Composite / rock doors, any tips or advice?

[Greencheese]

Hi,

Our new house will need a new front door straight away. Just looking up composite doors.

Are composite and rock doors the same thing?
Is there anything I should look for or aviod?
I'd like a heritage colour, like a sage green sort of thing

Anyone recommend any company's in south manchester?

Thanks.

[Greencheese]

Little bump.

[123rd]

Never heard of rock doors. Composite doors seem all the rage round here ATM!

[PlasticPinkFlamingo]

A Rockdoor is a brand of composite door. We've got one and it's solid and energy efficient.

I think they do a Chartwell Green as well as a darker green.

[Hesaysshewaffles]

I had a composite door at the house I jut sold. I loved it. It was about £800 from yaledoor.co.uk. I went for black, which I would not recommend!

[Greencheese]

Hi, thanks for the info, may I ask why you didn't rate the black one waffles ?

[Hesaysshewaffles]

If it rained and dirt etc dried to it it was really visible and showed it, if that makes sense

[Greencheese]

Ahhhh right. I see, good tip thanks.

[threepiecesuite]

We went for green, and then the nearly council estate had all of theirs replaced in the same green.
I still like it though. Very solid, no draughts, no noise.

[ouryve]

We've just had one installed to replace the disastrous UPVC front door that we had. Ours is just a little darker than an Oxford blue. It's holding up well to dirt, compared with the upvc windows we have. It's very dusty, here, because of a race track behind our house, plus we have chipped off most of our pebbledash, so get a lot of dirt washing down.

[Ihatemytoes]

We have a Rock door in Anthracite grey. Looks fab, and feels very secure.

[PossumPoo]

I have a composite door and love it (and it's black!). We are end of terrace and our front door faces NDN front door and it's given us a bit more privacy. Plus there used to be an absolute gale going from the lounge room to the dinning room passing the front door!

[Greencheese]

All sounds very positive then, that's good. Thanks

[Sandthorn]

We have one in white as our back door. Very solid, warm, and looks great. Cleans up nicely with a microfibre cloth and a squirt of stardrops.

[HermioneWeasley]

We have a rock door. It seems very solid and a few people have commented along the lines of "there won't be anyone getting through that!"

[kamikami]

Please don't buy from Yale Door! We had terrible issues with the first door and went on to get about 4 replacements none of which fitted properly. We eventually received a refund following months of complaints but I still shudder thinking of what an awful company they are trading on the reputation of Yale locks.