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Front door confusion - which material is best?
Rosa_Damascena
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I resolved never to go with a wooden front door again after having 2 in separate locations drop and ending up with me locked out of my own home. Composite seemed like a good alternative option and require little maintenance (bonus).
However I have heard poor reviews about Solidor and Rockdoors, and am now told that composite doors also deteriorate over time, particularly with heat (ie a south facing aspect is not recommended). I don't want UPVC for a front door, so what choices am I left with?
However I have heard poor reviews about Solidor and Rockdoors, and am now told that composite doors also deteriorate over time, particularly with heat (ie a south facing aspect is not recommended). I don't want UPVC for a front door, so what choices am I left with?
No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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There are different grades of timber door. If you look at Victorian houses, a lot still have their front doors! You won't see many composite doors making it that far.I don't think there's any real argument that a great quality timber front door is better. You can buy timber front doors that have locking mechanisms like composite and upvc. There are also aluminium and steel front doors.Ours is a timber door from Kloeber. Our old house had a very similar type of door - I found it on ebay for £250 - absolute bargain. Drove all the way to Wallasey to get it.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Worked on a property for a drug dealer years ago that favoured steel doors.1
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Very droll but I take your point.stuart45 said:Worked on a property for a drug dealer years ago that favoured steel doors.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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There are some really nice aluminium doors, we have one by Origin and it’s been fit and forget since we had it done 2 years ago.They are/were a little more than composite but we shopped around and the difference was only a few hundred and that was for an expensive solution (side panels, big handles, matching colours etc).1
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This might be the solution if it's not draughty? (I have some aluminium double glazing atm - for replacement- and it is).mclaren32 said:There are some really nice aluminium doors, we have one by Origin and it’s been fit and forget since we had it done 2 years ago.They are/were a little more than composite but we shopped around and the difference was only a few hundred and that was for an expensive solution (side panels, big handles, matching colours etc).No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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