Doors and Windows

Victorian front doors explained: panel proportions, glazing patterns, fanlights and ironmongery, and how to get the period look in a modern door.

Front door canopy guide: glass or solid aluminium, canopy styles, size and projection, fixings and lighting, and when a canopy needs planning permission.

Blinds for bifold doors: integral blinds, perfect fit and pleated blinds, verticals, curtains and external screens, and which still let doors fold open.

How to secure sliding doors: check the lock, stop the pane being lifted, add a bar or bolt, upgrade the glass, and what multi-point locks and PAS 24 mean.

Patio doors cost compared across sliding, bifold, ultra-slim and French doors in aluminium, with what size, glazing, colour and installation add.

Heritage aluminium windows give period and conservation-area homes the slim steel look with modern thermal performance. Sightlines, bars and planning.

Front door colours for a statement aluminium door: black, grey, deep greens and blues, matching windows, dual colour and what suits your walls.

Black aluminium windows give a home crisp, slimline frames that never need repainting. Finish durability, dual colour, matching doors and which houses they suit.

Bifold vs sliding doors: bifolds open the whole wall, sliding doors give the cleaner view when closed. Frames, thresholds, security, cost and which suits which room.

Bifold doors cost in the UK by number of panes, aluminium specification, glazing and colour, with installation and bifold vs sliding on price.

Aluminium windows cost per window and for a whole house, with standard, slim-frame and steel-look systems, colour, glazing and installation.

Aluminium casement windows explained: flush vs stormproof, U-values, glazing, security, sizes and how they compare with tilt and turn and sash windows.

Aluminium bifold doors: how many panes your opening needs, traffic doors, thresholds, glazing, colour and security, and what to specify before a quote.

If you are planning a conservatory, the simple answer is no: toughened glass cannot be cut, drilled, sawn or edge-worked after it has been toughened. In industry guidance, toughened safety glass is treated as a finished product, so any sizing, shaping, holes or cut-outs have to be completed before the toughening process takes place. That matters because conservatories, winter gardens and glass extensions use safety glass in doors, side panels and other low-level areas, so the