The range offers double rebate with double compression seals doors, fire doors and single rebate doors, which offer U-values ranging up to 0.8 Wm2K – the performance demanded by level 6 in terms of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the highest standard currently in force for new housing.
All doors are bespoke and made to measure, making them easy to install and so upgrade both the thermal performance and appearance of existing properties over the long term as the doors are especially impact resistant and simple to maintain as they are manufactured using the thermoset process. This process creates pre-formed door skins, beads and panels with a high definition finish and enables Bowater to use GRP “through colour” skins that have strong colourfastness that resist UV-induced fading, unlike lesser skins that can blemish easily and require touch-ups.
But the real key to the ‘Doors for Life’ concept is that doors are prepped by Bowater Doors at the manufacturing stage to receive the full family of locking systems. This means that if circumstances require enhanced security, automatic or electronic locks after initial installation, the upgrade can be done with minimal disuption and cost, on site. There are six locking systems available from standard multipoint locking right through to automatic electronic systems operated by key fob.
As one might expect, all locks within the range are approved by the police initiative Secured by Design. Such a comprehensive range of easily fitted locking systems make Doors for Life a superb business proposition – and further strengthens the package of door styles, thicknesses, security options and glass finishes available from the UK’s leading systems company.
