The front door is the largest single block of colour on most British houses, and it is the one decorating decision that every visitor, neighbour and passer by sees. It is also the cheapest exterior change you can make, provided the door is timber. If it is composite or uPVC, the colour you buy is very close to the colour you keep, which makes the decision considerably more consequential.
This guide starts with the three practical checks that narrow the field before you even open a colour card, then works through the shades that actually suit British housing stock, how colours are specified with RAL numbers, how light and orientation change what you see, and how to paint a timber door so the finish lasts. Doors2Floors has supplied doors and flooring to homes and businesses across the UK, and we stock over 90 external doors from £86.79 alongside 18 composite external doors from £725.00.
Three checks before you choose a colour
Check one: what is your door actually made of
Timber can be painted any colour you like, repeatedly, for the life of the door. A composite or uPVC door cannot, at least not reliably. Establish which you have before you fall in love with a shade, because it determines whether this is a paint decision or a purchase decision.
Check two: are you allowed to change it
Most houses in England and Wales can have the front door painted any colour without permission. Listed buildings, conservation areas, properties under an Article 4 direction, some new build estates with restrictive covenants, and most leasehold flats are the exceptions. Ask your local planning authority, your management company or check your title deeds before you buy paint.
Check three: what is the door surrounded by
Brick colour, render colour, window frame colour, roof tile colour and the neighbouring doors all constrain what works. A colour chosen in isolation on a screen is the single most common reason people repaint within a year.
The order that saves money
Material first, permission second, surroundings third, personal preference fourth. Doing it in that order means you never fall for a colour you cannot legally or practically have.
Buy a tester and look at it outside
Paint a sheet of primed card, not the door, and hold it against the door in morning light, at midday and at dusk. Colours behave completely differently outdoors from how they look in a shop or on a monitor.
Look at the whole street once
Not to conform, but to know what you are joining. If four of the six doors on your terrace are already black, a dark green will read as considered rather than contrary.
Can you actually paint your front door?
Timber doors: yes, and easily
A solid or engineered timber door can be sanded, primed, undercoated and topcoated with ordinary exterior paint, and it can be changed again in five years when you get bored. This flexibility is the strongest practical argument for timber.
Composite doors: generally no
A composite door has a glass reinforced plastic skin with a factory applied finish. Ordinary paint does not key to it properly and will flake, particularly on the sunny face and along the edges. When you buy a composite door you are choosing the colour once, for the life of the door.
uPVC doors: also generally no with standard paint
Specialist uPVC spray systems exist and are commonly used commercially to convert white uPVC to anthracite grey, but this is a trade process rather than a weekend job, and a poor application looks worse than the original white.
Aluminium doors: factory finish only
Powder coated aluminium is specified by RAL number at the factory. Overpainting it is possible but it defeats the point of buying a coating designed to last decades.
Previously painted timber of unknown history
If the house was decorated before 1992 the existing layers may contain lead paint. Do not dry sand it and do not burn it off. Wash it down, key it wet, or take advice before disturbing it.
What this means for your decision
If repainting matters to you, buy timber. If low maintenance matters more, buy composite and choose the colour very carefully. Our grey composite door guide and our black front door guide cover the two most popular factory finishes in detail.
What we actually stock in each
Our over 90 external doors from £86.79 are predominantly timber, which means you choose the colour. Our 18 composite external doors run from £725.00 to just under £900.00 and arrive in a fixed factory colour.
The colours we actually have in composite, and what that tells you
This is worth saying plainly, because it shapes the realistic choice. Our composite stock is dominated by greys and black.
Anthracite grey is the single most common
Eight of our 18 composite doors are anthracite grey, which reflects what British buyers actually specify. It reads as contemporary, it hides road dust, and it coordinates with the anthracite window frames fitted on most new build and replacement glazing.
Slate grey and elephant grey
Softer, warmer greys that sit more comfortably on older brick than anthracite does. We hold four slate grey doors and one elephant grey.
Black
Four of our composite doors are black, including finger pull and long bar handle variants. Black is the safest strong colour on almost any British frontage.
Oak effect
One oak effect composite door with a long bar handle, for anybody who wants the timber look without the maintenance.
Duck egg blue
A single duck egg blue door at £725.00, which happens to be our cheapest composite. Pale blues are genuinely lovely on a rendered cottage and almost never chosen, which is exactly why they stand out.
What is not in composite stock
No navy, no dark green, no red. If you want one of those shades, the honest answer is a timber door that you paint yourself, which is both cheaper and gives you the exact shade rather than an approximation.
Why composite sizes vary door by door
Each of our composite doors is a specific individual unit with its own measured size, from around 870mm to 1000mm wide and 1980mm to 2120mm high, usually supplied with its frame. Check the exact dimensions against your opening rather than assuming a standard size. Our guide on how to measure a door covers the method.
How UK front door colours are specified
RAL numbers for factory finished doors
Composite, uPVC and aluminium doors are specified by RAL number, a European colour standard. Quoting a RAL number is the only way to guarantee your door matches your windows, your garage door and your rainwater goods.
The RAL numbers that dominate British front doors
RAL 7016 anthracite grey, RAL 9005 jet black, RAL 6009 fir green, RAL 5011 steel blue, RAL 3005 wine red and RAL 9016 traffic white account for the large majority of factory finished doors in Britain.
Why anthracite became the default
RAL 7016 was adopted as the standard alternative to white on replacement windows, and once the windows were anthracite the door followed. It is a colour chosen by the glazing industry as much as by homeowners.
Paint brand names for timber doors
Timber doors use decorative paint, which is specified by brand name rather than RAL. That gives you far more shades but no guarantee of matching a factory finished window frame, so take the frame to the paint counter or ask for a colour match.
Matching a paint to an existing RAL
Most paint mixing counters will match to a RAL reference. If your windows are RAL 7016 and you want the timber door to match exactly, this is the route.
Sheen levels matter as much as colour
Exterior gloss, satin and eggshell in the same shade look like three different colours. Gloss reads brighter and shows every surface imperfection. Satin is the current default. Eggshell is the most forgiving on an older door with a chequered history.
Do not trust a screen
Monitors cannot render a dark saturated colour accurately, and photographs of front doors are almost always edited. A physical sample is the only reliable reference.
Black front doors
Why black works on almost everything
Black provides maximum contrast against brick, render, stone and painted masonry alike, so it reads as deliberate on any frontage. It is the closest thing to a universally safe strong colour.
Which black
A true jet black can look harsh on a soft yellow London stock brick. An off black with a hint of blue or brown sits more comfortably on older masonry, and the difference is obvious side by side.
Sheen for black
Black in full gloss is a strong Georgian look and shows every dent. Black in satin is quieter and more current. Black in matt looks superb for about eighteen months and then shows every mark.
Hardware against black
Polished brass on black is the classic Georgian pairing. Satin chrome or satin nickel on black is the contemporary equivalent. Black hardware on a black door disappears entirely, which can be exactly right on a very modern frontage.
Black in composite
Four of our composite doors are black, in lever, finger pull and long bar handle variants. Our black front door guide covers the finish in detail.
The one drawback
Black absorbs heat. On a south or west facing door in full sun, a dark timber door will move more than a pale one, and the finish will need attention sooner.
Navy and blue front doors
Navy is the safest alternative to black
It reads almost as dark from a distance but has warmth and depth close up. On red brick it is particularly successful because the blue and the red are opposites and the contrast is clean.
Mid blues and steel blues
RAL 5011 steel blue and similar mid blues suit rendered houses and 1930s semis. They are more of a commitment than navy but far less than a bright blue.
Pale and duck egg blues
Lovely on a rendered cottage or a coastal property, and almost never seen, which is their appeal. Our single duck egg blue composite door at £725.00 is the cheapest composite we stock.
What blue struggles with
Blue against a strongly yellow or orange brick can look uneasy. Test it properly before committing, because the clash is not obvious from a small sample.
Hardware against blue
Polished chrome and satin nickel are the natural partners. Brass on navy works but needs to be a warm unlacquered brass rather than a bright yellow one.
Blue and the front garden
Blue is flattered by green planting more than any other door colour. Our notes on front garden inspiration cover the frontage as a whole.
Dark green front doors
The most British of the strong colours
Dark green has been used on British front doors for well over a century, and it sits comfortably on brick, stone and render alike. RAL 6009 fir green is the factory reference.
Which green
A deep bottle or forest green is timeless. A sage or olive green is softer and more current. A bright grass green is a very different proposition and dates quickly.
Green on Victorian and Edwardian houses
Particularly successful, because green was widely used on those houses originally. On a four panel Victorian door with a brass letter plate it is hard to beat.
Green in a conservation area
Where a specific palette is required, a deep green is frequently on the approved list. Confirm with your local planning authority rather than assuming.
Hardware against green
Polished or aged brass, every time. Chrome on dark green tends to look cold.
Green in composite
We do not currently hold a green composite door. For a specific green, a timber door from our over 90 external doors from £86.79, painted to your chosen shade, is both cheaper and more accurate.
Grey and anthracite front doors
Why grey took over
Grey coordinates with the anthracite window frames and the grey aluminium rainwater goods fitted on most modern replacement work. It is a colour of coordination rather than of statement.
Anthracite versus mid grey versus pale grey
Anthracite reads as almost black from the street. Mid grey is quieter and works well on white render. Pale grey needs a strong door furniture contrast or it looks unfinished.
Warm greys against cool greys
A cool grey on warm yellow brick looks wrong in a way most people sense without being able to name. On older brick, a warm grey with a hint of brown is far safer.
The saturation trap
Grey is the easiest colour to get slightly wrong, because a grey that looks neutral on a card can read distinctly blue or green once it is a large area in daylight.
Grey in our composite stock
Thirteen of our 18 composite doors are a grey of some kind, eight of them anthracite. Our grey composite door guide covers the construction and the finishes.
Grey and the rest of the house
If you are carrying grey through indoors as well, our guides to styling grey wood floors and the best grey internal doors cover the interior, and we stock over 60 grey internal doors.
Red and burgundy front doors
Burgundy and oxblood rather than bright red
A deep wine red, RAL 3005, is a traditional British door colour and looks expensive. A bright post box red is a much bolder statement and needs the right house to carry it.
Where red works best
On grey stone, on white render and on a black and white painted frontage. On red brick it is much harder, because the two reds rarely agree.
Fading
Red pigments fade faster in sunlight than almost any other colour. On a south facing door expect to recoat sooner than you would with a dark neutral.
Hardware against red
Polished brass on burgundy is a strong traditional pairing. Chrome on bright red reads as slightly municipal.
Red in composite
We do not currently hold a red composite door. A painted timber door is the route to a specific red.
Bold colours: yellow, pink, teal and purple
Who they suit
A mid terrace in a city where the whole street is doing something similar, a rendered cottage with plenty of planting, or anybody who simply wants their door to be theirs.
The practical caution
Strong saturated colours fade faster in sunlight, date faster than neutrals, and are the first thing anybody will suggest changing before a sale. If you love it, do it, but you are choosing personality over resale neutrality and that is a legitimate choice.
Yellow
Works on grey stone and on white render. Very difficult on yellow brick.
Pink and dusty rose
Surprisingly successful on a pale rendered frontage with a black railing. Needs restraint everywhere else.
Teal and petrol
The most wearable of the bold options, because it behaves like a dark neutral from a distance and only reveals itself close up.
Purple and aubergine
A deep aubergine reads as almost black on a dull day and as something interesting in sunlight. A mid purple is a much bigger commitment.
Keep the rest quiet
A bold door needs simple hardware, a plain letter plate and restrained planting. Two statements next to each other cancel out.
White, cream and off whites
When white is right
On a dark painted or dark brick frontage, on a Georgian house with a fanlight, and where the windows are white and you want the frontage to read as one clean plane.
The maintenance reality
White shows every mark, every splash from the path, and every trace of algae on a shaded north facing door. It is the highest maintenance colour on a British front door.
Off whites are usually better
A warm off white or a stone colour has the same brightening effect and hides far more. RAL 9016 traffic white is the factory reference for a true white.
Cream on a period house
Cream with a black railing and brass furniture is a handsome and very traditional combination, particularly on a stuccoed frontage.
Hardware against white
Anything works, which is either liberating or paralysing. Black hardware on white is the strongest and most current option.
Natural timber: the alternative to colour
Why bare timber still wins on some houses
An oiled hardwood door on a stone cottage or a contemporary render and timber house does something no paint colour can. It reads as material rather than as decoration.
The maintenance commitment
An oiled or varnished exterior timber door needs recoating every three to six years depending on exposure, and more often on a south facing elevation with no porch. Our guide to cleaning and maintaining a wooden front door sets out the routine.
Oak, and how it weathers
Oak silvers if left untreated, which some people want and others do not. Left oiled it holds its honey tone. Our over 290 internal oak doors from £87.75 show the timber, and our guide on whether oak doors are worth it weighs up the cost.
Walnut and darker timbers
Darker and more dramatic, and less common on a frontage. Our over 30 walnut internal doors and our comparison of oak and walnut cover the difference.
Oak effect composite
Our single oak effect composite door gives the appearance with none of the recoating. It will never look quite like real timber close up, and it will still look the same in fifteen years.
Oil safety
If you are oiling rather than painting, spread the used cloths out flat outdoors to dry. Oil soaked cloths left bundled up can self heat and ignite.
Matching the colour to your house
Red brick Victorian terrace
Black, navy, dark green, burgundy or off white. Avoid anything in the same red family as the brick.
Yellow London stock brick
Off black, deep green, teal or a warm grey. Avoid cool greys and avoid yellow.
White or cream render
Almost anything works. This is where you can afford a bold colour, because the render provides a neutral frame.
Grey or buff stone
Dark green, burgundy, navy or bare oak. Stone is warm and forgiving.
1930s semi with bay windows
Dark green, navy or a warm mid grey. The original doors on these houses were frequently stained timber with stained glass, so a natural timber finish is also very appropriate.
Post war and 1960s housing
A confident single colour works better than anything traditional. Teal, mustard and strong grey all suit the plain rectilinear frontages.
Modern new build
Anthracite grey coordinates with the standard window frames. If you want to stand out on a new estate, check your covenants first.
Rendered cottage
Pale blues, sage green, off white and duck egg. The soft palette suits the soft frontage.
Flats and shared entrances
Usually decided for you by the lease or the management company. Ask before you buy paint.
Coordinate, do not match
A door in exactly the same colour as the window frames disappears. A door one or two steps darker than the frames is what makes a frontage look designed.
Light, orientation and how colour behaves
North facing doors
Receive no direct sun and are lit by cool indirect light all day. Cool colours look colder still, and pale colours look grey. Choose something with warmth in it.
South facing doors
Get the most light and the most fade. Strong colours will lighten over the years and dark colours will get hot. A porch or a canopy changes this completely.
East and west facing doors
Look very different morning and evening. A west facing door in the low evening sun is the most flattering situation any front door gets, and also the most misleading when you are choosing.
Recessed and porched doors
A door in a deep recess sits in permanent shade, so it will read two or three shades darker than the sample. Go lighter than you think you need.
Shade from trees or a neighbouring house
Permanent shade encourages algae on pale colours, particularly on a north elevation. A mid or dark shade is more practical.
Artificial light at night
A warm porch light pushes a colour yellow. A cool white LED pushes it blue. Look at your sample under your actual porch light before deciding.
Hardware, glazing and the details that finish it
The furniture set matters more than the shade
A well chosen colour with mismatched hardware looks worse than an ordinary colour with a coherent set. Handle, letter plate, knocker, numerals, escutcheon and hinges should all be the same finish. We stock over 2,900 door hardware products, including over 2,500 door handles, over 280 pull handle products and over 210 handles on backplate.
Which finish for which colour
Polished and aged brass for black, green, burgundy and cream. Satin chrome and satin nickel for navy, grey and white. Matt black for white, pale grey and pale blue.
Handle packs make coordination easy
Buying a matched pack removes the risk of ending up with two slightly different chromes. Our over 280 handle packs start at £8.99.
Locks and security
The colour decision is a good moment to review the lock. We list over 720 locks and latches from £1.92 and 3 deadlocks.
Hinges
An external door on tired hinges will drop and then bind, whatever colour it is. Our over 20 butt hinges start at £5.61 within a range of over 350 hinge products, and our guide on where to fit door hinges covers positioning.
Glazing in the door
Clear, frosted, reeded or leaded glazing changes the character as much as the colour. Our over 30 glazed external doors start at £274.81, and internally we carry over 110 clear glazed doors, over 20 frosted glazed doors and 7 reeded glazed doors.
Letter plate position
A letter plate in the wrong place is the most common thing that spoils an otherwise good door. Horizontal on the middle rail for a traditional door, vertical on the stile for a contemporary one.
House numbers
Simple numerals in the same finish as the handle, on the door or on the wall beside it, never both. Scale them to the door, not to the number.
Door bell and intercom
A wired or video bell mounted on the frame rather than on the leaf keeps the door face clean and avoids drilling through a factory finish.
Threshold and weather bar
Whatever the colour, an external door needs a functioning threshold and weather bar. Our guides to draughty doors and door U values cover the performance side.
Door stops and protection
A stop prevents the leaf from swinging into the porch wall and taking your new finish with it. We list over 30 door stops from £10.88.
Seasonal decoration
A wreath is the easiest way to change a frontage without changing the paint. Our notes on front door wreath ideas and how to hang a wreath cover doing it without damaging the finish.
Painting a timber front door properly
Choose your weather window
Dry, above about ten degrees, and with several dry hours ahead. Painting a front door in British weather is mostly a matter of picking the right day.
Decide whether to take the door off
Laying a door flat gives a far better finish and lets you seal the top and bottom edges, which is where most exterior doors fail. It also leaves you with a hole in the front of your house for a day, so plan accordingly.
Remove the furniture, do not mask it
Taking the handle, letter plate and numerals off takes twenty minutes and saves an hour of fiddly cutting in, and the result is incomparably better.
Clean before you sand
Sugar soap first. Sanding a dirty door grinds the dirt into the surface.
Sand to a key, not to bare wood
Unless the existing finish is failing, you only need to dull the sheen so the new coat can grip. Full stripping is a much bigger job and is rarely necessary.
Prime bare and repaired areas
Any bare timber, any filler and any knots need primer, and knots need a knotting solution first or they will bleed through.
Seal the top and bottom edges
The single most skipped step and the single most common point of failure. The bottom edge takes splash and the top edge takes anything that runs down the frame.
Two thin topcoats, not one thick one
Thin coats cure properly and do not run. A thick coat sags on a vertical panel and stays soft for weeks.
Work in the right order
Mouldings and panel recesses first, then the panel faces, then the rails, then the stiles, then the edges. Working outwards means you never brush over a drying edge.
Do not close the door on wet paint
Fresh paint on the meeting edges will stick to the frame seal. Leave it open, or paint the edges first thing and the faces afterwards.
Refit the furniture once cured, not once dry
Touch dry is not cured. Screwing a letter plate into paint that is still soft will leave a permanent impression.
Keep a labelled tin
Write the brand, colour, sheen and date somewhere you will find it in four years. Touching in a scuff is a five minute job if you know what the colour is.
Maintenance afterwards
Wash the door twice a year and touch in chips as they appear. Our notes on maintaining painted doors and painting a door cover the technique in more detail.
Working at height
Front doors are at ground level, but if you are also painting a fanlight or a porch above single storey height, pay a professional with proper access rather than improvising off a ladder.
Does front door colour affect your home's value?
What can honestly be said
The front door is the focal point of a frontage and it appears in the first photograph of almost every property listing. Beyond that, we are not going to quote you a percentage uplift, because any specific figure would be invented.
The neutral argument
Black, navy, dark green and charcoal are the safest shades if resale is the priority. They photograph well, suit the widest range of tastes, and signal maintenance rather than personality.
The counter argument
A tired, faded, peeling door in a neutral colour does far more damage than a well maintained door in an unusual one. Condition matters more than shade, and it is the cheaper of the two to fix.
If you are selling within a year
A fresh coat in a confident neutral is one of the highest return jobs available on a frontage, because the cost is a tin of paint and an afternoon.
If you are staying
Please yourself. You will look at this door several times a day for years and a prospective buyer will look at it for thirty seconds.
What not to do before selling
Do not paint a composite door with ordinary paint to freshen it up. It will flake within months and it looks considerably worse than the tired original.
The frontage as a whole
A good door colour with a cracked path, a wheelie bin in view and dead planting achieves very little. Our notes on preparing the exterior for house viewings and front garden inspiration cover the wider picture.
Common mistakes
Choosing from a screen
Monitors cannot show a dark saturated exterior colour accurately, and listing photographs are edited. Always get a physical sample outdoors.
Testing on the door instead of on card
A patch of new colour on an old door tells you almost nothing, because the surrounding old finish distorts your perception of it.
Ignoring the window frames
The frames are a much larger area than the door and they are not going to change. Work with them.
Painting a composite door
It will flake. There is no ordinary paint that reliably keys to a glass reinforced plastic skin.
Forgetting the top and bottom edges
Water gets in at the edges and pushes the finish off from behind. Seal all six faces.
Choosing a colour without checking permission
Listed buildings, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, estate covenants and leases can all restrict this. Ask first.
Matching the door exactly to the frames
The door disappears. Go a step or two darker.
Bright white on a north facing door
It will look grey most of the year and will grow algae in the shade.
Bold colour plus bold hardware plus bold planting
Pick one. Three statements read as no statement at all.
Buying a composite door in a colour you like on a screen
With composite you get the colour once. Ask to see a physical sample of the exact RAL before ordering.
Repainting over failing paint
New paint over flaking paint flakes off with the old paint underneath it. Deal with the failure first.
Using interior paint outside
It will not survive a British winter. Exterior grade only, and follow the manufacturer instructions for coats and drying times.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most popular front door colour in the UK?
Anthracite grey and black dominate factory finished doors, which is reflected in our own stock where thirteen of eighteen composite doors are a grey and four are black. On timber doors, black, navy and dark green are the traditional favourites.
Can I paint a composite front door?
Not reliably with ordinary paint. The glass reinforced plastic skin does not accept a decorative coating well and the finish will flake, especially in sun and along the edges.
Can I paint a uPVC front door?
Specialist uPVC spray systems exist and are used commercially, but this is trade work rather than a DIY job, and a poor application looks worse than the original.
Do I need permission to change my front door colour?
Usually not, but listed building consent, conservation area rules, an Article 4 direction, a new build covenant or a leasehold agreement can all restrict it. Check with your local planning authority, your freeholder or your management company.
What colour front door goes with red brick?
Black, navy, dark green, burgundy and off white all work well. Avoid anything in the same red family as the brick.
What colour goes with anthracite windows?
Anthracite grey for a coordinated look, or black for a slightly stronger contrast. A pale door with anthracite frames can work but needs the hardware to tie it together.
Is a black front door a good idea?
It is the safest strong colour on almost any British frontage. The only real drawback is heat absorption on a south facing door with no porch.
How often should a painted front door be repainted?
Every three to six years on a timber door, depending on exposure and orientation. A door under a porch will go considerably longer than one in full sun and rain.
What sheen should I use on a front door?
Satin is the current default and is the most forgiving. Gloss is more traditional and shows every imperfection. Matt looks superb briefly and marks easily.
What is RAL 7016?
Anthracite grey, the RAL reference that became the standard alternative to white on replacement windows and doors in Britain. Quoting the RAL number is how you guarantee a match.
Should the front door match the garage door?
Coordinating them is usually better than matching them exactly, particularly if the garage door is much larger. Matching the frames on both is more important than matching the leaves.
Can I change the colour of a leasehold flat door?
Very often not, and a flat entrance door may also have a fire performance function. Ask your management company before altering anything.
Does my front door need to be a fire door?
A house front door normally does not, but a flat entrance door in a block usually does, and altering or refinishing it can affect its performance. We stock over 240 fire doors from £87.39 and over 150 FD30 fire doors, and our overview of fire doors and where they are needed is the place to start. Confirm your position with your local building control body or a fire risk assessor.
Will a bold colour hurt my resale value?
A well maintained door in an unusual colour is not a problem. A neglected door in any colour is. If you are selling imminently, a confident neutral is the safer bet.
Do I need to paint the inside face the same colour?
No, and most people do not. The inside face is usually painted to suit the hallway, which is why a black exterior with a white or hallway matched interior is so common.
Choosing your front door with Doors2Floors
Doors2Floors has supplied doors and flooring to homes and businesses across the UK. We stock over 90 external doors from £86.79, 18 composite external doors from £725.00, over 30 glazed external doors from £274.81, 2 external frames and 16 BCD products, alongside over 2,900 door hardware products, over 280 handle packs from £8.99 and over 30 door stops from £10.88. Inside the house we carry over 710 internal doors from £30.84, over 110 black internal doors and over 60 grey internal doors if you want to carry the scheme through.
Related guides
- The black front door guide
- The grey composite door guide
- Front door costs and considerations
- Cleaning and maintaining a wooden front door
- Maintaining painted doors
- How to paint a door
- Door U values explained
- How to deal with draughty doors
- The door handles guide
- Preparing your exterior for house viewings
- Front garden inspiration
- Front door wreath ideas
- Stable doors explained
- How to measure a door
Still not sure?
If you are choosing between two shades, or you want to know which of our composite colours would sit best against your brick, get in touch with our team and describe the frontage. Brick or render colour, window frame colour and which way the door faces are the three things that decide it.
Product counts, colours and prices shown here are correct at the time of writing and are subject to change. Follow the manufacturer instructions for any paint or primer you use. Homes decorated before 1992 may contain lead paint, which should not be dry sanded or burned off. Listed building consent, conservation area rules, Article 4 directions, estate covenants and leasehold agreements may restrict changing a front door or its colour, so confirm your position with your local planning authority, freeholder or management company. Flat entrance doors may have a fire performance function, which should be confirmed with your local building control body or a fire risk assessor.