

Annie1960

Have the new door opening outwards?

usman330

Thanks for replying.

I was thinking about that but thought its not normal to have an outward opening door. I will look on google to see how these look.

Ainsley1

Ha! Just watch a Swedish film to see one!