UPVC Door for Garage

[bobski1]

In the process of making the garage leak free the next weak point appears to be the side door. It is currently an old wooden door screwed into a wooden frame. Ideally want to replace this with something which seals better and is much more secure.

2 questions

1) Can I get a UPVC door which would be flush to the ground? I think this may affect the whole sealing point but it is ideal to open the door get things in and out quite easy without having to lift it over a lip

2) Where best to buy a cheap door and possibly a window panel too? May as well change that if I am going to do the door.

[wolfracesonic]

Google ‘pvc door low level threshold’, they’re mainly designed for wheel chair access but are equally suited for mowers and wheelbarrows I suppose!

[JoshSm]

No reason a decent wooden door in a proper rebated frame shouldn't be nice & secure and weather tight if sorted. A uPVC door isn't exactly the height of robust or secure, mostly they're just quick & cheap.

Threshold can be either via bar at the ground or deployable seal at the bottom of the door. Zero threshold is great sometimes but a bit of a threshold keeps the weather out.

[Rob.]

If you want secure, I'd look at Latham's steel doors. I cut an opening into the side of my garage and fitted one of their doors.

[bobski1]

thanks for the feedback, will go for threshold, as nice as it is, would much rather keep out the weather!

I didn't think about steel door, I have used Lathams before for work and the product was very good, just trying to keep the cost down still debating whether to tear the whole thing down and rebuild or just try to keep it dry from a few more years.

Any recommendations on where to get a cheap PVC window? doesn't need to open just be more secure than the current rotting single glaze window