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where can I find an extra-wide front door?

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runningLou · 29/04/2016 09:07

As part of getting our hallway re-done I would like to replace our internal front door ... when I say internal, we have a double-glazed porch with a PVC outer door (similar arrangement to this pic) so I am looking for a wooden door for the doorway from porch to hallway, if that makes sense. We currently have a set of double glass doors, with a glass panel above. They are ancient and glazed with ugly ridged glass. The space is approx. 2m wide. I would like to replace this with a wide door, with two semi-glazed side panels. When I've been looking all the doors I can find are max 900mm approx. Does anyone know where I can find a wider door?

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runningLou · 29/04/2016 12:45

After a bit of a search I have an appt with a made to measure door company who are going to come out and quote, but I am assuming bespoke will mean v.v. expensive! Are there any ready-made wider doors?

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RandomMess · 29/04/2016 12:52

Have you checked on here

www.directdoors.com/

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FinallyHere · 29/04/2016 12:54

Have a look at solidor.co.uk

Just started to configure ours from their selection, they seem pretty flexible and got a good reference from our (trusted) installer.

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PigletJohn · 29/04/2016 16:22

Once you go bigger than 3ft wide (900mm) most people would be thinking about double doors.

I used to have a 3ft door, it is pretty big and suits quite a grand house.

The sidelights are usually part of the doorframe, and can be made more or less any size you want. For example my big door had 12" part-glazed sidepanels,

It is much cheaper and easier to have a joiner make up a special build frame, with sidelights, than a special build door.

Having re-read your post and looked at your pic, I think you need a standard door, and a vestibule frame, which can be made from standard mouldings or cut down if yours is a non-standard width.

Something like the picture (which has put itself too high) with sidelights

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