"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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On 17/12/2010 12:31, Tim W wrote:
I have a small old stone outbuilding in the garden which I am slowly
making
warm and dry. It might be used as an office, or a workshop or a
teenagers'
vice den. The door is a rotten old ill fitting ledge and brace affair
which
I want to retain so the outside is unchanged. I want to hang a second,
inward opening door on the inside of the door frame which will be draught
proof, well insulated for sound and heat and let in the maximum of light
so
I can open the outer door and get the light through the inner door.

So I need a simple, modern, single pane, double glazed odd size door to
go
in an existing wood frame. I know about joinery and one option is to make
a
plain wooden door, but I don't know about aluminium, upvc, or even plain
glass. What are the alternatives to wood?



It's easy enough to get an aluminium or uPVC door made up to your own
dimensions, but these would normally come complete with a frame designed
to fit into an aperture in brickwork. A uPVC frame - in particular - needs
to be firmly attached to brickwork to give it the necessary rigidity. I
don't think that you can easily fit aluminium or uPVC doors into an
existing wooden frame.

Thanks, I wondered if that might be so. I could attach an alu frame inside
the existing.

I don't quite understand how your suggestion is going to work anyway. How
deep is the frame - is there room for *another* door in addition to the
existing one? Are the doors going to be virtually touching each other?
What about space for handles/knobs etc. (i.e. inner handle on existing
door and outer handle on new door)?

The existing timber door frame is 3" x 5" softwood in good shape, so yes
there is just enough space, I might need to add a bit to it and I will need
to make sure the handles don't clash.

Tim W