Has your front door gone wrong?

[PigletJohn]

Bit mean of me to ask. All will become clear. I am not going to try to sell you a door though!

Question 1:
Has your front door ever gone wrong?

Question 2
What is/was it made of?

Question 3
About how old?

Come on Piglet, spill!

This thread is even more boring than the recent "most boring thread ever" thread which at least had the advantage of being amusing.

Yes, yes, yes

Wood, wood, wood

2 years old, very old, 30 years ish.

All lock rather than door problems though.

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I want to know what this was all about too.

1. It doesn't fit properly anymore, gaps around the top and daylight visible under the bottom.

1. Wood

1. Georgian approx 1820, so we want to keep it but need to find some way of fixing it.

Only joining in as I want to know what's going on here!

Front door

1. No
2. wood
3. 13 years old

previous door
1.yes - hadn't been sealed properly so stuck badly in wetter months.
2.wood

1. 2 years

So was the point of the thread revealed somewhere or not?

My door is now fixed anyway :)

UPVC not coming out very well. Piglet, do you think composites are any better?

my point was to see what other people's experience is.

mine is that UPVC doors often go wrong, and are difficult and expensive to mend or adjust; and that wooden doors generally don't and are simple and cheap to mend or adjust.

The fact that PVC doors are weak and burglar-friendly; expensive, and IMO hideous is not relevant to the reliability question.

Yes, from what I hear, composite doors are expensive and difficult to repair, but more reliable and secure than plastic.

One day when farside isn't looking somebody can ask about cost and ease of repair or alteration of the different types, or about burglar entry through doors.

Burglar entry through composites would interest me, we're thinking of buying one soon.

Would love to replace my uPVC doors as they are vile. Will be replacing them with wood when I have the cash.

However, the only doors that have gone wrong were both wood.

1. Really old - early 19th century. Upstairs flooded onto it. It swelled up and trapped me in a flat by myself on Hogmanay. (Lovely landlord travelled the required 100 miles to rescue me)

1. 100 year old flat, door in keeping, but more recent replacement. Similar problem. In winter the wood would swell and you had to shoulder your way in or out. In the summer it needed to be locked to keep it closed.

I have a feeling that planing to make them fit, and painting the bare edges (especially the top and bottom) would have helped.

A door that tends to spring out of place often needs the hinges realigned.

We've had burglars come through a composite door. They basically gave it a good kicking until the door bent. I don't think a uPVC or a wooden door would have survived any better - burglars were determined to get in.

Question 1:
Has your front door ever gone wrong?
Yes, slightly

Question 2
What is/was it made of?
Plastic - lost seal and became draughty I replaced seal, also shifted slightly on hinges which made lock stick. Got a guy to re-hang it and tighten screws when he changed locks

Question 3
About how old?
15 years