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OT: Exterior Front Door Type: Wood, Fiberglass or Wrought Iron

nolan8v
nolan8v Posts: 400
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I'm in the market for an exterior front door for my home in metro Atlanta.

The front of my home gets the evening sun.

Which door would be your choice based on your experience with these three types?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,677
    I have experience with wood (when moving into the house) and then fiberglass, nothing with steel/iron.
    House faces west so the door gets the brunt of the sun.  I am quite pleased with the fiberglass as the maintenance compared to wood is negligible.  I'm sure there are professionals who will be along to offer more valuable inputs.  
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  • 1voyager
    1voyager Posts: 1,157
    edited July 2020
    Our house faces west and gets hammered by the afternoon sun. We replaced the double entry steel front door with a fiberglass one 11 years ago. It's beautiful "mahogany" and still looks like new. 
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    I would normally go with fiberglass, but in today's times iron/steel would serve you well.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,630
    Depends on what you are trying to accomplish.  Do you want to keep light out, heat out, people out?  What look do you want?  I prefer solid wood doors with pretty grain like mesquite, ironwood, or rosewood.  I also like wrought iron doors (my current door).  If you want a pretty painted door then probably insulted steel door.
     Also need to think about windows, side windows, etc.

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  • nolan8v
    nolan8v Posts: 400
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    "You can live in any city in America, but New Orleans is the only city that lives in you."
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    My first was a fiberglas and it warped for some reason I never understood as it faces true north. I replaced it 20 years ago with a steel door from Anderson with a matching full view storm door with which I keep the glass in year around. That "nearly" double insulation does quite well keeping both the heat and the cold out. I also attribute that storm door to having no rust issues nor the need to even repainting it since it is a factory baked on paint.
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    GregW said:
    I would normally go with fiberglass, but in today's times iron/steel would serve you well.
    But you can get fiberglass doors sandwiched with steel plate inside for added strength. 
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    jtcBoynton said:
    GregW said:
    I would normally go with fiberglass, but in today's times iron/steel would serve you well.
    But you can get fiberglass doors sandwiched with steel plate inside for added strength. 
    I was unaware that that option existed. A strong door is a wise choice.
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,417
    edited July 2020
    nolan8v said:
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    Incredible timing. Someone picking up a pork butt at my house just demolished my front exterior door. Following this thread....

    edit / as I’m searching, I think what I’m looking for is, technically, a “storm door...”
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    MaskedMarvel said:
    nolan8v said:
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    Incredible timing. Someone picking up a pork butt at my house just demolished my front exterior door. Following this thread....

    edit / as I’m searching, I think what I’m looking for is, technically, a “storm door...”
    Huh?
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,417
    dmchicago said:
    MaskedMarvel said:
    nolan8v said:
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    Incredible timing. Someone picking up a pork butt at my house just demolished my front exterior door. Following this thread....

    edit / as I’m searching, I think what I’m looking for is, technically, a “storm door...”
    Huh?
    Yeah... the storm door was on it’s way out... when the hydraulic broke free, pieces went everywhere. Not her fault, probably. Odd that we can’t find any of the parts, though...
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,889
    MaskedMarvel said:
    dmchicago said:
    MaskedMarvel said:
    nolan8v said:
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    Incredible timing. Someone picking up a pork butt at my house just demolished my front exterior door. Following this thread....

    edit / as I’m searching, I think what I’m looking for is, technically, a “storm door...”
    Huh?
    Yeah... the storm door was on it’s way out... when the hydraulic broke free, pieces went everywhere. Not her fault, probably. Odd that we can’t find any of the parts, though...
    You can get a replacement tempered glass
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,417
    alaskanassasin said:
    MaskedMarvel said:
    dmchicago said:
    MaskedMarvel said:
    nolan8v said:
    Thanks for the responses.

    I'm looking for a door that will keep heat out (as much as possible) and provide security. The door frame will also be replaced, if needed in order to get the end product I decide.
    Incredible timing. Someone picking up a pork butt at my house just demolished my front exterior door. Following this thread....

    edit / as I’m searching, I think what I’m looking for is, technically, a “storm door...”
    Huh?
    Yeah... the storm door was on it’s way out... when the hydraulic broke free, pieces went everywhere. Not her fault, probably. Odd that we can’t find any of the parts, though...
    You can get a replacement tempered glass
    The whole door is kinda crappy to begin with. Not a bad idea, though, considering the restaurant is still not really making money...
    Large BGE and Medium BGE
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    GregW said:
    jtcBoynton said:
    GregW said:
    I would normally go with fiberglass, but in today's times iron/steel would serve you well.
    But you can get fiberglass doors sandwiched with steel plate inside for added strength. 
    I was unaware that that option existed. A strong door is a wise choice.
    Around here you find it in hurricane rated doors. 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • Kayak
    Kayak Posts: 700
    Well, I can tell you that a storm door will not stop a running whitetail deer. They will blast right through, no problem. Had the wood door been closed, I'm sure it would have held. Thankfully it was easy for the deer to run right back out through the now-gaping opening.

    Bob

    New Cumberland, PA
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