uPVC porch with wood door?

[h0601]

Hi everyone

We are getting our wooden porch windows replaced with uPVC windows and we need to get our door replaced as it has warped. But we have a problem in that we cannot find a upvc door that we like nearly as much as the deign of our old wooden one. With this in mind we are considering getting a new oak door made and hopefully colour matched with the windows.

My question is, is it possible to have upvc windows and a wooden door connected together?

I have attached a photo to make this question a bit clearer. As you can see we would have upvc windows either side, and then a wooden door frame and door in the middle.

And advise would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[big-all]

your door and frame need to go in first and your looking at about £600 for the door and fitting the frame as a rough guide

 

[h0601]

Thanks for your reply big-all But I was wondering whether it is actually possible to connect upvc and wood together or whether you can only use 1 material e.g can only have upvc windows with a upvc door.

 

[big-all]

yes you can fix upvc to any material strong enough[wood/stone/brick/block] but you cannot hang a door onto upvc framing unless specifically desighned to do so

 

[h0601]

Ok great, so as long as the frame for the door is also wood, we should be able to fit it alongside upvc windows?

 

[big-all]

you will find many companies will not just fit the side lights[windows] on there own
are you having the whole house done??

 

[h0601]

Yes the whole house has been redone, just the porch that still needs doing

 

[big-all]

Yes the whole house has been redone, just the porch that still needs doing

mmm may be overly expensive as a stand alone job
off course they may value your business so far and swallow the extra overheads
best to ask before you do anything really

 

[Gazman16]

Shame as that is a lovely door (says the guy who hates wood lol).
At a recent industry show I did see some composite doors in a similar style but I cant remember the make. I will try to have a dig through my brochures and find it if I can

 

[Gazman16]

I haven't got one of their brochures I'm afraid and I cant remember the name of the company

 

[God]

Rock door

 

[Gazman16]

No was something like Guardian. They had doors with the same sort of studs in them, Even had one with a caged opening spyhole that looked like it was for shooting arrows out of lol

 

[h0601]

Thank you so much for having a look for the brochure, very kind of you.

After many hours of looking I've managed to track down a couple of companies which have panelled composite doors similar to the one we have albeit without the decorative studs, however, i'm certain that we can add these on ourselves afterwards with a bit of industrial adhesive

Incase there is anyone else out there who ever has a similar problem locating these types of doors here are some links to the doors I found

http://www.theenglishdoorcompany.com/english_door_company/front-doors-uk - click on the 'door designs stormproof' link at the bottom and it'll bring up all of the designs

Personally we went for the Mowbray design from this manufacturer as they were much more reasonably priced, and came in the same colour as our new windows: http://cwgchoices.com/wp-content/website-pdf-downloads/choices-timber-alternative-doors.pdf

Hope this helps anyone else who is in a similar position

 

[Gazman16]

Just had a thought if I googled the Fit show and looked for photos I might find some of there stall and bingo

The Centurion Door, See I was close with Guardian lol

http://www.thealuminiumdoorcompany.com/sample-page/rustic-range/

 

[h0601]

oh wow they are very similar aren't they!

Thank you very much! I will contact them and see what they can do