The Importance of the Shop Front

Why does your shop front matter?

If you own or manage a shop, then you’ll probably have come up with an answer to that question. But let’s go over some of the potential answers. Your shop front is a high priority as it helps to establish your presence in the community for one, and helps let people know exactly what it is you’re selling. And if you’re wondering if the boom in online shopping has made the shop front no longer relevant – you’d be wrong. The shop front is still of primary importance to most businesses.

First impressions count

Of course shop fronts are as important as they ever were, allowing customers to see what you’re selling and letting them know your shop is the one to call at above all others. A well maintained shop front that’s attractive as well as eye catching can make quite an impression.

A shop front is an advert to what you’re selling. Yes, mass manufacturing and big chain retailers go hand in hand, but there is a slow but determined return to the smaller business owner who plays an important and prominent role in the community.

Maximised views of what’s beyond with awnings and recessed doorways help to bring the potential customer to the door, as well as making it look as appetising and attractive as possible.

Good shop front design is still important

Good shop front design is every bit as important as it once was – perhaps some shops have stopped trying, however, you can stand apart with well thought out and well-designed shop fronts and quality signage.

Yes – we know that many consumers now shop online, but this doesn’t mean that high street shopping is redundant just yet. Yes, you’re competing with a slick online presence, but the way you look after your physical store is every bit as important.

Never underestimate the importance of a physical presence - it still matters. It brings valuable physical interaction with consumers face to face, this can often lead to online and as well as offline business, so it’s important to take care of both.

Take care of business

Your shop front helps you to do business as well as gain more customers. As well as eager shoppers, a face to face presence also brings new business to the doorstep, with potential new contacts that could make the world of difference to you, your businesses and your future.

Maximum impact – maximum success

Naturally a great deal of thought needs to go into creating maximum impact with your shop front. It isn’t there as decoration it needs to be carefully thought out first. You need to think about a good layout, the design and the kind of characteristics and brands associated with your business. If you give this careful thought and consider your strategy, you can create a shop front with a powerful and distinct brand that is more powerful and far more effective than that of your competitors.

Your shop front says a lot about your business

Your shop front should reflect your business and your marketing strategy, modern, clean and minimalist for a technology business, a classic and more traditional shop front for a shop that trades on the past, a vintage fashion store or an old fashioned sweet shop maybe.

We can see that even though there’s a massive upsurge in businesses creating an online presence, it is still of utmost importance for a business to invest time and money in a good, well thought out shop front. You can establish your key position in your community as well as provide a tangible marketing tool that brings business to your doorstep and an advert for what unique services or products you provide.

If you need to talk to someone about giving your shop front a makeover, or creating one for a new business, get in touch and let’s talk. We like to listen and between the two of us, we can create a shop front that grabs attention – for all the right reasons.

Why Choose UPVC Doors?

UPVC doors are a stylish and practical choice when it comes to furnishing your home. Whether you are planning the change purely for yourself, or because you are interested in selling your home, UPVC doors will help add value to your property and give you peace of mind.

Here’s why UPVC doors are the right choice for your home.

Added security

UPVC doors are made around a galvanised steel core. This makes them incredibly strong, and extremely hard to break down. Their construction also makes it fiendishly difficult for people to pry them open using a crowbar. If you’re concerned about the contents of your home or about people trying to gain entry, UPVC front doors and UPVC external doors are the best choice for total safety.

UPVC Doors Do Not Lose Their Shape

A big problem with wooden doors is that over time they become damp and warped. If they lose their shape too much, you may have trouble closing them properly, and they may scrape against their own frame when opened or closed. This can be awkward and also produce unpleasant squeaking. UPVC doors are designed to stand up to the elements. Because they’re weatherproof they will not become misshapen over time.

UPVC External Doors Help Reduce Noise

These doors fit extremely well into their frame and are designed to close snugly. What this means is that it will be harder for sound to pass through the door, giving you a quieter and more peaceful home. This is especially useful if you live in a particularly noisy area, perhaps where there are lots of children, or in front of a busy road with cars constantly going back and forth.

Energy-Saving UPVC Doors

Because of their solid design and snug fit, UPVC external doors have great insulating properties. They help to prevent heat from leaving a room, ensuring you maintain a consistent temperature. This means that in the winter you will not be wasting money heating air which then leaves the room instead of keeping you warm, and in the summer rooms will be kept cool thanks to the cold air being retained. 

Low Maintenance

A quick wipe down and a little bit of oil on the hinges and locking mechanisms every now and then is all you need to do to keep your UPVC doors in top working condition and looking great. UPVC front doors may need a little extra cleaning than UPVC internal doors, but compared to wooden doors, they are simple and straightforward to look after.

Fantastic Quality UPVC doors, Professionally Installed

Now you know just why this type of door is perfect for your home, it’s time to get some more information on how we can help you. Contact us today to discuss UPVC front doors or UPVC internal doors.

A Guide to Our Bespoke Timber Door Range

Rather than spend a lot of time and money completely renovating your entire home in order to give it a new look, sometimes a simpler more cost effective method is better.

Bespoke Timber Doors – External and Internal

Changing your doors both inside and out is one way of improving your home without doing any drastic. Even this simple yet effective change can have enormous impact on thermal efficiency, security and fire protection, as well as what it will add aesthetically.

Bespoke Wooden Doors – All Types For All Types of Homes

You’ll be pleased to know that here at The Replacement Door Company we have a wide and versatile range of bespoke timber doors that look good, as well as protecting your home from the cold.

We provide both external and internal doors as well as specialist fire doors and doors that fold. We can also provide them in a variety of different woods.

Bespoke Internal Doors

All of our bespoke timber doors are made to the highest standard, and as with all our doors they’re made using the best craftsmanship, so your door will last as long as you need it to.

Oak – bespoke oak doors for your all your internal rooms can be designed in contemporary, modern styles. They’re robust and will withstand everything your family can throw at it and still provide the security, privacy and warmth you require.

Pine – This is a softwood and is popular as an bespoke internal door because it’s so versatile, you can have several different types, which we supply. They’re made to the highest standards and provide optimum stability for your door frame.

All our bespoke internal timber doors can be provided as FD30 fire doors for added fire protection.

External Bespoke Doors

External doors from hardwood or specially treated soft wood, you can have them glazed or unglazed, with sidelights or without.

However you choose your door, we can design it so it’s exactly to your specifications, so you get the type of door you’ve been dreaming of, one that matches your style and the architecture of your home perfectly. We can also provide pine wood doors, which make great back doors, and they can come finished or unfinished so you can stain and paint it yourself.

Bespoke Means Bespoke

When choosing bespoke front doors for your home, whether its external or internal you may want it to reflect a certain style, whether that be contemporary or classic, if that’s based on an historical design, then you’ll need it to be accurate in order to reflect the classic design you’ve chosen. Here at The Replacement Door Company, we listen and take on board what you want, and unless there are perfectly good reasons why we can’t provide the door you wanted, then we will strive to create it – exactly to your specifications.

An external door has to able to function at so many different levels:-

• It must be able to withstand all weather conditions

• It must be able to resist impact and be resistant to unwanted visitors

• It needs effective insulation to keep heat in and prevent it escaping

• You may want the door to allow daylight in, so you’ll need glass fitted into the door itself, or come with slide lights.

Here at The Replacement Door Company we pride ourselves on customer’s satisfaction, and customer service is always high on our priority list, which is followed by excellent craftsmanship and products that meet customer specifications.

So if you’re in need of a new bespoke internal or external timber door, let us know. The Replacement Door Company is THE Company to get your bespoke doors - specialist craftsmen with the customer always at the heart of everything we do.

We’re here to help, get in touch today.

A Guide To Our External Door Range

Here at The Replacement Door Company we offer an impressive range of external doors that offer security, protection, and insulation to any home or business premises. In a wide range of colours, styles and materials any door you choose from us is guaranteed to be made to a high standard, not because we say they are but because our customers do – and we trust their word.

Read on and see what kind of external doors you'll find at The Replacement Door Company, we think you'll be impressed -

Wooden External Doors

Wooden external doors offers a traditional type external door for front or back. There are different timbres on offer such as oak or pine, or mahogany. Of course with the inclement British weather, it's important to find the right type of door, with either hardwood or softwood on offer, our wooden doors also come in different styles and finishes.

They come with high specifications in either classical or modern styles and in a variety of prices to suit your budget.

UPVC External Doors

UPVC doors are a popular choice for an external door because they require very little maintenance, they offer great insulation and they require no finishes or stains. They're a great choice too for back doors and make great sliding doors. They have a clean, fresh look and give a very modern feel to a premises.

Composite External Doors

This again is an excellent choice for external doors, they're both strong and sturdy, made from fibreglass which is made up of glass reinforced plastic. You’ll be surprised to know what great choices there are for composite doors in terms of styles and designs. Here at The Replacement Door Company we have a wide choice of styles and colours for you to choose from. As with all our doors they're pre-hung and like UPVC doors they're low maintenance. They don't split, rust or form splinters so once you've bought and fitted a composite door, they're built to last and should give you many years’ service protecting your homes from the elements.

Bespoke External Doors

If you've been specifically looking for a particular style of door and you've not found it yet, then perhaps this type of door will help. It could be for a number of reasons as well as the obvious ones, such as a particular style and colour you can't find anywhere else. Sometimes your property has unusual door frames, and if this is the case then you want a door that's made to measure, something that'll fit perfectly. And don't worry about the price, our made to measure bespoke external doors are at a price to suit all pockets.

The external part of your home can be spruced up with a stylish made to measure door, and as well as helping raise the value of your home, it’ll improve the look of your house tenfold.

You can choose the material, style, finish and colour, and we’ll be more than happy to create it to your specifications.

Get in Touch With Us Fit Your Doors

The Replacement Door Company is a place where all your external door requirements are catered to by a team of knowledgeable experts who've spent years perfecting their craft providing first class workmanship.

Whatever type of external door you require – we can provide it and if we don't have it, we can always make it for you with our bespoke service.

Contact us now and let us provide an entrance and an exit to your home worth talking about.

The Importance of Having FD30 Doors

If you own commercial premises you will be required to secure the safety of your home with fire doors. FD30 fire doors are specially made doors that provide 30 minutes resistance to fire, allowing you, your guests and family members an opportunity to escape a burning building. And that 30 minutes could save lives.

Fire can spread rapidly and if you're not prepared then the danger to you, your family and others who occupy your building are in grave danger.

Even if you’re in private residence you may want to take advantage of the safety a fire door of this nature can offer and we can provide doors like this to you if you live in private premises as well as for those who live in commercial ones. Tell us about what you want and we’ll help you choose the right one.

As you already know if you’re in commercial residence you will be required by law to install fire doors and guarantee the safety of both staff and guests.

Why Do We Have Fire Doors?

Fire kills and fire doors are made from specially created material which helps them resist high temperatures – and they also provide a means of escaping a fire quickly and safely.

A fire door must fulfil certain criteria and undergo stringent tests to ensure its safe to use before its awarded certification. It will therefore be subjected to high temperatures to make sure it can withstand hot flames. What normally happens is that an FD30 door will have additional materials too that expand during high temperatures in order to seal doors too.

Peace of Mind With Our First Class FD30 Fire Doors

We are experts in what we do and replacing doors is our business – if we provide you with an FD30 door it will satisfy all required regulations and come with its own certification.

We can talk to you about how many fire doors you need, where you want them fitted and how you want them to look. We pride ourselves on our customer service and want to listen - it's important if we want to get it right and secure repeat custom, so it's always in our interests to provide first class products.

Of course safety is always paramount where fire doors are concerned – however you're naturally going to be concerned with the aesthetics, you want the door to fit in with the style of your premises and the overall architectural look.

Style and Safety Guaranteed

We can ensure that we can provide you with different styles of FD30 doors that will fit in nicely with the style of your premises and also provide the safety and security of a good fire door.

We're experienced, replacement door specialists with years of experience at what we do. We can guarantee safety, accuracy and aesthetic satisfaction to all our customers.

Good Looking FD30 Doors That Guarantee Your Safety

Contact us and let's make a start and that way, you, your family, your guests and your occupants will be guaranteed a good night’s sleep.

Kitchen Cabinet Doors & Worktop Replacement

You may be looking at your kitchen right now filled with dread, you know the entire kitchen needs refitting but you’re not sure if your budget can stretch that far.

But don’t worry, there are solutions available that can cut your budget in half. Have you ever considered replacing certain parts of the kitchen without going the whole hog and stripping the entire room?

There are perfectly useful ways of replacing certain parts of your kitchen without having to spend an arm and a leg. You can create a really intelligent, attractive and unique look to a room without having to spend a fortune.

Replacement Kitchen Cabinet Doors & Kitchen Worktops – Edinburgh

As an alternative to buying a whole new kitchen suite, you can buy kitchen cabinet doors and kitchen worktops that match your current colour scheme. By simply replacing your worktops and doors you’re really adding something special that gives it a really original look and you’re saving yourself a lot of money by not buying a new kitchen.

Here at the Replacement Door Company we have a versatile range of colours and materials to replace your old worktops and kitchen cabinet doors. We can measure them for you, or you can measure them yourselves and just give us the measurements so we can go to work.

Create a Completely New Look

You can keep your doors and worktops more or less the same as the previous ones, or you can go for something really different, using different colours and patterns that creates something that’s unique to your tastes and personality. A kitchen that’s custom designed to your specifications with your own designs. Something that says a little more about your personality and something that conveys your own unique sense of style.

Customise Your Kitchen

All you have to do is tell us what you’d like and if we can’t accommodate your ideas we can always suggest something that will be a more than satisfactory alternative that ultimately, and most importantly makes you happy. We won’t overwhelm you with our own ideas, we want you to be happy with your choices – and we like to listen.

We rely on customer feedback and recommendations, so it’s in our interests to ensure you’re completely happy with what you’ve chosen.

Cut the Mess, Dirt, Expense and Hassle of a Whole New Kitchen

We’re talking quality materials and first rate craftsmanship that can help transform your kitchen into something really special. The work won’t be anywhere near as traumatic as having your entire kitchen ripped out either, because it’s a much tidier job, as well as a much more affordable one, at a fraction of the cost.

At the end of the day you’ll still have your familiar kitchen setup/layout, which in itself, will save you money on rewiring, plumbing and mess. We can offer a wide choice of colours and materials, so customising your new kitchen will be a relaxed and exciting affair.

Health & Safety

You can also rest assured that all measuring up and replacing doors and worktops will be carried out by experienced experts in the field, who have customers satisfaction at its core and remain compliant with all health & safety, risk management procedures, so you’re guaranteed a safe, stress free work area.

Replacement Cabinet Doors & Worktops

Choose the Replacement Door Company for your replacement kitchen cabinet doors and worktops, and customise your kitchen your way, not someone else’s.

We’re here to bring your dreams to life, contact us today.

Bespoke Internal Doors

If you've just moved into your new home, or you’re redecorating, you may be thinking of new bespoke internal doors. It’s often the case that any new furnishings or colours you choose may not necessarily go with the existing doors.

You may have a particular theme in mind. It could be anything from a modern, urban, industrial look, or a more antique look reminiscent of a particular era. If this is what you’re working towards then perhaps the current interior doors simply won’t match, or perhaps your doors may simply need replacing due to wear and tear.

Interior Doors Edinburgh

Here at The Replacement Door Company we provide internal doors that seamlessly integrate with your chosen theme, décor and colour scheme, so that you get beautiful symmetry with doors that finish off a look perfectly.

The interior door is a necessary part of any home, its remit being to serve both as a functional entry and provide a pleasing aesthetic. On a practical level, interior doors provide protection from the cold and save energy, keeping rooms warm during winter. It’s also the first impression people get as they enter a room.

Contemporary and Vintage Style Internal Doors 

Making sure you pick the right door then, is crucial, in terms of size, style and material for your home. We have doors of different materials including wood, upvc, and many different kinds of interior doors e.g. kitchen doors, distressed/vintage doors and sliding doors. We can also provide a versatile range of colours so whatever décor you've chosen we’re bound to have something that will match perfectly.

Period Vintage Look Internal Doors

If you’re looking for Georgian or Victorian style internal doors, we can provide that too and we can source the right timbers for the job, so you get an authentic look that’s in keeping with the period you’ve chosen.

We know how important your home is and we understand how important it is to get right, so we put a lot of care and attention into what we do, making sure the details are exactly right. With The Replacement Door Company you’ve found a reliable, door replacement company with years of experience and expertise – so get in touch today.

Contact us today to discuss the options.

Sliding Door Fitted Wardrobes

There’s never enough space in your bedroom, no matter how much you push things under the bed, put things away in an Ottoman at the end of it, or throw things at the bottom of your overstuffed wardrobe.

What space?

It’s time to rethink this. It’s time to think carefully about how you can create more space, make your bedroom more relaxing and clutter free and provide yourself with more floor space. You dream of turning your bedroom into a haven of peace and tranquillity, but tripping over shoes and handbags isn’t really the right way of going about it.

Sliding Door Fitted Wardrobes May Be the Answer

To give your bedroom that extra bit of luxury and provide yourself with all the space you need, why not consider sliding door fitted wardrobes? They’ll provide you with all the storage space you need and clear the way for a smooth, elegant and fresh look in your bedroom.

With sliding door fitted wardrobes you get all the practicality and all the storage space a sliding door fitted wardrobe can offer. On top of that you can have it custom made to suit the interior décor of your bedroom.

It’s a win win situation.

And for that very reason our sliding door fitted wardrobes are a great success with our customers - as you’d expect.

Save space, lots of space

Sliding door fitted wardrobes help to save space in a myriad of different ways. They can help you save on that extra space you’d usually need for doors with hinges. You can save on floor space, because they’re built into the wall with slide panels.

You get MORE cupboard space, yes MORE cupboard space, where you’ll have ample space to fit a compartment in there for shoes, shelving and rails. That clears the floors of all the debris that’s collected and all those small picture cardboard boxes you may have lying around, that may look pretty, but you just end up tripping over.

Lots of Styles, Lots of Finishes

Sliding door fitted wardrobes come in a range of finishes that will fit right in with the décor of your bedroom. Whatever theme or style you’ve chosen – the versatility of sliding door fitted wardrobes as opposed to more traditional wardrobes, can be made to match perfectly.

You can really let your imagination run away with you because you have the freedom to choose just how you want your sliding doors to look. You don’t have to settle for whatever comes – you can choose colour, finishes and materials. You can practically design your own wardrobe doors and really make it your own. The potential to widen your horizons and create something really unique is endless.

Do You Have a Particular Theme or Era in Mind?

We have different finishes and colours and there’s different patterns and coloured glass to really add that certain something. If you’re looking to style your room in a certain era, perhaps 1930s, art deco or maybe even the forties or 1960s, we can customise your sliding doors to fit right in. We can provide various trims and materials that’ll create the right ambience, as well as providing you with extra storage space.

Prefer Something More Modern?

We also have excellent contemporary styles to choose from, so if you’re looking for something more modern, perhaps with an urban feel, then there’s bound to be something to suit. Sliding door fitted wardrobes lend themselves well to a clean fresh minimal look.

If like many people, you use the top of your wardrobe to store unwanted clothes or shoes you’re no longer using, then you can eliminate that unsightly problem by having sliding door fitted wardrobes.

Increase the Value of Your Home

Once you’ve fitted your sliding door fitted wardrobes – you’ll have done a lot more than just save on space, you’ll have increased the value of your home. Fitted bedroom furniture is something that always goes down well with potential buyers as it’s modern, convenient and space saving.

You’ll also be pleased to know that if you choose to buy your sliding door fitted wardrobe from Replacement Door – you’re guaranteed high quality workmanship using the very best materials and styles. So if you’re looking for a unique, original and exclusive sliding door fitted wardrobe that’ll really set your bedroom apart, then get in touch and let us help you transform your bedroom.

Replacement Doors - What to Look Out For

When you choose a door, or doors for your home, there are many factors to consider. As you probably know yourself, it’s not simply a case of choosing one and then focusing on other more important things. Doors have different needs – they need to be both aesthetically pleasing and functional, keeping out drafts and keeping in warmth while fitting in with the overall style of your home.

In this blog post, we’re going to focus on both interior doors and exterior doors and some of the things you might want to consider when buying a new one. We’ll also highlight what we can do if you come to us for your new door, which we sincerely hope you do.

Interior Doors

If you’ve chosen a particular theme or style for your home, then the doors must fit in with this so it won’t look out of place. Style is important, but so is functionality and longevity. You want it to keep warmth in and provide adequate sound insulation. It must naturally fit your style and budget, but also provide all that’s needed from a door.

Materials

All materials come with their own set of advantages. Real wood with a veneer can help against all inclement weather can throw at it and with a veneer, it’s safer against warping or splitting.

You can choose whatever finish you want and you can go for traditional wood, with or without veneer, panelled, or flush doors. Flush doors are quite plain, and are good if you want to show the style of the room without too much focus on the door, with panelling on both sides.

Foil veneer doors mimic real wood and come with a foil face that can be extremely affordable and every bit as stylish. Moulded doors are also good value and come with wood fibre and look very much like a panelled door. They also come in different weights and the heavier it is, the better the insulation.

Sizes & Door Handles

We have many different sizes including both standard and additional sizes, in case your doorway has more unusual dimensions. Fire doors are also important internally, especially if you’re converting a part of your property into flats. We supply those too, as well as door handles, which can be eye catching or more discreet, depending on the style of your room.

We can fit the door for you and sometimes it’s best to choose one that’s made of flexible materials that allow for shaving and trimming should alterations be needed.

Finishing

You can buy our doors unfinished so you can simply paint them yourself, or you can have them completely furnished with the painting done for you. We can give you the door with a simple undercoat that you will need to paint over, so it’s simply a case of supplying a colour of your choice. We can also provide a fully furnished door, just let us know what colour you want.

Exterior doors

Choosing an exterior door can be more important than the ones you choose indoors, as they face the elements 24 hours a day. You may be doing a complete refurbishment of the house, or the present door needs replacing due to age or damage.

Door Frames

Frames – Your door can come with a frame or without. The frames can be made from softwood or oak and they can be painted any colour you want. Materials for your door can be either solid wood or composite.

Composite doors have a good reputation and are renowned for providing good sound and heat insulation, as well as being a little more energy efficient than other types of doors. They are almost completely resistant to splintering, denting and splitting so they are a good investment.

You can also have your exterior door made from a variety of different timbres. They can also offer durability, longevity and strength, which is exactly what you need with British weather!

All of our exterior doors pass stringent British Regulations and are all stylish and of good quality. There’s plenty of choice and you can choose whatever finish you want. You can either paint or stain it yourself, or you can let us do it for you.

Keep in mind your exterior door will need plenty of protection so a good stain for your door is crucial in helping it last the cruel winter months. Composite doors won’t have any need for further embellishment and need far less maintenance.

Whatever you have in mind, contact us and let’s see what we can do for you. 

Symbols and myths of the door

Doors may mean little more to you than a way of entering and leaving a property. They’re there to open and shut. Enter and leave, nothing more. Doors were not always seen just for their practical use however, they were once quite symbolic, in China there were door gods that acted as guardians to an entrance, their job, to prevent evil spirits from entering your home. It would be back luck to have them facing the opposite way, so they would always face each other. Rumour has it that they originated from the Tang Dynasty when the Emperor had his generals painted on the door because of their bravery against intruders.

Beginnings and endings

In Roman times, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions; therefore he was the guardian over gates, doors, passages and endings. January, the coldest month of the year was named after him by the Romans. Doors can still have meaning in stories and legends, with doors for the past and future, gateways to the spirit world and doors to other alien worlds.

Our home is our castle

Here in this world, doors are what we use to shut out the world as we enter our homes at the end of a busy day and relax in the comfort of our living rooms. Our home is our castle, a refuge from the horrors of the world. Doors can also leave behind a lasting impression. It’s the first thing we see when we enter someone’s home and the last. If a door is in bad shape, guests can wonder what’s beyond the doorstep, if a door is in excellent shape, does this reflect the interior?

Home is where the heart is

The Georgians were just beginning to see how important the family home was and were taking a real interest in home interiors. The door of any self-respecting middle class Georgian home would be look suitably handsome, a reflection of the home within. They could be quite fancy with carved elements and heavy brackets, they’d come with animals, foliage, cherubs with consoles and scrolls. The doors would be tall and proud, usually in dark colours with carved panels. Georgian doors can be internal as well as external reflecting the style of the period with carved or panelled fronts and ring shaped door handles.

Georgian doors

If you’re thinking of Georgian doors for your property then steer clear of upvc and go for composite or wooden ones with solid panels. Composite doors will look the part even though they’re not made of wood - and they do keep the heat in better and last longer. To maintain wooden doors means repainting or restaining on a regular basis to protect them from weather and rot. You may be better off with composite doors with panels built in (depending on where you live) – they’re less high maintenance and outlive bad weather conditions.

Victorian doors

Victorian homes had three distinctive styles which were classical, (left over from the Georgian period), Gothic with medieval influences and Olde English, which was very quaint and picturesque in style. Victorian homes came with narrow entrances and hallways and until the mid-19th century, starting off with smaller windows due to window tax. This would of course change after 1850 with larger bay windows being installed once the tax was abolished. Doors were more often than not made from wood, then stained or grained. Like Georgian doors they’d come with panels with some of them containing glass. As with the Georgians, the front door was an important part of the home for the Victorians, therefore making sure it made the right impression on visitors was very important.

Period houses

If you’re thinking of emulating a Georgian or Victorian home in keeping with its design (you may well have moved into a Victorian or Georgian designed house), you’ll want every part of the external and interiors to reflect the period well. A more contemporary door with a period house may look out of place and perhaps devalue the property, so keeping all doors and windows in tune with the style of the house is quite important.

The Replacement Door Company – bespoke doors

Don’t forget that if you are looking to replace a door and it’s a period door, then The Replacement Door Company can help. We have a wide selection of bespoke doors and offer a fitting service throughout the whole of Central Scotland. Give us a call and speak to one of our team to discuss your needs – we’re always here to help.