{"id":8266,"date":"2019-03-14T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/?p=8266"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:23:17","slug":"how-do-i-measure-for-a-composite-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/14\/how-do-i-measure-for-a-composite-door\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I measure for a Composite Door?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When a door looks as good as the one above it not only makes\nyour home into a warm retreat from the worries of the world it will both draw\nadmiring glances from friends and neighbours and it mat just add a little more\nvalue to your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you have decided that you want a new Composite Front\nDoor \u2013 where do you begin \u2013 one of our most frequently asked questions is a\ngood starting point,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do I measure for a Composite Door?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer if you are an expert DIY professional and intend\nto install the door yourself is \u2013 take a look at your existing brickwork\nopening and then take the following measurements <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Width:&nbsp;<strong>Measure<\/strong>&nbsp;in\n3 points; top, middle and bottom and take the smallest&nbsp;<strong>measurement<\/strong>&nbsp;and\ndeduct 10mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Height:&nbsp;<strong>Measure<\/strong>&nbsp;again\nin 3 points; left, centre and right and take the smallest&nbsp;<strong>measurement<\/strong>&nbsp;and\ndeduct 10mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diagonals: Ensure the opening is square by&nbsp;<strong>measuring<\/strong>&nbsp;the diagonals as shown in yellow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ig9YqLwpXG4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nfollowed correctly this will allow your new door frame to fit your existing\nopening with a tolerance that will allow some manoeuvrability and still be\ntight enough to the brickwork for a solid fix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nif you are one of the majority of our customers who asks that we at Global\nDoor&nbsp; install your door for you, and we\ncan do this throughout the UK \u2013 you can forget all of the above and start\nstraight off with the fun bit \u2013 designing your new dream door using&nbsp; our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/door-designer\">door designer<\/a>&nbsp; &#8211; we take\naway the worries of ensuring the dimensions are correct \u2013 that\u2019s our problem \u2013\nonce you have decided to purchase the door of your dreams and have placed your\norder, one of our surveyors will (normally within 24-72 ours of order\nplacement) contact you visit your premises take all the required dimensions and\ncheck out if there are any technical difficulties that could hamper your door\ninstallation and advise you accordingly of what is required. Thereafter you sit\nback relax and wait our call advising delivery \u2013 normally it takes no more than\na working day and as a precaution all of our teams are instructed to \u201cdouble\ncheck\u201d all dimensions before any removal of your existing door takes place. Our\ninstallation Service is called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/first-class-installation\/\"> \u201cFirst Class\u201d<\/a>\nfor one very good reason and that is because it is \u201cFirst Class\u201d as so many of\nour happy customers have testified in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/customer-reviews\/\">TRUST\nPILOT<\/a> reviews&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\">Global door<\/a> has\nbeen trading installing quality Composite Doors for over ten years so we have\nthe experience and know to succeed where others may fail in installing the most\ntechnically challenging of doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our advice \u2013 forget the measurements leave it to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/door-designer\/\">\u201cFirst Class\u201d installation<\/a> service to get the job done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you have decided that you want a new Composite Front Door \u2013 where do you begin \u2013 one of our most frequently asked questions is a good starting point,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"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":232,"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":[22,248,249],"class_list":["post-8266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composite-doors","tag-composite-doors","tag-how-to","tag-how-to-measure"],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":"ianr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8266","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=8266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8527,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8266\/revisions\/8527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}