"Brad J" wrote
| Avoid the doors that have a 'fanlight' style of glass within
| the door. They look naff. Doors should be panelled and the
| fanlight should be part of the door frame *above the door*
| Oh, don't say that!

Sorry if truth hurts :-)

| It was one of those fanlight doors that took my fancy! (I take
| it that by "fanlight" you mean that semi-circular section of
| glass at the top of the door, divided into segments with
| separating struts, yes?)

Yes.

And some of those doors are made in two layers with the glass put in the
middle and the whole lot sandwiched together, so almost impossible to
reglaze. If you want glazed, look for internal hardwood glazing beads.

| Anyway, I'll take your comment on board and digest it. I need
| something that has no glass at eye level or below, but I do need
| some light coming in.

A glazed or part glazed door into an adjacent room will probably give more
light into the hall, including at night from the room's electric light.

| The door is only a karate kick's distance from a street that
| sometimes has rowdy yobs walking down it late at night.

Then you want hardwood or wood-steel-wood sandwich. Plastic doors are
vulnerable to cigarettes and lighters, spray paints, solvents, etc.

You can still get multipoint locking systems for timber doors and hinge
bolts would be a good idea too (as would a spyhole unless you have CCTV).

Owain