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Best French Doors?

  • 05-11-2020 1:10pm
    #1
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,512 ✭✭✭


    My aunt has a set of French doors leading to her garden. They are -snip- white uPVC and are there since 2005.

    She has the following problems:

    1. They open inwards and take up room space
    2. It feels very cold when in their vicinity. It doesn't feel draughty though.

    I assume that there have been tech advances and that a new set of doors would have better insulation properties?

    What would be considered the "rolls Royce" of thermal efficient uPVC doors?

    Should she consider a sliding door instead? Have they better insulation properties?

    Aesthetics aren't as important for her. Security & insulation are.

    Am interested to hear the thoughts of the knowledgeable folk here.


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Recommendations of specific manufacturers/companies by PM only thanks


  • #3
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,512 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    BryanF wrote: »
    Recommendations of specific manufacturers/companies by PM only thanks

    Apologies. Didn't realise.
    PMs gratefully received, if anyone has them!


  • #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,221 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    As far as I know, the reason that many external doors open inwards is so that the hinges are on the inside. This makes them more secure because it prevents a direct attack on the hinges.

    This is a solved problem generally, since you can get security hinges which won't allow the doors to be removed even if the pins are taken out.

    There might also be something specifically about uPVC doors. I have a uPVC slider and the runners are exposed on the ouside when the door is closed. This means that crap gets into the runners and causes them to foul up. I hate the damn things. When I queried this with a door company they said it was standard for uPVC.

    Anyway, good doors are good, bad doors are bad. The main advantage of French doors over a slider is reliability, and the main disadvantage is that you can't just open them a bit.


  • #5
    fatty pang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭fatty pang


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Aesthetics aren't as important for her. Security & insulation are.

    She should look for doors that are ‘Secured By Design’ certified. These will have passed enhanced security testing and the manufacturer will also have undertaken basic product performance testing and the production is covered by an approved third-party certification scheme.
    This is a crime prevention programme run by the UK police that certifies products including windows and doors. We don’t have anything similar here (likewise with Building Regs for home security) but AGS do reference SBD on the crime prevention pages of their website – which punters usually only discover after they have been burgled.
    The scheme covers metal, plastic, timber and composite systems. Just make sure that the whole assembly is certified and not just a few components. Some retail operations here have been known to imply that the inclusion of an SBD lock means that the complete doorset is certified.


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