Glass internal door, inspiration please
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I’m looking for inspiration
The porch on the front of the house generates a lot of cold air, which chills the bedrooms upstairs, I’ve fried putting a curtain across but it isn’t very effective or attractive,
I quite like the look of the Crittall style doors (a solid door will make the internal hall very dark) or maybe a full glass door similar to what you might see in a commercial office.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
The porch on the front of the house generates a lot of cold air, which chills the bedrooms upstairs, I’ve fried putting a curtain across but it isn’t very effective or attractive,
I quite like the look of the Crittall style doors (a solid door will make the internal hall very dark) or maybe a full glass door similar to what you might see in a commercial office.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Slightly difficult space for a door as it looks like however it's hung it'll be slightly annoying?
Is it worth dealing with the reason for the hall being such a cold space instead? A messier job but in someways simpler to then live with.
You'd normally run the curtain directly over the front door for the best results of dealing with the cold coming from there.
Is it worth dealing with the reason for the hall being such a cold space instead? A messier job but in someways simpler to then live with.
You'd normally run the curtain directly over the front door for the best results of dealing with the cold coming from there.
Something like this to go with the front door a bit?
https://www.expressdoorsdirect.co.uk/internal-door...
That said, glass isn't brilliant for keeping warm in.
https://www.expressdoorsdirect.co.uk/internal-door...
That said, glass isn't brilliant for keeping warm in.
DonkeyApple said:
You'd normally run the curtain directly over the front door for the best results of dealing with the cold coming from there.
With a portiere rodAre there any weird building regs about a glass door at the bottom of some stairs? As someone who pushed their brother through a glass door when they were younger, I’m slightly wary of them!
I installed a glass door to a kitchen pantry recently. It’s not maybe not the style you mention but might be more in-keeping?
I installed a glass door to a kitchen pantry recently. It’s not maybe not the style you mention but might be more in-keeping?
Sporky said:
Something like this to go with the front door a bit?
https://www.expressdoorsdirect.co.uk/internal-door...
That said, glass isn't brilliant for keeping warm in.
For a door you'd use an external with double glazing and just try to find a frame that fits the existing design or is the least intrusive. https://www.expressdoorsdirect.co.uk/internal-door...
That said, glass isn't brilliant for keeping warm in.
Pretty much anything is available from near full glass down.
People used to use that Victorian multi pane style for light between rooms but as you say, the single glazing has little thermal quality.
I still think a door is going to be intrusive in that space, which is why there isn't one as you'd normally close off a hallway from the rest of the house if plausible. It's hard to see completely clearly from the pictures but I guess the only door option is to set the frame to the outside and for th door to open to the window?
said:
This might be daft. But if the door is the issue, I would put the curtain directly behind the door, not where you currently have it.....
That would be the normal thing to do but I assumed this wasn't done because the space was haemorrhaging heat not just from the door. I had assumed this hallway was an extension and that it was also sucking heat via the walls and ceiling not just the door?If that is the case and it were me then I would favour sticking 35mm insulated plasterboard over the existing walls and ceiling if there were no damp concerns and tackling the issue at source so as to avoid having a door in the way.
mike9009 said:
This might be daft. But if the door is the issue, I would put the curtain directly behind the door, not where you currently have it.....
Cheaper less intrusive options to start with......
Good thinking. The issue with that is what if whoever is in forgets someone will want to come in at some point, unlocks and has a curtain to fight off! Cheaper less intrusive options to start with......
Edited by mike9009 on Saturday 14th December 09:11
We have the same issue but have a 1970s complete thin glass door which is both useless and dangerous.
Watching with interest.
DonkeyApple said:
Slightly difficult space for a door as it looks like however it's hung it'll be slightly annoying?
Is it worth dealing with the reason for the hall being such a cold space instead? A messier job but in someways simpler to then live with.
You'd normally run the curtain directly over the front door for the best results of dealing with the cold coming from there.
That was my initial thought process, I think the problem is the construction of the porch rather than a leaky door, which seals well and is 50mm solid timber and was why I put the curtain where it is, I don’t fancy insulating the porch so thought I’d just treat it as an unheated space.Is it worth dealing with the reason for the hall being such a cold space instead? A messier job but in someways simpler to then live with.
You'd normally run the curtain directly over the front door for the best results of dealing with the cold coming from there.
After a bit of research, I’m looking at something like this (door only as the corridor isn’t wide enough for the glass section alongside it). It maybe slightly awkward looking when open, although the corridor is 35” wide so wider than all of the other doorways in the house, I anticipate it being closed most of the time, I’d like it to be hinged on the same side as the front door but unfortunately that doesn’t work.
The glass in the door is laminated, so should be ok at the bottom of the stairs and has a drop down seal to reduce drafts when closed,
Hugo Stiglitz v2 said:
Good thinking. The issue with that is what if whoever is in forgets someone will want to come in at some point, unlocks and has a curtain to fight off!
We have the same issue but have a 1970s complete thin glass door which is both useless and dangerous.
Watching with interest.
A problem solved by the Plantagenets. The rails are on a hinge. Bill posted a link above. We have the same issue but have a 1970s complete thin glass door which is both useless and dangerous.
Watching with interest.
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