{"id":7533,"date":"2019-03-20T13:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:23:17","slug":"can-a-composite-door-transform-your-home-you-decide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/20\/can-a-composite-door-transform-your-home-you-decide-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Composite Door transform your home \u2013 you decide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Can a Composite Door transform your home \u2013 you decide <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the initial viewing the door above on the left looks a\nperfectly serviceable if a little dated example of a UPVC door with a single\nglazed panel but the \u201cwow\u201d factor is definitely missing. Exchange the door for\na four square in black with a long bar handle and instantly the image is\ntransformed to being new and contemporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2378\" height=\"1428\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-11-at-13.49.46.png?fit=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8273\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of every installation our fitting teams are required\nto take before and after photographs \u2013 the former to avoid any later confusion\nshould any dispute arise and the latter to be used for promotional purposes\nwhere the majority find a way into our considerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/traditional-doors-gallery\/\">Gallery of\ncompleted installations<\/a> . The Gallery provides actual photographs of all styles,\ncolours and accessories so any prospective customer will invariably find an\nimage that will provide a very good comparison with their own personal design\nso with a little imagination they can visualise how the new door is likely to\nlook on their new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an older timber door (or pair of doors) there is\nalways the temptation \/ option to leave them for another year and simply give\nthem another coat of paint or varnish, which all takes more of your precious\ntime with no guarantees that the finished job will have the impact you are\nlooking for. The need for annual\/bi annual redecoration is banished forever if\nyou choose a new Composite Door as the through coloured GRP cladding not only\nresists chips and scratches, the only maintenance it requires is a wipe with a\ndamp cloth to ensure it maintains its good looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to prove that exact point take a look at the before and\nafter of these two examples we know which one we prefer and we know which one\nwe would not like to re varnish \u2013 there simply is no comparison in the way the\noutside of the property is improved in this instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"2410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-11-at-13.50.20.png?fit=774%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8274\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Where once upon a\ntime the defence for retaining &nbsp;your old\ntimber door could have been \u2013 \u201cWhen I repaint it I can choose anyone of\nhundreds of colours and you only offer white\u201d \u2013 but those days are long gone\nwith thirteen external colours we have something for most tastes and if your\npreference is for some obscure shade if you give us fair warning and you are\nprepared to pay a little extra we can arrange for your door to be any RAL\ncolour you prefer. The two images below illustrate the case in point \u2013 from a\ntired&nbsp; painted \u201cBritish Racing Green\u201d\nlook alike on the right &nbsp;to a stunning\n\u201cDuck Egg Blue super new Composite Door on the left &nbsp;\u2013 there is no comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1810\" height=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-11-at-13.50.32.png?fit=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8275\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the doors that we are required to replace are of the\nUPVC variety \u2013 not necessarily because of anything other than the limitations\nin styles and colours which they offer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1824\" height=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-11-at-13.50.39.png?fit=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8276\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>White twin glazed panel UPVC or Grey and stylish ??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With doors&nbsp; in\nTraditional, Contemporary and Cottage styles we have a lot to choose from throw\nin the thirteen external colours and a multitude of glass patterns &nbsp;and accessories \u2013 make use of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/door-designer\/\">door designer tool<\/a>&nbsp; and you can create your own bespoke Composite\nDoor to transform the appearance of your home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the initial viewing the door above on the left looks a perfectly serviceable if a little dated example of a UPVC door with a single glazed panel but the \u201cwow\u201d factor is definitely missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","loftocean_post_primary_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":11,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[138,235,236,29],"class_list":["post-7533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-composite-doors","tag-composite-door","tag-composite-door-tran","tag-fitted-doors","tag-global-door"],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":"ianr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}