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With summer around the corner, what better time is there to rejuvenate your house by installing one of our composite doors? We have over thirty door styles, thirteen colour options, twenty glass configurations and nine frame colour choices for you! Whether you are after a traditional or more contemporary door, you can bet we’ll have something to suit your taste.
What is it?
The composite door is the breakthrough in door innovation, the new and conquering trend in renovation. Made with different materials, your front door will be inviting and extremely efficient. Combining the traditional wooden texture with the improved PVC resistance, composite doors are matchless leaders of an ideal door.
What is it made of?
Fixed with a sturdy PVC subframe and 2mm PVC edge banding, the composite door adopts the stability and durability of a UPVC door. With an ash grain effect embossing on the hinge side and a smooth aluminum edge band on the lock side matching the door leaf. The outer framing is built from energy-efficient recycled reinforcement PVC designed to comply with 44mm door leaves. Inside, the thermal efficiency is promised by the Hardwood inner frame and insulated polyurethane foam core. The most important aspect of composite doors, which makes them so resistant to weathering, is the GRP (glass-reinforced plastic) casing. Armoured with GRP, maintenance issues, such as cracking and paint flaking, are guaranteed to be cut down to just a cloth wipe.
What does it look like?
Being made of multiple materials and protection strategies, you would expect a heavy, bulky, unglazed door with a 2-tonne push requirement. Though complex and highly developed, you could have a sturdy, regular-weight door while keeping the traditional, classic wood appearance. Like another, you could have four glazing positions in many different options with a colour-matching re-glazing cassette and a matching transom bar for your top box window. Choose from a wide range of hardware brands, colours and letter plates to complement your current furniture to make it feel more like home.
Why is it better than a regular door?
Comparing the pros and cons of the two most abundantly displayed doors has led to the successful ingenuity of the composite door. Creating the perfect concoction between wood and PVC is attractive and efficient.
The original itself, the wooden door, traditionally attractive, meticulously detailed and light body, is the earliest and most modified model used throughout the years. However, its tendency to bow and warp and low resistance to weathering made room for structural and efficient improvements. Using these flaws as inspiration, the PVC door was a great substitution. Still popular, the PVC model reduced maintenance issues and improved weathering resistance, losing its traditional, detailed appeal. Henceforth, the exceptionally well-designed composite door was fashioned, forming a perfect balance between efficiency and structural character.
Are they safe?
Don’t just take our word for it! Our inward-opening composite doors have been tested to BS6375 and PAS024 standards and a BSI Kitemark when upgrading your hinges. Tough against harsh slams and swings and defiant against tested force entry attempts, air pressure tests and watertight conditions, your home is well guarded. The locking mechanism, also available in nickel or brass, has all been certified by the Secured by Design Standards and conforms to the PAS024 and tested to BS EN 1303 – even more reason to believe that the features of a composite door are second-to-none.
Overall, the features of a composite door are second to none, leaving you with a long-lasting guarantee of a well-insulated, safe and attractive door that will make the perfect entrance to your home.
