Aluminium doors have several benefits over timber, composite or PVCu doors and many of these benefits are quite important when deciding on what materials for a front door.
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Aluminium doors can meet the needs of most property renovation projects so here are some of the best reasons to use aluminium for front, side or rear doors.
Why aluminium doors are best for small and large sizesOne of the significant reasons to choose aluminium doors is how flexible they are on sizes. Any door material will work well in a standard size opening, but aluminium is best outside standard sizes.
Want wider and taller doors? Aluminium door leaves typically go up to 1.2m wide and many models up to 2.4m high, some higher. This is well above the size capabilities of PVCu and composite doors, typically around a metre including the frame. As a result, aluminium doors remove the need for side or top panels, often a requirement with PVCu and composite doors in certain size apertures. So if you’d like more doors and a less visible frame, aluminium is best for small or large sizes.
The same also applies to small doors. Cottages and character properties often have smaller doorways. Composite doors don’t go to these smaller sizes and many alumninium doors can. As an example, composite doors aren’t usually available smaller than 850mm wide.
Aluminium doors give more glass and cleaner linesOnly steel doors are slimmer than aluminium. The advantage of an aluminium frame is a thinner frame giving larger door sizes. The doors also have a thinner sash profile meaning larger glass sizes. Larger glass sizes mean more light and an overall better-looking door.
The slim lines of aluminium get even better when you do want doors with side or top panels or a larger combination screen. Significantly smaller profiles than PVCu doors gives far less bulk.
One of the best ways of understanding just how thin aluminium is on French doors and where they meet and lock in the middle. Many PVCu doors are well over 250mm where set of doors meets in the middle. Aluminium doors are can be more than half this dimension.
And you could have even thinner double or French doors by opting for a steel-styled door or even doors made out of slimline bifold door profiles but made as double hinged doors.
Therefore, aluminium doors provide many different solutions for style, thin lines and maximum glass with a better feeling of light and space.
Aluminium doors allow more discrete or invisible hardware An example of a front door with a seamless design and no visible hinges.Thin aluminium also means smaller and more discreet door hardware such as hinges and with no loss of security or other essential functions. There are even aluminium doors designed with invisible door hinges giving even cleaner looks.
The hinges typically used on composite and timber doors are far bulkier and more intrusive than with aluminium doors. This is because PVCu frames found in composite doors and PVCu panelled doors need reinforcement and bulkier hardware to support the weight of the door leaf. This is not the case with aluminium which is slimmer and needs no reinforcement for hardware to have a suitably strong fixing point.
Aluminium doors integrate better with windows.If you are already having aluminium windows installed in your home or have a porch, screen or other glazed feature that needs both windows and doors, aluminium doors are all designed to couple and integrate with windows. This means you do not need a composite or PVCu door that will look different from your windows. Modern aluminium window and door systems are designed to couple together if needed creating uniform and matching screens.
This is not the case with composite doors where it is a completely different product by a different manufacturer. If you are already having aluminium windows installed you can match their slim lines perfectly with an aluminium door that was designed from the outset to work with them. With some systems, you can even have side and rear doors that match your bifolding doors.
More colour options wiht aluminium doors Black powder-coated aluminium windows & entrance door in wood effect aluminium to create the traditional design.Polyester powder coating is the most advanced and durable way of coating aluminium profiles. Not only do you get over 200 colour options but these are further added to with textured, metallic and even different colours inside and out. You can even have wood effect doors in aluminium as well.
PVCu and composite doors do come with some excellent wood-effect finishes and foiles. These same foils are also available in aluminium or the sublimated colour finish.
Another significant advantage of aluminium is it’s easy to match other or existing aluminium colours. It’s harder to do with a foiled pvcu door even if the RAL colour references are the same! With powder-coated aluminium doors and windows, it’s easier to get a better colour match.
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Why aluminium doors provide more design options An AluK aluminium entrance door enhanced with timber accessories to provide a unique doorComposite doors and PVCu panelled doors are designed around panel slabs in set designs. Whilst there is a large choice of door designs, did you know with the number of midrails, bottom rails, mullions and transoms available for aluminium doors you can create your own specific design? This will give you the option of designing your own door that is unique to you and not part of a stock range.
The nature of aluminium when used in doors means more flexibility. You don’t have to choose a standard product. Instead, a good manufacturer can create a distinctive and unique door arrangement.
Larger sizes, a greater range of profiles and colours make aluminium doors some of the best for front doors, single doors or double doors with and without fixed panels.
Aluminium entrance doors have numerous advantages over plastic or wooden doors. Key advantages:
Aluminium provides exceptional weather resistance and superior thermal and acoustic insulation. Its reliability makes it a premium entrance door material. At the same time, it enables precise workmanship, which is crucial for products with high thermal and acoustic insulation.
Combining all these features with top quality workmanship and an exceptional style results in the perfect entrance that is both reliable and aesthetically pleasing - even decades after the purchase.
The entrance door is of key importance for the architectural design of your home. Its style, colours and accessories give the house a unique style. In our offer you will find a wide range of different door designs, from simple and classic to modern and extravagant.
We can redesign any external door from our standard offer according to the customer's wishes, with practically no limitation. Our designers and craftsmen can perfectly cater to your unique wishes and create the perfect entrance just for you.
However, you can also design your new door all by yourself! Don’t worry, it's quite simple!
Design your own doorAn aluminium entrance door exhibits exceptional resistance to temperature changes due to its structural stability. The innovative patented leaf design with a special expansion layer provides our Exclusiv front doors with exceptional stability even in extreme weather conditions.
The modern machining technology and quality materials we employ in making our entrance doors ensure an exceptional level of anti-burglary security even with our basic models.
For those of you who wish to make your home even more secure, we also have a variety of accessories available that provide protection levels from RC1 to RC3.
More about secutityThe choice of the right shade of the door depends on many factors, as the colour must match the style of the entire house as well as the colour of the façade, windows and other exterior doors of your house. But if you are reluctant to limit yourself and want to choose more boldly, you can also opt for less common colour combinations.
The choice is yours and you can design the door in various colour combinations, such as:
What is the difference between good and excellent thermal insulation of entrance doors? Care for every detail and highest-quality materials.
As standard, we manufacture our entrance doors using a 85mm insulating leaf, three-layer glazing and triple sealing. Such a door effectively prevents heat loss, as well as reduces energy costs and contributes to environmental protection in the long term.
More about insulationWhen designing a new entrance door, you can express your unique style and add your personal touch by choosing accessories.
Do you particularly favour stylish doorknobs or would you prefer your door to feature aesthetically crafted handles that extend throughout the length or width of the door? Are you interested in door pull bars?
Inotherm doors provide you with all the options, and we leave the choice to you regardless of the model.
Choose accessoriesThe entrance door is daily exposed to many environmental influences, so proper protection and maintenance are key to its long useful life.
An aluminium entrance door is an excellent choice in terms of maintenance as it requires minimal care. It is enough to clean it several times a year with special cleaners for coloured aluminium surfaces or to wipe it using a mild pH-neutral or alkaline cleaning agent. The best results with entrance door care can be achieved by using the original cleaning agents.
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