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Composite Doors (made from a ‘composition’ of different materials) are rapidly becoming the number one choice for a new or replacement front door in the UK. This is due to the fact that with their natural wood looks or U.V. stable colour options, they are available in a wide variety of styles and designs, whilst offering increased security and durability for around the same price as a bog-standard white UPVC door. Most big-name door suppliers and door manufacturers are now supplying and selling composite doors, which are many times more efficient than UPVC or wooden doors at trapping heat in the home as they are heavily insulated.

Designer and Classic Options

Your new front door can retain that classical look, even look exactly the same as your old door but for the more stylish home, a range of designer doors are available that compliment the exterior of even the most modern homes. Composite doors offer the widest possible range of designs, colours, furnishing and glazing options and it is even possible to design your own door and have it made to order.

Style never goes out of fashion

Whether you want your new front door to look like solid oak or brushed metal, the range of style options is simply stunning, with some truly inspired designs for anything from listed buildings to ultra-modern homes.

Choose Your Colour

In the UK the most popular choices are anything but the typical white UPVC door look popular since the 1980′s. Top sellers are currently black followed by blue, green and red. The natural wood look is also a big seller. Whichever colour you choose, unlike a UPVC door that may ‘brown’ over the years or a wooden door which will need repainting every so often and may warp or flake, a composite door should last a lifetime and always look as good as the day it was installed.

Security

Composite doors are very secure and in the UK normally come with a police-approved ‘secured by design’ certificate. Being as two thirds of break-ins happen through the front or back door, security by design is extremely important. Take a sledge-hammer to a UPVC door and you’ll probably be able to break through it in a few seconds. This is because it is really just a plastic shell over a polystyrene centre. Try the same with a composite door and you may well need heavier equipment, like maybe a pneumatic drill And it you try breaking through a composite door with a steel frame inside, well, you may need a bulldozer!

And More

Because of their superior design and materials, composite doors allow for much more elaborate design options in furnishings such as more sturdy handles, knockers and locks and heavier, thicker glass panes too. Many composite doors are even sold with a spy-hole with camera attachment fitted! The Yale spy-hole camera option, costing around UK£100-£160 ($150-$300) accepts standard memory cards so that pictures of visitors can be stored permanently – a great security feature for a fraction of the normal cost of security cameras.

And Finally

Modern technology even allows potential purchasers to design their own door online, with instant pricing updates shown as the design changes. So, if you are in the market for a new door, go online, look for composite doors, design you ideal door and get prices.