Internal doors are the most touched, least considered surface in a British home. You open them dozens of times a day, they frame every sight line between rooms, and yet most people choose them in the last five minutes of a renovation from whatever the merchant has in stock.
This guide sets out what is genuinely moving in UK internal doors: the shapes, the glazing, the colours, the materials, the sizes and the hardware. We have deliberately removed the year from the body of this guide, because a trend piece that is pinned to a single year is out of date twelve months later and stops being useful to the person reading it. What follows is written to stay true across seasons, and it is updated as our range changes.
Doors2Floors has supplied doors and flooring to homes and businesses across the UK. Everything below is anchored to what we actually stock: over 710 internal doors, over 290 internal oak doors, over 280 glazed internal doors and over 280 lines of door hardware. Where we quote a price it is our own live price, not an industry average.
How to read a door trend without wasting money
A trend is only useful if it survives contact with your hallway, your budget and the next buyer of your house. Three filters make that judgement easy.
Separate the trend from the fashion
A trend is a slow shift, like the move from moulded panels towards flat and flush faces, which has been running for years. A fashion is a single detail that dates hard, like a novelty print. Spend on the trend, borrow the fashion with paint or hardware.
Think in three layers
Every internal door decision is a leaf, a glass and a set of ironmongery. The leaf is the expensive, permanent layer. The glass is semi permanent. The hardware is cheap and changeable. Put your risk in the layer you can swap.
Choose resale neutral for the leaf
Flush, shaker, cottage and four panel faces are the shapes that read as normal to almost every UK buyer. If you want to be bold, be bold in the colour or in one hero opening, not across sixteen doors.
Count your openings before you fall in love
The difference between a £55 door and a £250 door multiplied across a three bedroom house is the whole project budget. Our budget internal door guide is the honest starting point if the number of openings is high.
Why we stopped dating this guide
Dated headings are the reason so much door content is useless. A guide that promises the trends of one specific year cannot tell you whether the advice still holds. This one is written to be checked against a live range instead.
What our own range tells you
Range depth is a reasonable proxy for demand. We carry over 350 fully finished internal doors against over 80 unfinished internal doors, which tells you how strongly the market has moved towards doors that arrive ready to hang.
Where to start if you are replacing everything
Measure first, choose the leaf second, then the glass, then the hardware, then the frames and trim. Reversing that order is how people end up with a door that will not fit the opening. Read how to measure a door and internal door sizes in the UK before you order.
Shapes and silhouettes people are actually choosing
The face of the door is the part you cannot change later, so it deserves the most thought and the least fashion.
Flush and smooth faces
Flat faces continue to dominate contemporary schemes because they disappear into the wall and let everything else speak. The LPD white primed flush door at £30.84 is the cheapest way into the look, and the Deanta flush light grey ash at £158.25 is the same idea in a considered finish.
Shaker, the safest strong choice
A shaker face reads as classic in a period house and clean in a new build, which is why it never really leaves. Our 9 shaker doors start at £106.50 for the four panel primed white, with an unfinished oak version at £122.00.
Cottage and vertical grooves
Vertical groove and cottage faces have come back strongly with the wider return to texture. We list 11 cottage doors, with the smooth cottage white primed door at £55.99 as the volume option.
Ladder and horizontal designs
Horizontal or ladder style rails give a wider, calmer look on a tall opening. We keep this as a small group of 2 ladder doors, starting with the smooth white primed ladder door at £70.45.
Textured and moulded panels
Textured moulded faces are the practical middle ground: panelled detail at flush door money. The LPD textured vertical five panel grey door at £118.15 shows how far the finish quality has come.
Industrial grid and Crittall style
The black framed grid look has moved from commercial spaces into UK homes and it is still growing. It works best where you need light and separation at the same time, which is why it appears most often between a kitchen and a living space.
Arched openings, realistically
Arched and curved openings photograph beautifully and involve structural work, a bespoke lining and a bespoke leaf. If you want the shape without the build cost, the honest answer is an arched opening with no door at all, or a curved architrave detail.
Curved and rounded leaves
Genuinely curved door leaves are a bespoke joinery product rather than a stocked item anywhere in the mainstream UK market. Treat them as a design commission, and budget accordingly.
Room dividers and double openings
A pair of doors or a full divider turns two rooms into one flexible space. We stock 17 room dividers, including the LPD Soho W4 black divider at £498.06 and the Malvern W4 black at £498.09.
Matching new doors to old
In a period property, the honest choices are to match the existing leaves closely or to change them all. A single modern flush door in a hall of four panel Victorian doors reads as a mistake rather than a mix. Our guide to traditional versus modern internal doors works through it.
Glazing, the biggest single shift in internal doors
British houses are short of natural light for most of the year, which is why glass in internal doors has moved from a rare option to a default consideration.
Clear glazed
Maximum light, no privacy. Best between a hall and a room you are happy to see into. We list over 110 clear glazed doors.
Reeded and fluted glass
Reeded glass is the standout: it moves light through while breaking up the view, and the vertical lines suit both period and modern rooms. Our 7 reeded glazed doors include the LPD Sutton black reeded door at £232.50, the blonde oak version at £250.00 and the Tribeca black at £265.78.
Frosted and obscure glass
Frosted glass is the sensible answer for bathrooms, en suites and utility rooms. Our over 20 frosted glazed doors start with the LPD Pattern 10 frosted primed door at £123.00, and the Vancouver 4L oak with frosted glass is £153.59.
Tinted and smoked glass
Tinted glass is the detail that makes a black door scheme feel deliberate. We keep 5 tinted glazed doors, including the Deanta Camden black with tinted glass at £242.35 and the Brixton black at £244.35.
How much glass, and where
One light borrows a little, four lights borrow a lot, and a full glazed leaf changes the room. Put the most glass where the darkest wall is, usually the hall, and keep bedrooms lower on glass for privacy and for sound.
Safety glass and low level glazing
Glazing in doors and in the areas beside them is a safety matter, not a style matter. Doors supplied for internal use in the UK are made with appropriate glass, but if you are having a leaf glazed locally, insist on the correct safety glass and ask for the specification in writing.
Glazed fire doors
A fire door can be glazed, but only with the specific glass and beading that the door was tested with. We carry over 50 glazed fire doors, such as the Mendes Corsica oak glazed door at £200.00. Never cut a hole in a fire door or reglaze one yourself.
Unglazed, for sound and calm
Solid unglazed leaves remain the better choice for bedrooms, offices and anywhere you want acoustic separation. We stock over 420 unglazed doors for exactly this reason.
Colour, and the correct UK spelling of matt
Colour is where trends move fastest and where mistakes are cheapest to correct. Note the spelling as well: in the UK a low sheen finish is matt, not matte, and the neutral grey is grey, not gray.
White primed, still the volume choice
White primed remains the default because it suits almost any scheme and because it can be painted any colour later. We list over 80 white primed internal doors, and our white internal doors guide compares the faces.
Black doors
Black has stopped being a statement and become a normal option, particularly with tinted or reeded glass and matt black hardware. We stock over 110 black internal doors from £77.50 for the Sydney laminated black.
Grey, past peak but not gone
Grey is no longer the automatic answer it was, but warm and greenish greys still sell steadily. We keep over 60 grey internal doors, and our grey internal doors guide narrows the tones.
Warm woods and blonde oak
The strongest single colour movement is back towards visible timber, especially lighter, blonder oak. Our over 290 oak internal doors start at £87.75 for the Belize unfinished oak, and are oak internal doors worth it answers the cost question honestly.
Walnut and darker timbers
Walnut is a smaller, steadier market that suits mid century and warm contemporary interiors. We list over 30 walnut internal doors, including the Vancouver walnut at £167.45. Compare the two woods in oak versus walnut.
Beige, greige and warm neutrals
Warm neutrals have quietly replaced cool grey as the safe modern choice. On doors this usually means a primed leaf painted in a warm off white rather than a factory colour, which is another argument for primed.
Deep greens, blues and heritage colours
These almost always arrive as paint on a primed door rather than as a stocked finish, which is good news: you can have any heritage colour you like for the price of a tin. Read how to paint an internal door first, because the preparation is the whole job.
Matt against satin
Matt hides fingerprints and reads as contemporary. Satin cleans more easily and lasts better on a door that children use. On a busy family hallway, satin is usually the more practical decision even when matt is the more fashionable one.
Two tone and painting one side
Painting the hall side of every door one colour and the room side another is a cheap, reversible way to get a designed look. Keep the hall side consistent so the sight line down the landing stays calm.
Pine and stained finishes
Pine is a small part of the market now, largely for cottages and for anyone staining to match existing joinery. We keep 6 pine internal doors. Remember that a stain is a colourant and gives no protection on its own, so it still needs a finish over the top.
Material: solid core, hollow core, laminate or primed
The construction of the leaf decides how the door sounds, how it wears and how long it lasts. It matters more than the colour and gets discussed far less.
Hollow core
Light, cheap and fine for a spare bedroom or a cupboard. It sounds hollow, dents easily and cannot take heavy ironmongery. Our hollow core versus solid core guide sets out the trade offs in detail.
Solid core
Heavier, quieter, more expensive and far more satisfying to use. If you are only upgrading some doors, upgrade the ones on bedrooms, bathrooms and any home office.
Laminate
Laminate has improved enormously and is now the honest best buy for rentals, family homes and anywhere with dogs. We list over 20 laminated internal doors from £75.00 for the Sydney white.
Real wood veneer
Veneer gives genuine timber grain over an engineered core, which is more stable than solid timber in a centrally heated house. It can be sanded and refinished carefully once or twice, but not repeatedly.
Primed MDF
Primed MDF is the most paint friendly surface available and is why so many designers specify it. It is not a moisture friendly product, so keep it away from unventilated bathrooms and utility rooms with a tumble dryer.
Pre finished against unfinished
Pre finished doors arrive ready and remove the largest cause of delay on site. Unfinished doors let you match existing joinery exactly and cost less up front, but the finishing work is real work. Our comparison of pre finished, unfinished and primed doors goes through it, and internal door finishes covers the products.
Finishing an unfinished door properly
All six faces need finishing, including the top and bottom edges, because that is where moisture gets in and where doors start to move. We supply clear flat matt hardwax oil at £21.96 and the soft satin version at £21.96.
Oil soaked cloths are a fire risk
Rags used with oil finishes can self heat as they dry and start a fire. Dry them flat outdoors or submerge them in water in a sealed metal container. Never leave them balled up in a bin bag or a bucket.
Moisture, bathrooms and utility rooms
Most door movement complaints are humidity, not manufacturing. Ventilate while decorating, do not fit a door into a freshly plastered room, and let doors acclimatise flat in the room where they will hang. See stopping doors swelling.
Cost per door across a whole house
Work out the total before you commit to a finish. Sixteen doors at £30.84 and sixteen doors at £250.00 are different projects. Our internal door fitting cost guide covers the labour side.
What the material does to sound
Mass stops sound. A solid core leaf with a decent seal will make more difference to a home office than any amount of soft furnishing, and it is the single most underrated upgrade in this whole guide.
Size: taller, wider and the limits of trimming
Doors have grown. Where standard used to be almost universal, taller leaves are now a routine request, and they change the proportions of a room dramatically.
The common UK sizes
Most British homes work around a small set of imperial derived sizes, and most stocked doors are cut to them. Our UK internal door sizes guide lists them properly so you can identify what you already have.
Why taller doors look expensive
A taller leaf lifts the eye and makes the ceiling read as higher. It is the cheapest visual trick in interior design and it costs nothing extra if the opening already suits it.
Going taller in an existing opening
This means altering the structural opening, the lining and the trim. It is a builder job, not a door job, so price the building work before you fall in love with the proportions.
Trimming allowances
Every door has a stated allowance for trimming, usually a small amount off each edge. Exceed it and you cut into the lock block or the stiles and the door is scrap. Check the manufacturer figure for the specific door.
Never trim a fire door beyond its certification
Fire doors have tight, specific allowances and cutting past them voids the certification. If a fire door does not fit, get a different size, not a saw.
Planing without wrecking the door
Take material off gradually, off the hinge edge where possible, and finish any exposed surface immediately. Our guide to planing a door covers the method.
Frames, linings and the forgotten cost
New doors in old linings often disappoint. We supply over 30 internal frames and 16 door architraves, and the architrave guide explains how the profile changes the look of the whole opening.
Skirting that matches
Nothing undermines new doors faster than tired skirting. We keep 16 skirting lines, including the Deanta primed shaker skirting pack at £70.00 and the half splayed profile at £70.00.
Hardware, the detail that dates a door fastest
Ironmongery is the cheapest layer to change and the fastest to look old. It is also where most of the current design energy actually sits.
Matt black
Matt black is the dominant contemporary finish and it pairs with almost every door colour. Options include the Carlisle Brass Manital matt black lever set at £45.65, the matt black master lever on a round rose at £52.27 and the D2F wing lever at £38.23.
Satin nickel and chrome
Satin nickel is the quiet, forgiving choice that hides fingerprints and suits almost any scheme. The Carlisle Cinquanta satin nickel lever is £11.10 and the Pronta lever is £11.71.
Brass and warm metals
Warm metals have returned strongly. Unlacquered brass will tarnish and then patinate, which some people love and others hate, so decide which camp you are in before you buy sixteen sets. Our guide on maintaining brass handles covers the upkeep.
Lever or knob
Levers are easier for children, for older hands and for anyone carrying something. Knobs suit period doors and look neater, but they need a stronger grip. We stock over 40 door knobs alongside over 2,500 door handles.
Rose or backplate
A rose is a small round fixing that suits flush and contemporary doors. A backplate suits panelled and period doors and hides older fixing holes, which is useful on a refurbishment. We list over 210 handles on back plates.
Pull handles and flush fittings
Sliding doors, pocket doors and pantry doors need pulls rather than levers. Our range covers over 280 pull handles and over 20 flush bolts for double doors.
Handle packs for whole house consistency
If you are doing every door, a pack works out cheaper and guarantees the finishes match. We list over 280 handle packs, and our door handles guide explains latch, lock and bathroom variants.
Magnetic latches, the quiet upgrade
Magnetic latches remove the mechanical click and give a much softer close, which is why they appear in higher end schemes. Examples in our range include the LPD Manhattan privacy magnetic latch at £34.74 and the D2F matt black magnetic latch at £41.55.
Hinges, matched and correctly positioned
Three hinges on a heavy leaf, matched to the handle finish, in the right positions. We carry over 350 door hinges and over 50 fire rated hinges, and where to fit door hinges explains the geometry that stops a leaf sagging.
Locks, latches and privacy
Bathrooms need a privacy set with a turn and release, bedrooms usually need nothing, and a home office sometimes needs a key. We stock over 720 items in locks and latches, including euro cylinders from £18.95.
Door stops instead of wedges
A proper stop protects the wall and the handle. We list over 30 door stops from £10.88. Never use a wedge or a floor stop on a fire door.
Fixing a handle that has gone loose
Loose handles are almost always a spindle or a fixing issue rather than a failed handle. Our guide to fixing a loose door handle saves you buying a replacement you do not need.
Space saving doors, honestly compared
Space saving door types are heavily marketed and only some of them suit a typical British house. Here is what each one actually asks of you.
Sliding doors on a track
A surface mounted track needs clear wall beside the opening equal to the door width, and it will not seal like a hinged door. Great for a dressing room, poor for a bathroom next to a bedroom. We stock 16 sliding door kit systems.
Pocket door systems
Pocket doors vanish into the wall and give the cleanest result of any space saving option, but they need a stud cavity built for them. Our 4 pocket door systems include the Ermetika EvoKit for a 100mm wall at £298.99 and the frameless Absolute EvoKit at £349.99.
What a pocket door cannot do
It cannot be fitted into a solid masonry wall without significant building work, it cannot carry heavy ironmongery, and it is harder to service later. Decide with your eyes open rather than after the plasterboard is up.
Bi-fold doors
Internal bi-folds suit wardrobes, airing cupboards and narrow utility openings where a hinged leaf would block the space. We list 15 bi-fold doors from £131.35 for the textured four panel, with a six panel at £136.60. See how bi-fold doors work and bi-fold door ideas.
Room dividers for open plan
If your problem is that open plan is too open, a divider gives you separation on demand without losing the light. Our 17 room dividers are the industrial grid look done as a system.
Barn and gate style doors
A barn door on an exposed track is a strong look that needs a lot of clear wall and gives almost no sound or smell separation. It is a feature, not a solution for a bathroom or a kitchen.
What actually fits a small UK hallway
In most terraced and semi detached halls the honest answer is a normal hinged door hung to open into the room, with a glazed or reeded panel to move light. Everything else needs space the hall does not have.
Quiet houses: acoustics as a design priority
Noise has become one of the most common complaints in modern UK housing, and doors are a large part of the answer.
Mass first
A solid core leaf does more than any accessory. If the budget only stretches to two upgraded doors, put them on the room where someone works and the room where someone sleeps.
Gaps do the damage
Sound follows air. A large gap under a door undoes an expensive leaf, so address the threshold, but never block a gap or a vent that provides ventilation to an appliance or to a room that needs it.
Latch noise and soft closing
The click of a latch at midnight is what people actually notice. Magnetic latches and well adjusted keeps remove most of it.
Slamming
Slamming is usually air pressure and hinge geometry rather than carelessness. Our guide to door slamming explains the safe fixes, and the unsafe ones to avoid on any fire door.
Squeaks
A squeak is a dry pin or a stressed hinge. Fix it properly rather than repeatedly, with stopping doors squeaking.
Panelling and soft surfaces
Hard hallways echo. Panelling and floor coverings both take the edge off. We stock 15 wall panelling options, 5 traditional wall panels and 10 acoustic wall panels, and our panelling guide covers layout.
Floors and footfall
Hard floors amplify footfall through a house. Rugs and runners help, and our rug guide covers pairing them with hard flooring.
Sustainability claims, and how to check them
Almost every door is now marketed as sustainable, which makes the word close to useless. These are the questions that get you a real answer.
Ask for the certification, not the adjective
FSC and PEFC are the recognised chain of custody schemes for timber. Ask which one applies to the specific product, and be sceptical of any supplier that answers with an adjective instead of a scheme.
Veneer is usually the lower impact choice
A thin veneer over an engineered core uses far less slow grown hardwood than a solid leaf and is more stable in a heated house. That is a genuine environmental argument, not a marketing one.
Longevity is the real green metric
The greenest door is the one you do not replace in eight years. Solid construction, a repairable finish and a shape that will not embarrass you later beat any eco label.
Repairable finishes
Oiled and painted finishes can be repaired locally. A damaged foil or laminate face cannot. That matters more over twenty years than the material the core is made from.
What we can and cannot verify
We can tell you what our suppliers state and what our stock is. We cannot verify a manufacturing claim we have not seen evidence for, and we will not repeat one as though we had.
Reusing existing doors
If you have sound period doors, stripping and refinishing them is almost always cheaper and greener than replacing them. Our guides on maintaining oak doors and maintaining painted doors cover the work.
Fire doors inside a design scheme
Fire doors are a legal and safety subject first and a design subject second, and the two do not have to conflict.
Where they are typically needed
Requirements depend on the building, the tenure and the nation within the UK, and they are stricter in flats, in houses with loft conversions and in anything let or shared. Do not take a specification from a blog. Our overview of fire doors, what, why and where explains the questions to ask your building control body.
Design continuity across fire and non fire openings
Most of our popular faces exist as both a standard and a fire rated leaf, so a scheme can stay visually consistent. The LPD white primed flush fire door is £87.39, the textured four panel fire door is £94.50 and the Sydney laminated white fire door is £123.50.
Our fire door range
We stock over 240 fire doors, of which over 150 are FD30 and 8 are FD60. Materials are covered in fire door materials.
What you must never do to a fire door
Never cut it beyond the stated allowance, never fit a cat flap or a letter plate, never remove a closer, never reglaze it yourself, never fit adhesive hardware and never wedge or prop it open. Any of these can void the certification.
Hardware has to be rated too
A fire door is a whole assembly, which includes the hinges, the intumescent seals, the closer and the frame. Fire rated hinges are a separate product, and we list over 50 fire rated hinges for that reason.
When to bring in a professional
If the door is in a flat, a shared entrance, a loft conversion, a let property or any regulated premises, get a competent person or your building control body to confirm the specification before you buy anything.
Room by room, what suits where
The right door is a room level decision, not a house level one. This is the short version.
Hallway and landing
Glass where the hall is dark, consistent colour on the hall face of every leaf, and the best hardware in the house because it is the most seen.
Living room
Solid or glazed depending on whether you want the room to feel connected or separate. This is the opening where a reeded or tinted glazed door earns its money.
Kitchen and dining
Wipeable finish, glass to link the space, and a leaf that can take being knocked by trays and children. Laminate performs better here than a delicate painted finish.
Bathroom and en suite
Frosted or obscure glass if any, a privacy latch, and a finish that tolerates humidity. Ventilate properly and never seal up an extract vent.
Bedrooms
Solid core, unglazed, quiet latch. Sound and darkness matter more than light borrowing here.
Home office
The single best case for a solid core leaf and a magnetic latch. It changes the experience of every call you take.
Utility and boot room
Durability over beauty. Laminate, a robust handle and a door that closes on a slightly uneven floor.
Under stairs and cupboards
Where budget belongs at its lowest. A flush primed leaf at £30.84 painted to match the wall disappears completely, which is usually the goal.
Loft conversions
Almost always a regulated fire door situation. Confirm with building control before you choose on looks.
Integral garage doors
Typically a fire door with specific requirements. Treat it as a compliance item, not a design item.
What it costs from our range
Our live prices, so you can budget from a real floor rather than a guess.
Entry level
From £30.84 for a white primed flush leaf and £55.99 for a smooth cottage door.
Mid range finished doors
£75.00 for laminated white, £77.50 for laminated black, £118.15 for the textured grey five panel.
Oak
£87.75 for unfinished Belize oak, £92.25 for Carini, £101.25 for Mexicano.
Shaker
£106.50 primed, £122.00 in unfinished oak, £126.00 for the four light glazed.
Glazed and reeded
£123.00 frosted, £232.50 reeded black, £242.35 tinted black.
Walnut and premium finishes
£167.45 for Vancouver walnut and £167.75 for the Deanta flush walnut.
Systems
Pocket door systems from £298.99, bi-folds from £131.35, room dividers from £498.06.
Hardware
Levers from £11.10, matt black sets from £38.23, magnetic latches from £34.74, stops from £11.21.
Where the brands sit
502 lines from LPD, 258 from Deanta, 40 from Mendes, over 90 under our own label, 1,461 from Carlisle Brass, 849 from Atlantic UK, 157 from Zoo Hardware and over 120 in D2F accessories. Reduced lines sit in over 20 clearance doors.
Trends not worth your money
Some ideas photograph well and live badly. These are the ones we would talk a friend out of.
Novelty printed faces
A printed mural on a door is the fastest dating detail available and it is expensive to undo.
High gloss everything
Full gloss shows every fingerprint, every dent and every imperfection in the substrate, and it is unforgiving to touch up.
Mirrored leaves in a busy house
Heavy, hard to keep clean and a genuine hazard if the glass is not correctly specified. Reserve it for a wardrobe, if at all.
Barn doors on narrow halls
They need clear wall, they rattle, and they do nothing for sound or smell. In a small hall they are a mistake with a very good publicist.
Painting straight over a laminate or foil face
Paint does not key to a foil surface without proper preparation and it peels at the edges within months. Buy a primed leaf instead.
Smart locks on internal doors
Batteries, apps and firmware on a bedroom door solve a problem almost nobody has, and they fail at the worst possible moment.
Chasing a colour of the year
Colour of the year announcements are a marketing exercise. If a shade genuinely suits your house, use it. If you only heard about it in December, wait.
Frequently asked questions
Is it matt or matte in the UK?
Matt. Matte is the American spelling. Similarly it is grey, not gray, and colour, not color.
Are grey internal doors out of date?
No, but grey is no longer the default. Warmer greys and greiges are selling better than cool blue greys, and we still stock 59 grey doors because demand is real.
What is the most popular internal door in the UK?
Primed white in a flush or shaker face remains the volume choice because it is cheap, paintable and suits everything. Oak is the strongest premium alternative.
Is reeded glass a passing fashion?
Reeded glass has been in and out of British interiors for a century, which makes it a recurring classic rather than a novelty. It also solves a real problem, which is light without exposure.
Should I buy pre finished or unfinished doors?
Pre finished if you want it done and consistent. Unfinished if you need to match existing joinery or you genuinely enjoy finishing. Budget the finishing time honestly.
Do taller doors add value?
They change how a space feels, which is not the same as a measurable price uplift. We are a supplier, not a valuer, and we will not quote you a percentage.
Can I paint an oak veneer door white?
You can, but you will lose the reason you paid for oak and the grain may telegraph through. If you want white, buy primed and save the money.
How many hinges does an internal door need?
Two for a light hollow core leaf, three for anything solid, heavy or fire rated. Fire doors need fire rated hinges and specific positions.
What is the quietest internal door setup?
A solid core leaf, a magnetic latch, three good hinges and a well fitted frame. That combination is quieter than any single expensive component.
Are pocket doors worth it?
In the right wall, yes, they are the cleanest space saving solution available. In a solid masonry wall, the building work usually outweighs the benefit.
Can I fit a normal door where a fire door is now?
Do not assume you can. If a fire door is fitted, there may be a regulatory reason. Ask your building control body before you change it.
How do I match new doors to my existing ones?
Match the number of panels and the panel proportions first, then the colour. A close panel match in a slightly different white looks intentional. A different panel layout never does.
What should I spend the extra money on?
Solid cores on bedrooms and offices, glass where the hall is dark, and hardware you touch every day. Everything else can be entry level.
Where do I start if I am on a tight budget?
Primed flush leaves, painted well, with one consistent handle across the house. That combination looks far better than a mix of mid priced doors and mismatched ironmongery.
Prices quoted are our live prices at the time of writing and are subject to change. Fire door and building regulation requirements vary by property type, tenure and nation within the UK, and are stricter for flats, shared entrances, loft conversions and let properties. Confirm any fire, structural or compliance question with your local building control body or another competent professional before you order or install.