PVC is a type of vinyl or plastic that is extremely durable as a building material. For this reason it has been adopted widely in our homes, including for the manufacture of doors. There are many reasons to consider installing a PVC door as you will discover here. This newer type of door is first and foremost easy to install, maintain and use.

PVC Door Benefits

Just some of the ways in with PVC doors can work for you include:

• UV protection: Put one of these doors in even the most weather-exposed spot and you will never have to deal with warping, rotting or splitting ever again.
• Insect proof: PVC is not in any way attractive to white-ants, so your PVC doors and door frames are safe from these home wreckers.
• Weather proof: The density of the composite material makes these doors impervious to the hottest or coldest weather, so they provide the ideal outer barrier to your home.
• Sound proof: If you know that the sounds you make are music to your ears only, you can shut the door and practice, practice practice.
• Vandal resistant: These doors are extra tough and built to withstand events like kicking and attacking with instruments better than most wooden doors. However, it should be noted that it is the type of locking system on the door that ultimately determines the security of your inner sanctum.
• Minimal maintenance: You will never need to re-paint or re-finish your PVC doors, they will just continue to look like the day they were installed with a simple wipe-down.
• Draught proof: Because these doors can be shaped and moulded to fit almost any doorway, draught and rain penetration will become a thing of the past.

Exploring the Options

Almost any door has a PVC equivalent including:

• Standard entry doors
• French doors
• Internal doors
• Bi-fold doors
• Stained-glass panel doors
• Wardrobe doors

PVC doors can be purchased from many different places, both online and on the street. Places such as specialist door suppliers, building suppliers and hardware stores are good places to get to know the available range. They come in a variety of styles from plain to wood-look.

Keeping Out the Baddies

An option to contemplate if using a PVC door as an entry door is the addition of reinforcing rails. This is important because PVC is a plastic and therefore needs a different way of attaching locking devices than those used in the traditional wood doors. Yes, the reinforcing rails will add to the initial cost of the door but given the subsequent savings on maintenance and the extra security they provide, they are well worth considering on a door that protects you and your family.

Another extra that is optional and well worth considering is double-glazing in doors with windows. With the soaring costs of heating and cooling, a growing number of people are adopting techniques commonly used in the colder climates of the world and embracing double-glazing. Most PVC doors come with double-glazed windows which add to the already impressive insulation properties of this material.

As you now know, PVC doors have many advantages and very few disadvantages, so they are worth investigating and who knows, in times to come all new and replacement doors will be made of PVC which means you may never need to look at this issue ever again!