Composite Door Rip-Off!

Frank99

Are Composite doors worth the money, the last door i purchased was solid oak and lasted 44 years and is still going strong, it cost £150 and £70 fitted however, i now need a back door and i'm faced with these new composite doors with fitting in excess of a grand££.
Anyone have any advice on this please?:mad:

onomatopoeia99

Frank99 wrote: »

Are Composite doors worth the money, the last door i purchased was solid oak and lasted 44 years and is still going strong, it cost £150 and £70 fitted however, i now need a back door and i'm faced with these new composite doors with fitting in excess of a grand££.

£220 in 1974 would be about £2500 today. You could get a door made and fitted in solid oak for that.

edit - Interesting that you are complaining about a new door being 40% of the price it was in 1974 in real terms though. I agree that composite is not the best option (better than PVCu though), but it depends how much you want to pay.

Typhoon2000

They have advantages and disadvantages.
They require less maintenance to look good, don!!!8217;t expand and warp like wood and as it comes with the frame the sealing in much better and keeps draughts out. Can cost more than a basic wooden door though.

Frank99

I am probably stuck in the past but these new doors feel full of hollow foam to me, so i would have hoped for a better price. I'm struggling to get solid oak versions as everywhere i look i'm faced with PVC vs Composite.:o

tonyh66

try contacting a local jonery company and get one made, you probably won't get one off the shelf

Furts

There are composite doors made with a solid core, so if this is what you want then that is what you specify. They are readily available - even my non- favoured DoorStop have started to manufacture them.

I avoided solid core doors for my home because I am not convinced they are a step forward. Those with long memories in the building industry may remember when solid core external doors came on the market. A flawed concept because the core could take up moisture and swell/distort. With micro porous paints and stains this was alleviated, plus sealing all edges. However a composite door has a fibreglass skin. Thus any moisture entering will not be able to evaporate away. Not a good scenario!