Front Doors

joelk2

joelk2

joelk2

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I think its time for a new front door.

we were given a picture by our previous house owners of the front of the house back in the 70's, we've realised the door is the same one as it was back then. its draughty, cold, ill fitting and ugly.

anyone got any recommendations? ive just looked at prices and my god theyre expensive.

£1000 i class as expensive.
 
Howdens. Although only available to trade, I think you can request a brochure, certainly a carpenter/joiner could get one. When we did our house and got a new door we got a new glazed hardwood door and I think it was about £600 with fitting.
The alternative is to ask a joiner to make one. Might get a decent price.
 
£800 is about right for a fitted single PAS24 composite front door. Anything cheaper is likely to be terrible and you'll be repairing it in a few years.
 
cheers all, will get someone around to have a look (we want to move the front door back to its original position at the same time anyways)
 
joelk2 said:
has anyone installed a UPVC door themselves?
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I install them all the time, what do you want to know? If the current door is fitted between the brickwork it is a pretty easy job for a competent DIYer.

I'd agree with others that a composite is a much better choice than PVC.
 
the upvc was for the back door, i dont think im going to go for the front door myself as it has an arch above and i havetn got a clue what id have to order or what not for that bit.

the back door is just a standard rectangle though
 
I was talking to a locksmith when our door jammed and he was saying about people buying a composite for the front but then a bog standard upvc for the back to save costs. Basically you should do it the other way round if you're only going to fit 1 composite.

The reason, not many burglers break in through the front door so fit the stronger composite to the back door. Or buy two obviously!
 
Composites look a lot nicer though, so spend more money on a front door everyone sees rather than having the natty one at the front and nice looking door at the back that no one sees. PVC doors are still pretty strong so I doubt (on the off chance) that a burglar actually comes tooled up to rob you, having a composite over a PVC back door is really going to make much difference for them getting in. A much bigger difference would be the locking system, back doors more commonly seem to have single locks rather than multi points of most front doors.

That said we are going composite for both. Got a basic white composite Half lite door for the back and we are going for a nicer wood grained composite for the front.
 
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