Buying Guide doors
If outdoors or in, the right first impression with a statement-making door ...
Opens a whole new way to express your personal style to express, we have doors to suit every home found. Choose from simple upgrades impressive modern design.
Exterior doors
There are a lot of choices, from beautiful and sexy woods of a metal door painted in a warm color.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT DOOR
"A door should be home the wow factorbut also ensure the safety and isolation, "says Elizabeth Assaf, a founder of the Urban Front, which specializes in modern design style doors." Look at the outside of the home - made, or brick, traditional or modern, is a wood or tile floors in the hallway? "Even if the doors will not fall on the radar coated style, there is no need to adhere strictly to the age of your home. Feel free not to tamper with a contrast of ancient architecture and modern port.Recent trends are:
Regular doors are wide doors 830 mm wide, but if your current port has enough space on both sides to accommodate a larger, 950 mm door can get a real impact. A full height glass side lights can also contribute to flooding a dark hallway with natural light.
Solid oak used to be a hot favorite, but rich and distinctive gold Iroko American Walnut, more and more popular for the elections. Jeld-Wen wood materials for strength andUrban security and solid wooden doors are reinforced with steel to prevent a nuclear prevent warping.
Easy "A modern door may create a good contrast, even in a Victorian or Edwardian house," says Nabil Assaf, also from the urban front. "Concealed hinges and stainless steel inlays help slim, modern look, but minimal."
Pivot doors' tailor-made doors are popular because they are made wider than high, "says Mark Dyson of Enclosure Architects." There is no 'bending moment' whenThe door opens, relieves the joints, so that ports can be up to 4 m wide. "
Painted doors
For the houses of red brick Georgian-style, suggests Farrow & Ball Director Sarah Cole Black Blue (£ 44.99 for 2.5l) - in reality it is neither black nor blue and gives a modern look. Midnight Blue is an elegant white facade of the house era.
For some classic works of fine gray-green or go for gloss or matt finish on a house in the country (Carriage Green StudioGreen and black are currently off-Farrow & Ball paints are popular.) "For more complex colors, deeper shades of house doors better," said Louise Smith, color and design manager at Dulux. "My favorite Cocoa Blush 1 or Maraschino Mocha 1 for a look that is decadent and Tarragon Glory Red Stallion 5 or 4 (£ 16.99 for 2.5l) for a closer look."
INTERIOR DOORS
"These days there is a door, is not only possible in a room: you may be steel or glass, or as a wall or on aa window. Press a button and bingo - no longer there! There are also those that will disappear into the ground, "said James Wells of Wells Mackereth Architects. More ports and at home is no longer room a block from each other, but also allow the flow of light and movement throughout the room .
A hot trend for sliding glass doors and glass with just the operating and office equipment. Good sources are now disappearing door and inner doorSleep.
Sliding Gone are the days of wobbly sliding doors - the new pocket doors disappear into the wall, literally. "Are you a complete system that you can add your leads, so there is no need to compromise style of the door," says Healey Padraic The David Barley of companies, distributors of lean Eclipse series of ports in the United Kingdom. "They are also ideal as a divider between living and sleeping areas," said James Fletcher, CEO of Drake.
Invisible doors flat or curved without providingContinuity in space. Try Door and Gate House.
Try wooden doors rough dark-grained woods. Barausse is the area of Panama area and use coconut tiles Tetrix is in teak, stainless steel and leather.
Fire protection and safety
Fire Protection
When replacing a door, inside or outside, be aware of fire safety regulations (visit the professional sector are subject to Part B, planningportal.gov.uk). Generally this applies to every port that is on the, leading, as a fireEscape. Royd & Tucker has created a system called discrete SmoClo fire door as an alternative to the automatic closing of fire doors. It can be easily installed on existing doors, provided it is part of an existing smoke detector powered network. Visit firesafety.org.uk for more information.
Security At Home
Have you installed a lock system meets the British Standard five lever mortice deadlock - a Yale-type lock cylinder lock edge alone does not provide sufficient protection, "says the LondonDoor Company, Kerry Walters. Banham security specialists recommend a combination of a lock and a stalemate (try a cylinder mortice deadlock Banham L2000 M2002 and closing of the circle, which approved both insurance companies and the British Standard 3621). If you are in a high crime area to live, study the benefits of a door made of reinforced concrete. For added security, opt for the VSG. Further advice can be found securedbydesign.com.
Door handles
AND HANDLESHINGES
Detail front door, the current trend is for plain paper, brushed stainless steel doors, plates, letters and numbers. SDS try London or architectural components. For an alternative to metal house numbers, try a contemporary stainless steel plates or distinctive plexiglas tabernacle.
Multi-textured handles for interior doors, HAF Turnstyle designs and unusual designs have handles elegantly combines metals such as steel and bronze, wood and leather with stitched details. Holloways of Ludlow is agood source for traditional knobs, doors and locks. B & Q offers a collection of inexpensive, modern and traditional door handles
Decoration
Use decorative film for fast, modern update on glass plates. You can fit exactly in interesting patterns, words or numbers to provide. "The roof is made of frosted privacy film, yet the light through, and really does stand out your door," says Karen Lansdown, co-founder of the decorative filmMists.
Repair or replace?
"The doors are the key to saving energy, safety and aesthetics of your home," said Mark Roberts, product manager for Jeld-Wen. Consider his status - if moisture has penetrated through the door, it can cause to expand, and crack cocaine were discolored. A carpenter can judge whether they have weakened the door repair, or if a sand, paint (or color) and re-alignment, can be ordered. A door also helps good energy efficiency: if there could be a draft, it is necessarybe realigned or improved one frame, or could help a welt at the top or bottom. Make sure the glass is double glazed and well.
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