Last Updated on 12 August 2013 by ianr
One of the most searched terms is ‘cheap composite doors’.
We believe cheap is false economy in every walk of life, however affordable quality is a completely different question.
We compare a door from one of the leading retail warehouses B&Q considered to be a cheap composite door, against our own offering of the same style and similar glass design.
Right the similarities:
| B&Q | Global Door | ||
| Frame reinforcement | Yes | Yes | |
| Multipoint locking | Yes | Yes | |
| Toughened glass | yes | Yes | |
| Pre-finished | Yes | Yes | |
| Free delivery | Yes | Yes | |
Lets where the similarities end:
| B&Q | Global Door | ||
| Choose Height | No | Yes | |
| Choose Width | No | Yes | |
| Open Out | No | Yes | |
| Choose Colour | No | Yes | |
| Furniture matched | No | Yes | |
| Left or right | No | Yes | |
| Delivery less than 7 days | No | Yes | |
| Set delivery time | No | Yes | |
| Installation service | No | Yes | |
| Delivery on small vehicle | No | Yes | |
You can take the product specifications on face value, but you need to look further. Just because it says multi-point locking, what does that mean?
Our door comes with a Yale multi-point lock and a Yale 1 star high security euro cylinder. You can check out why a cylinder is one of the most important features here.
We know a thing or to about door installation and we understand to get the correctly fitted door, it needs to be made to measure, not a set size and set configuration.
Here’s the comparison of the similar doors below screenshot 09/08/2013:
Check product here: B&Q Arlington Composite Door
Check our online designer prices:
So our door with handle comes in at £535 inc Vat and the B&Q door comes in at £499 inc Vat without handle.
Once you’ve found the right handle on the site its another £18.98 inc Vat which means their total is now £517.98 inc Vat
A difference of just £17.02 inc vat.
When you put this in to perspective with delivery times and the thought of cutting out your new door to accommodate a letter plate when buying from the retailer, we believe this makes us in comparison a cheap composite door, but with all the added benefits.
However, we still prefer the term affordable quality.
If you would like a quote or us to compare any other doors please let us know.
