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Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:02 pm Post subject:
I think I'll remember it and can search (you've seen the front door) but I didn't get any of your first sentence.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:03 pm Post subject:
Now I get it. The place where I keep meaning to put all addresses and dates and things.

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:25 pm Post subject:
Thanks all. I'm not in the market for a Passivhaus grade door - just trying to find something which is reasonably well insulated but comes in under a grand...... How quickly my goalposts have been moved : only yesterday I was thinking in the region of £3 -400

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45432
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:27 pm Post subject:

perlogalism wrote:

Thanks all. I'm not in the market for a Passivhaus grade door - just trying to find something which is reasonably well insulated but comes in under a grand...... How quickly my goalposts have been moved : only yesterday I was thinking in the region of £3 -400

I think one of the above will do a door for your budget that performs quite well

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:46 pm Post subject:
OK Tahir, I'll ask them for a quote. Given what I've been looking at though, I'll be astounded if they're anywhere near my budget

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45432
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:49 pm Post subject:
Gimme a shout if you don't get anywhere, I'll ask our architect; We had a cheap one knocked up for our larder (external to the insulated envelope )

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:53 pm Post subject:
' will do. Thanks again.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45432
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 13 10:58 pm Post subject:
There's someone discussing a DIY one here: https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8227

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 9:23 am Post subject:
I made a curtain from a £5 Army surplus blanket and 45yo fabric inherited from my Dad's house. It's hung on the back of the original 80yo front door (which looks much nicer from the outside than any replacement door would) and stops all the draughts. It seems a pretty Downsizery option to me .

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 11:44 am Post subject:
I am in the process of doing one at the moment. It is patchwork, and is going to be padded with some felt that Val from the Wooly shepherd made for me, from our alpaca fleece.

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 7:27 pm Post subject:
https://www.nordan.co.uk/UK/doors/door.php?prodID=2 1.2 W/m2K for about 900 pounds.

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 7:35 pm Post subject:
1.6W / m2K for 293.98 here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Essentials-Exterior-Rear-Door-Right-Hung-Obscure-Glazed-2085x840x60mm-/231093910470?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Doors_LE&hash=item35ce453bc6

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 7:39 pm Post subject:
oops, just saw you don't want upvc... The expensive one above is wood / metal though.

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 8:23 pm Post subject:
My problem at the moment is I have no idea just what a W / m2K equates to. If a 1.6W / m2K door is £600 cheaper than a 1.2, just how long will it take £600 worth of heating to leak out of it?? It's a rhetorical question, I know there's no answer to it but my guess is it's longer than I need to worry about

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45432
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 13 8:44 pm Post subject:

perlogalism wrote:

my guess is it's longer than I need to worry about

You're probably right, especially if the rest of your house is drafty. You need to ensure that it's fitted well too

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