Please select the glass or panel options for this pane.
Guidance will appear automatically on the right.
Please select any opener options for this pane.
Guidance will appear automatically on the right.
Important!
Extenders do not add to the overall width/height of door frames.
By choosing extenders the frame will be made slightly smaller, in order to keep the overall width/height including the extender the same as your measurements.
Alternatively, if you wish to add an extender in addition to the overall width/height you measured, please choose the extender and leave a note at checkout.
Please choose any extenders for the sides of your door frame:
Click to choose your colour, or click on the zoom icon to see it up close. Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee to match existing colours. For a colour match, please email us with your address for a free swatch.
Helpful guidance will appear here when you click on any options on this page.
On most panes, click:
for Glass/panel menu
Door colours
Our doors can be made for you in a great variety of colours.
All our colours are guaranteed for 10 years for colour stability and discolouration.
Most colours are available as full (both sides) or half (colour outside and plain flat white inside).
To preview the texture and colour, please click the frame colour button and then the zoom icon on the colour images.
Agate grey doors that open out, have black hinges.
Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee to match existing colours. For a colour match, please email us with your address for a free swatch.
Internal magnetic blinds
These integrated Venetian blinds are permanently sealed inside the cavity of double-glazed units, keeping them totally out of harm's way in between the glass panes.
How to add blinds
Use the "Internal blind" button at the very left to choose colours; this will enable blinds on all glass panes that are suitable. To enable/disable blinds on individual panes just click on the glass icon on each pane.
Benefits include:
Closed-loop belt transmission system allows smooth and long-lasting function of the blind.
The external magnetic slider is treated with a patented anti-bacterial finish, for long-lasting protection also against viruses.
No cords, fully compliant with child safety standards.
Requires only one control to both raise and tilt the slats.
The slats are always clean!
Colours:
Handle colours
Our handles are available in white, polished chrome, polished brass /gold, satin silver or black as you can see in the picture:
Also in traditional heritage black:
External cill
Most doors require an external cill to drain water away correctly.
If you already have a stone or tiled cill as part of the building you may not require a cill.
As standard our cills are 100mm wider than the door, projecting 50mm on each side.
95mm stub cill
Our shortest cill, protrudes by 25mm.
150mm normal cill
Our most common cill, recommended for most situations.
180mm long cill
For doors that are set further back into the brickwork.
Please note: The cill height is 30mm and if a cill is chosen then these 30mm will be included within the overall height of the door.
For more advice please contact us.
Fixing kit
Contains approximately 40 assorted packers of various thicknesses (1 to 4mm) ideal for aligning and fitting the frame and glass units (toe and heeling).
Also approximately 12 concrete countersunk screws 7.5 x 120mm. Ideal for fixing into concrete, brick, stone, concrete block and wood.
These screws do not require wall plugs. How to video on Youtube.
Not needed when choosing our installation service at the cart.
Glazing choices
Thermal upgrade as standard, we use the same high quality Pilkington glass as on our windows.
Advanced double glazing Argon filled with 1.22 glass u-rating.
Superior Triple glazing for an amazing 0.70 glass u-rating.
Acoustic glazing for significantly better noise insulation. More information
Acoustic glazing
Pilkington Optiphon™ high quality acoustic laminated glass offers excellent noise reduction without reducing light transmittance and impact performance.
Ideal for significantly reducing noise from road, rail or air traffic, factories or nightclubs.
Noise is reflected back towards the source and also absorbed within the glass.
The glass unit is made of a 6.8mm acoustic laminated outer pane, a 18mm Superspacer void and a 4mm inner KS toughened pane.
Being laminated it is also very secure and difficult to break into.
The u-value is 1.2, the same as our superb A+ rated double glazing.
Sound reduction Rw(C;Ctr) 41dB(-2; -6)
Locks & cylinders
We supply these locking cylinders:
Euro: Standard 6 pin cylinder lock.
Ultion security: A superb 11 pin security cylinder, with a £1000 break-in guarantee from Ultion. More information
Ultion thumbturn: A superb Ultion security cylinder with a thumb-turn allowing you to lock the door from the inside without a key.
At the outside a key as usual.
All our doors come with 3 keys. If you choose handles on both doors they will be keyed alike (same keys), except Ultion Thumbturns which will have different keys.
Ultion cylinder information
FREE upgrade:
Ingenious multi-point secure locks
Engage by pulling the handle up.
Door security information
Open inside/outside
A door can open in, into your home or out, away from your home.
Open out: The hinges are on the outside. All open out doors are fitted with a 90 degree restrictor arm as standard to stop the door opening more than 90 degrees.
Open in: Hinges are on the inside.
If there are no side panels, we recommend adding a 20mm frame extender to both sides to ensure sufficient space between the hinge and the interior plaster line.
From the hinge to the edge of the outer frame is roughly 16mm:
Master / slave doors
You can choose to have either side of the French doors as the main opening door (master door).
The master door must be opened first before the second (slave) door is able to open.
Usually people just open only the master door.
Please note Left or Right as viewed from the outside.
Opening example, master opens first, with handles on both doors
Slave door - Master door
Slave door operation
You can have either:
Handles on both doors.
As long as you open the master door first, it's very easy to open both doors. Both doors have cylinder locks with 6 identical keys (keyed alike).
The doors look symmetrical and open easily and quickly (please see video example of Master doors).
Handles on master door only.
In this case, the other door (slave) opens with finger operated shoot- bolts at the top and bottom.
Only the master door has a cylinder lock with 3 keys.
Suitable for people who rarely need to open both doors and prefer it to be obvious which door opens first.
Opening example, slave door with shootbolt (no handle):
Hinges Left/Right
Hinges can be at the left or right side of the door. The handle is always at the opposite side.
In the case of a door with an additional side panel, it's recommended that the hinge be placed on the wall side.
Lever or pad
Normal (lever handle both sides): This handle allows to open the door from both sides without a key.
The advantage of this normal handle is that you can close the door and still get in from the outside without a key, unless you lock it.
Pad (lever inside, pad outside): A pad does not allow the door to open from the outside without the key.
So the advantage is added security, but you have to be careful not to lock yourself out.
Both types require the handle to be lifted in order to engage the multi point locks. Once lifted the key can be turned to fully lock.
Frame extenders
A frame extender increases the thickness of a door frame at a specified side.
Great for properties with deep plaster, render or tiles over tiles.
Some fitters buy extenders as a precaution, for example where the door opening has not been built yet. Extenders can be modified to accomodate inconsistent side walls.
Extenders simply clip or slide on the door profile as you can see on the picture.
Example of 20mm extender sliding
Threshold
Normal threshold:
Our normal UPVC threshold is 70mm high (40mm from bottom of frame to bottom of opening door), not including optional cill. With the benefit of a better seal and insulation.
Low threshold:
The superb Stormguard™ low aluminium threshold is only 25mm high, not including any cill. Optionally with ramps, great for wheelchairs and achieves Part-M, although ramps cannot be used with a cill.
In silver, but gold can be supplied if desired, just leave a note at checkout.
Note: On inward opening doors, please make sure there is sufficient clearance between the bottom of the door and the floor inside.
Stormguard™ open in
Stormguard™ open out:
With ramps:
Letterbox
The letterbox by default will have the same colour as the door handle. If you prefer your letterbox in a different colour or in a different place, please leave a note at checkout.
Knocker/spyhole
Knockers are available with or without a spyhole and are matched to your handle colour.
The spyhole is built into the door knocker and allows you to view who is outside before opening.
If you prefer a knocker at a different place or colour, please leave a note at checkout.
Opener menu
These are the opener options for the glass pane you just clicked on.
For more guidance please click on the individual options.
Glass menu
These are the glass options for the glass pane you just clicked on.
For more guidance please click on the individual options.
Glass types
We supply clear glass and 19 designs of obscure privacy glass from Pilkington, including Satin.
Each glass type has a privacy level from 0 (clear) to 6 (solid).
Panels: Insulated MDF reinforced UPVC panels instead of glass.
Decorative panels: Reagan, Clinton and Pet-flap panels are only available at the bottom of doors or side-panes that have a midrail.
Solid panel - level 6
Reagan panel - level 6
Clinton panel - level 6
Panel + pet flap - level 6
Clear - level 0
Arctic - level 4
Autumn - level 3
Chantilly - level 2
Charcoal-sticks - level 4
Contora - level 4
Cotswold - level 5
Digital - level 3
Everglade - level 5
Flemish - level 2
Florielle - level 4
Mayflower - level 4
Minster - level 2
Oak - level 4
Pelerine - level 5
Satin-opal - level 5
Stippolyte - level 4
Sycamore - level 2
Taffeta - level 3
Glass decoration
For added decoration or for a traditional feel we have Georgian bars, Square lead or Diamond lead.
Our Georgian bars are 18mm thick and are placed between the glass panes for ease of cleaning. We do not offer external Astragal bars due to unreliability as they are just taped on.
We can instead supply a single horizontal or vertical extra bar. More information on the the glass menu pop-up.
Our Square lead is traditional lead which is 9mm thick and is placed on both sides of the external pane of glass.
Our Diamond lead is real 9mm thick lead on both sides of the external glass pane.
Note: lead layouts are just a representation, the actual layout will be according to best practice.
Note: For custom or special Georgian/lead layouts, or to match a window with an adjacent door or window, please leave specific instructions as a note at checkout.
Georgian bars
Our Georgian bars are 18mm thick and are fitted between the glass panes for easier cleaning.
All Georgian bars are colour matched to your window colours to ensure the right look.
Instructions:
Please choose your own number of horizontal and vertical Georgian squares, or leave it on automatic where the actual layout will be set by us according to best practice.
Small adjustments to align the bars between panes will be done by us.
For custom/special layouts please leave a note at checkout.
Special Georgians
These are some of the special layouts available:
Offset three light
Margin
Georgian variant
Astragal bars
Astragal bars are fitted externally on both sides on the glass surface and inside to give the complete appearance of separate sections. Whereas Georgian bars are fitted only internally between the glass panes. Astragals imitate wooden traditional glazing bars of old that used to separate windows into smaller sections for an authentic period window look.
Astragal and Georgian bars do not compromise the insulating abilities of the glazing unit as in both cases it remains 1 glazing unit.
Our Astragal bars are 20mm thick, and are colour matched to your window colours to ensure the right look.
Small adjustments to align the bars between panes will be done by us.
Glass safety
We supply 3 strengths of glass:
Standard: Normal glass, which is dangerous when broken as it breaks in large sharp pieces.
Toughened: Specially treated to increase its strength and safety.
If broken, toughened glass breaks into many small pieces therefore it's less likely to cause injury.
Laminated: Our strongest glass, similar to a car's windscreen, has a laminated layer that keeps the glass together when broken, making it very difficult to break into. Outer side 6.8mm laminated, inner 4mm toughened glass.
Building regulations apply to glass safety.
Opener choice
Top Opener A top hinged opener with the handle at the bottom that opens outwards.
Left Opener A left opener (as seen from the outside always) with the hinge on the left side and the handle on the right side.
Right Opener A right opener with hinge on the right and the handle on the left.
Dummy Opener
Looks just like a real opener, but it has no handle and does not actually open. It's just decorative to match real operners.
Building regulations apply to ventilation.
Trickle vent
New Building Regulations
We usually supply Glazpart Link-vents rated at 2500, 4000 and 5000mm² EA (Equivalent Area) to help with compliance with the new Part F regulations.
Depending on stock levels we may supply an alternative vent.
Vents are placed at the top of the sash to allow limited airflow without having to open the window.
They help to control outside air flow reducing condensation and mould.
The external hood has an insect grill, and the internal vent opens and closes.
Trickle vents will closely (but not totally) match the door colour.
Building Regulations apply to ventilation.
Easy upgrade to PAS24
After rigorous product testing on all our components we are proud to hold the PAS24 accreditation on UPVC single and French doors, for your extra peace of mind.
Product Assessment Specification (PAS) 24, is a security standard for windows and doors, to ensure they can resist a certain level of attack from an opportunistic burglar.
PAS 24 (or equivalent standards) is required to meet Building Regs Part Q for new build properties and extensions.
Please note, to comply with PAS24, laminated or acoustic laminated glass must be fitted to all easily accessible doors, door side panels and windows that are adjacent to a door. Please use the glazing button at the left.
Internal Venetian Uni-Blinds with ingenious control for all the blind functions in one easy to use slider.
The blind is encapsulated within the two glass panes of a double glazed unit, therefore no cords are present and virtually no cleaning is needed.
The thermal efficiency is optimised thanks to a warm edge spacer bar as standard.
How to operate
Operated by a single cleverly designed magnetic slider, at the side of the glass. A narrow rail ensures the linear movement of the slider. The blind is raised and lowered by moving the slider up or down and is tilted by slightly lifting or lowering the same slider.