Hinged Doors South Africa

Hinged Doors South Africa swing on hinges like an ordinary door, in an aluminium frame with glass, panel or louvre infill. They are the usual choice for a back door, a side entrance, a garage door to the house or any opening too narrow to be worth sliding. The seal is better than a slider because the leaf pulls onto a gasket. Say whether it is single or double and which way it opens, and get priced quotations to compare.

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Hinged Doors Prices

Ballpark figures so you can check a quotation.

What a Hinged Door Quote Covers

• The door leaf. Fully glazed, half glazed or a solid panel, which changes both price and weight.
• The frame. A door frame is heavier than a window frame because it carries a swinging leaf.
• Hinges. Rated for the leaf weight. A heavy glazed door on light hinges will drop.
• The lock. A mortice lock or a multi point lock, plus the handle set.
• Threshold and seals. A weather bar at the bottom and gaskets around, which is what keeps draughts out.

Where Quotes Differ Most

• Single or double. A double door is more than twice a single, because of the meeting stile and the second lock.
• Glass area. A fully glazed leaf is heavier and needs safety glass across the whole pane.
• Lock specification. A multi point lock on an external door is a real step in price and in security.
• Which way it opens. Inward or outward, and the hinge side, both set at fabrication.
• Whether it is an entrance. A front door carries more hardware than a back door.

Where Hinged Doors Suit Best

• Back and side doors. Narrow openings where sliding gains nothing.
• Garage to house doors. Usually half glazed, and sometimes with fire or smoke requirements.
• Entrances with a sidelight. A hinged leaf with a fixed pane beside it in one frame.
• Outbuildings and flatlets. Simple, well sealed and cheap to maintain.
• Anywhere security matters. A hinged door takes a proper multi point lock more easily than a slider.

What Affects the Price

• Single or double. The meeting stile, the second leaf and the second lock all add.
• How much glass. Fully glazed is heavier and dearer than a half glazed or panelled leaf.
• The lock set. A mortice lock and a multi point lock are different purchases.
• The system. A commercial door range is built for traffic and priced for it.
• The finish. Powder coating over natural anodised.
• Whether the opening exists. Making an opening in a wall is building work quoted separately.

What to Include in Your Request

• The address. Suburb and town.
• The opening size. Width and height.
• Single or double. And which way it should open, seen from inside.
• What the door is for. Front entrance, back door, garage door or outbuilding.
• What lock you want. Or ask for the options to be priced.
• The finish you want. Natural, bronze, charcoal or a colour.

Before You Appoint a Door Supplier

• Ask what the hinges are rated for. A fully glazed leaf is heavy, and undersized hinges drop within a year.
• Ask what lock is included. The lock is the security of the door, not the aluminium.
• Ask about safety glass. Glazing in a door is one of the clearest cases in SANS 10400-N.
• Ask about the threshold. A weather bar keeps water out and is easy to leave off a cheap quote.
• Ask whether a closer is needed. Any door that must not be left open wants one.
• Ask who makes good. Plaster and paint around the frame.

Hinged Doors FAQs

A back door or a side entrance is usually ordered with the rest of the frames, and Aluminium Windows South Africa collects quotes for all of it at once.

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