Collection: Front Doors

For current Building Regulations compliance, external doors require a whole-door Ud value of 1.4 W/m²K or below in England. For low-energy builds and Passive House projects, a Ud value of 0.80 W/m²K or below is required by the Passive House Institute. Norrsken's Passive House entrance door range achieves Ud values from 0.72 W/m²K.

For new builds and significant renovations, triple glazed entrance doors deliver measurably lower heat loss, reduced condensation around the threshold, and improved acoustic performance compared to double-glazed equivalents. The thermal improvement is most significant in well-insulated buildings where doors represent a proportionally larger share of the heat loss pathway.

Timber and timber-aluminium composite (alu-clad) frames deliver the lowest whole-door U-values because timber is a better natural insulator than aluminium or uPVC. All-aluminium doors require thermal breaks to approach the performance of timber equivalents and rarely match them. For Passive House and low-energy builds, timber or alu-clad is the preferred specification.

All Norrsken external entrance doors are manufactured to comply with PAS 24:2016, the UK's enhanced security standard, which includes resistance to physical attack, weather performance, and locking system requirements. Multi-point locking and laminated glass are standard on glazed entrance doors.

Yes. Norrsken's entrance door range includes fully solid panel options as well as part-glazed configurations. Solid panel doors typically achieve lower Ud values than glazed equivalents, as insulated opaque panels outperform glazed units thermally. Where a lower whole-door U-value is needed for the energy model, a solid or largely unglazed door may be the most effective specification.

Yes. All Norrsken alu-clad entrance doors can be powder-coated in any RAL colour externally, with a different RAL colour or natural timber finish internally. Solid colours, textured finishes, and marine-grade coatings for coastal locations are all available.