Many may be considering changing their front door as the DIY craze sweeps though the UK once again when the sun shines. Here are some benefits and downsides of considering a composite door.owners did not want the annual paint job of tidying up the door, but occasionally security issues and poor manufacturing have put some off and traditional solid wood doors have made a comeback even with the maintenance issues.
But now there is a new kid on the block if only in popularity rather than development and that is the composite door. These units can give the best between PVC and solid wood and don’t cost much more than a POVC door to buy. There are many different options in structure but the common door would include a glass reinforced plastic covering over a solid wood frame that is also filled with insulation materials.
The result is a door that has the properties of a solid wood frame but with the benefit of GRP to keep maintenance to a minimum. In fact it is believed these coverings last longer and keep their color better than PVC doors. The real advantage is that most of these doors come with a grain effect into the GRP something that is not done on PVC doors; this means the composite door can look like a traditional solid wood door. Fitting is no different to other doors, but because there is s sturdy frame heavy hinges and a quality lock system can be used to improve security even further and may be a requirement from your insurance company.
You can enhance the look of the door when an opening is wider than the actual by using matching side panels that you can put on either side of the composite door, depending on which way the door opens and the actual size of the aperture the door fits into.
Door furniture can be used that is heavy and sturdy without the worry of and screws being pulled through the skin as can happen with PVC doors as the wooden frame is sturdy enough and designed to handle quality door furniture. It is no surprise that with these extra benefits, many are converting to a composite door and prepared to pay the extra to have a front door that will last for years and in the long run may work out cheaper than having your home broken into or spending a day each year repainting the door.
The downside is composite doors tend only to come in a small selection of colors, many just quote 6. These colours do tend to be the most popular ones that consumers prefer at the moment especially black which is outselling every other colour many times over. If you are looking for a bespoke colour or feel those offered clash with an existing scheme, then it may not be a sacrifice you are prepared to make.
