New front door....insulated?

[Koolpc]

House i am buying is tiny and i will be replacing windows and front door.

There is no hallway.

The front door opens into the tiny living room.

What door do you recommend as i dont want draughts coming in. Composite ok? Solid or insulated? Or something else?

I will probably be hanging a thick curtain there too unless anyone has a better idea.

Many thanks

 

[CACKATALLTRADES]

I see composite front doors all over the place looking nasty and faded and you can't paint them easily, and you're sort of lumbered with them once you've 'upgraded a thermal element'. Is the existing door actually rotten? Is there any space for an external porch?

 

[Koolpc]

Rubbish old UPVC front door which leads out directly to the pavement. No room for anything externally and no room internally for an inner porch or hallway.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Which entrance doors are the most energy efficient? | SEH BAC

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

If I was having a new front door it would be steel insulated from Latham or similar, not brilliant U Value though whilst on paper composite is better I doubt you would notice.

 

[Koolpc]

Composite seems the way forward then?

I see some are solid cores while others are not?

 

[mattylad]

Are the door frames insulated?