Has anybody got a GRP composite door?

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We are just starting to build our new house and I am trying to work out what type of door to get for the outside door at the back of the garage. Several people have said to get a locally made hardwood door but they start at about £750.

 

Has anybody got a GRP composite door and, if so, do they keep the weather out?

 

Thanks

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[smoar]

aa...in my opinion you really cant beat the hardwood doors worked with all types over the years and they are 100% the best for the weather we get,i no there dearer but i would say its worth it in the long run and will last for donkeys years!

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Thanks very much.

[Da_Lipper]

Or you could get a Nordan door. Cheaper than a local made door as its made of softwood.

[Far Haaf]

^^I'll agree with Da_Lipper.

Nordan doors are good enough if you look after them and paint them with preservative every year.

Hardwood doors are really the Rolls Royce, but Mahogany isn't really a sensible wood to use if you have any concern for the depletion of the rain forests. Not that I'm an environ,,,,, can't even spell it...

 

Bulter & Mulhern used to do some nice doors, not hardwood.

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Thanks very much. I've talked to a few people and it looks as if a T&N or Bulter and Mulhern door is the way to go. Several people have said to me that NorDan windows are great but the doors aren't quite as good.

[Hobbiniho]

a locally made hardwood door is definately the way to go and you dont have to worry about killing the rainforest as they are made from utile not mahogany

[Ghostrider]

^^ What happened to using Iroko as the first choice alternative to Mahogany? It's a superior timber to Utile for things like doors and windows, from anything I've read.

 

Re: OP. I seem to recall seeing somebody with a GRP full size up and over garage door many years ago, but I can't even remember where I saw it now, let alone who's it was, so I'm no help.

[Far Haaf]

I'll guess that the last 2 posters have never had to buy a door, so they are going for the best without thinking how to pay for it, or even if the cost per year is any better than a T&N or B&M alternative.

I've bought the best hardwood windows and doors. Never got my money back on it when it came time to move house, so it was a complete waste of money.

IMHO

[Hobbiniho]

I'll guess that the last 2 posters have never had to buy a door, so they are going for the best without thinking how to pay for it, or even if the cost per year is any better than a T&N or B&M alternative.

I've bought the best hardwood windows and doors. Never got my money back on it when it came time to move house, so it was a complete waste of money.

IMHO

 

well i have just replaced four windows in our house with b&m windows so i know full well how much they cost