Composite Door Or UPVC Door – Which Will You Choose?

We have recently extended our comprehensive door suite with the addition of Extreme Solid Core Doors, which sit alongside our already vast stock of composite doors and UPVC doors.

Aluminium doors can also be bought from Clearview, but our similarly stylish composite and UPVC entrances are our biggest-selling door products, and we’re regularly questioned about them.

Customers are right to be inquisitive about composite and UPVC doors as a new front door will change and become the face of their home.

If buying a new front door is currently in your plans, and it’s a toss-up between going for a composite or UPVC door, let us provide you with some useful background on both solutions:

Composite Doors

A composite door has a very thick frame, which is unsurprising as it is an amalgamation of several materials, including wood, PVC, glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) and insulating foam. It’s for this reason that composite doors are one of the strongest and most durable doors on the market.

The GRP skin is scratch and dent-resistant, so the attractive coloured finish, or woodgrain effect, will not be spoilt. You also won’t need to repaint or varnish the door frame as though it might look like a wooden door frame, it won’t rot, warp or fade.

This multi-layered door also provides a fantastic standard of insulation and will keep draughts firmly at bay.

UPVC Doors

If you didn’t know, UPVC stands for unplasticised polyvinyl chloride. Because a UPVC door is manufactured from a plastic material, there is an obvious sheen to the door, which can easily be wiped clean in a matter of seconds with a wet cloth.

Despite having a much thinner frame than a composite door, UPVC doors are still fantastically robust, and they have a multi-point locking mechanism incorporated into them to keep them secure when locked.

Compared to the cost of a composite door, UPVC doors are more inexpensive, but don’t mistake that for it being an inferior solution. It will serve your home well for years to come.

Still undecided on your choice of door? A conversation with one of our door specialists could help your cause. Arrange a FREE, no obligation home appointment and they will turn up at your current front door for an informative chat.