Plastic doors are crap. They look awful and the threshold is a pain.

Put in a proper HW door and frame, and if security is a problem, then you
can fit a multipoint lock to the door and rebate a steel strip into the
closing jamb of the frame (prevents it spliting if forced).

Statisticly, most break ins are not via the front door, and unless a glazed
or ply panelled door, the weakest point is the frame.

You can get composite doors that are the same as normal doors, but faced
with PVCu plastic. These are best of both worlds

dg


"Simon" wrote in message
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Hi,

We live in an Edwardian semi about 100yds from the sea (plenty of
wind, salt, etc..). The front door is currently a very old aluminium
double glazed door with 2 main glass panels (an somewhat un-attractive
yellow) that is continuously cold to the touch - and very very ugly.
We have just replaced the double glazing (uPVC) and now want to tackle
the front door.

I cannot decide between wooden or uPVC door:
Wooden doors are far more attractive, good range of doors (new or
salvage) to choose from, can be repainted on a whim, accept different
door furniture easily,
uPVC doors are generally white only, limited range, have a high
threshold, are draughtproof, never need maintenance.

Which is the most secure? I have read enough posts here to know that
this answer is a heated topic of discussion.

A chippie who lives next door says he would not put in a wooden door
(turning down potential business!) because of where we live.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

Simon.