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Why Choose a Solidor Composite Door?

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Your front door is the heartbeat of your home – it gets the most use, protects you from the elements and it keeps you safe. Whether you’re planning a whole house renovation or a simple lick of paint, the impact of a new front door can transform any property.

Composite Doors installed by Gardinia are manufactured by Solidor who hold a Secured by Design accreditation for the Solidor Composite Residential Range. Solidor composite doors descend from an outstanding range of industry leading, solid laminate timber core composite doors. These doors combine classical, modern or even futuristic styling, providing a stunning, high quality and most importantly, secure entrance to any home.

With a door slab thickness of 48-mm a Solidor Composite Doors from Gardinia are nearly 10% thicker than most of the alternatives on the market. Each solid timber core is completely encapsulated within a highly durable plastic edge banding, along with two thermo-plastic door skins. The result of this means you will never have to worry about painting or varnishing your composite door in the future.

Gardinia also offer the option of a mobility threshold, making a Solidor Composite Door the perfect solution for easy wheel or push chair access.

In 2013 Gardinia became the first Solidor premium installer in the Kirklees area. This means all Composite Doors installed by Gardinia have been fully manufactured by Solidor, to their own high quality security specifications. This specification is based on years of in house research and extensive testing to create the most secure composite door on the market. Gardinia chose to partner with Solidor because of our 30 years experience in supplying quality products, we feel this harmonises with the Solidor concept.

Solidor Composite Doors Contain:

  • A Thermally efficient 48mm thick solid timber core door leaf, with robust through colour thermo plastic skins.
  • Kommerling 5 chamber lead free thermally efficient profile outer frame, with a 100% recycled thermally efficient reinforcing system.
  • Avantis Secured by Design high quality multi point locking system.
  • Ultion high security lock cylinder.
  • Slimline face fixed flag hinge.

Solidor Composite Doors from Gardinia are manufactured to the highest quality standards, having achieved the PAS 24:2016 enhanced security performance requirements for doors and windows in the UK, intended to offer a level of security suitable for dwellings and other buildings exposed to comparable risk. Each composite door also benefits from Solidor’s 10 year manufacturing guarantee, which covers all aspects of both the door and multi point locking mechanism.

The Solidor Composite Door Manufacturing Process:

Composite Door Colour Options

A comprehensive range of matching door colours and frames are available for Solidor Composite Doors, with either glass, matching composite side panel or quarter panel, which will complement the look of any property.

The best colour for your door depends a lot on the style of your house, but as a guide, traditional homes generally suit rich colours such as Peacock Blue, while modern homes suit more contemporary shades, such as warm grey or golden sand.

Composite Door Style Options

 

Secured By Design

Secured by Design focuses on crime prevention of homes and commercial premises and promotes the use of security standards for a wide range of applications and products. Composite doors installed by Gardinia are fully manufactured by Solidor and tested at a UKAS accredited test house achieving the PAS 24:2016 enhanced security performance requirements.

The Break-In Test

The video below shows three composite doors undertaking the PAS 24 enhanced security requirements test, also know as the cut through test. From watching this video you will see the difference in security & quality between a composite door which is able to pass the PAS 24 test, compared to a standard composite door which is unable to:

Secure Ultion Door Lock

Fitted on every Solidor as standard is the Ultion Door Lock. The Ultion is a 3 star diamond kitemarked, Secured by Design accredited euro cylinder offering unprecedented security against lock snapping attacks.

When it detects attack, a hidden lock within the Ultion automatically engages, so that even when snapped twice nothing gets past it. Leaving a key on the inside of the lock won’t affect its performance either.

Rigorously tested, nothing beats the Ultion, not even the finest 3 star locks, making it the UK’s best and most secure lock guaranteed.

  • Ultion offers double snap resistance
  • When attacked the Ultion instantly goes into ‘Lockdown Mode’
  • Stays snap secure even with a key in the inside of the lock
  • Some locks have 5 pins, others have 6, Ultion has 11
  • Ultion protects against Lock Drilling

This next video demonstrates how a standard door lock can be opened in only 9 seconds! compared to the highly secure Ultion Lock, that will be fitted in your new Solidor Composite Door from Gardinia Windows.

Optional Lock Lock Door Handle:

The Lock Lock Door handle is next generation security handle that is now available on all Solidor Composite Doors as an optional extra. The Lock Lock handle compliments the high security Ultion Euro Cylinder which is installed as standard on Solidor Composite Doors.

With a Lock Lock handle a switch on the inside handle denies the door handle from been operated. When this is activated it’s impossible for the door spindle to turn, in turn denying the door from opening, even if the euro cylinder was snapped from the outside. The end result keeping a would-be intruder firmly locked out.

Video Illustration of How The Lock Lock Door Handle Works: