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Secure and well insulated Hardwood front doors

  • 02-03-2009 1:13pm
    #1
    aranmore
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi Folks, I am looking to replace our existing front door and frame with a hardwood front door and two windowed side panels, which is secure and well insulated. I have been looking online and have found various suppliers but a lot of them are uPVC or other artificial finished that are just not quite the finish I'm looking for.

    I'm confused by this as every new development of houses or apartments seem to have the type of door I'm looking for so someone is selling them!

    I have found some good hardwood doors (I'm looking for a relatively modern but very simple design) and have got reasonable quotes from them but the doors don't seem to have the multiple point locking system that is quite common now in newer homes. I was also not 100% satisfied that they will be very well insulated and that is part of our motivation for doing this.

    Part of the problem is that I don't know the terms for all this stuff, so just may not be googling the right products or asking for the right things when I speak to suppliers.

    If you can work out what I'm lookin for (!) can anyone help me?

    thanks


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  • #2
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


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  • #3
    endplate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭endplate


    Wood is a natural insulation so not really an issue there. If you are getting windows in the frame they are usually double glazed toughened glass.

    BTW a friend was telling me yesterday how she bought a lovely high security five point locking uPVC front door and some gang thug looking for a previous occupiant kicked it open with two kicks. Her brother is a Guard and says it's extreamly rare for a burglar to use the front door so don't get caught up with super duper ulta locking contraptions for your front door. Hope this helps

    Also just put in a front door in my house Scandanavian Pine with cut glass panel each side and a bishops hat glass panel in the door with standard yale and a dead lock for €2300


  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    endplate wrote: »
    Wood is a natural insulation so not really an issue there.

    Afriad your wronf there endplate. The term insulator is relative. Compared to metal, wood is an insulator, but compared to modern materials in windows and doors its not. Insulated frames and doors are common now


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