Composite Doors Manchester, made to measure in our own factory
Composite front doors and back doors built on a solid core, finished in any colour and fitted by our own installers, for homes across Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
Composite doors made here, not ordered in
PrimeFab makes and fits composite doors in Manchester from our own factory at 7 Trafford Moss Road, Trafford Park. Front doors and back doors are built to your survey, fitted by our own installers with anti-snap cylinders as standard, and backed by a 10-year guarantee.
Most firms selling composite doors are placing an order with a factory. We are the factory, and the people who make the door are the people who come and fit it.
- Solid core, not a hollow uPVC slab
- Made to measure composite door, any opening
- Anti snap lock composite door as standard
- Full colour and glass design range
- Fitted by directly employed installers
- Backed by a 10-year guarantee
Composite door styles we manufacture
Every door is made to measure. Explore the range, then book a free survey for an accurate, itemised quote.
Composite front doors
Front door replacement is the bulk of what we make: a solid core, a moulded skin and a reinforced frame, built for the face of the house.
Composite back doors
Composite back doors in the same build as the front, usually with obscure glass and a simpler panel design.
Cottage style
A cottage style composite door with the ledged and braced look, suited to older stone and brick frontages.
Contemporary
A contemporary composite door with long glazed strips or a plain slab, matched to modern render and grey frames.
With side panels
A composite door with side panel or a top light, where the opening is wider than a single leaf.
Stable and French
A composite stable door for kitchens and utilities, and composite french doors where the opening takes two leaves.
What is inside a composite door
The core is what separates a composite door from a plastic one, and it is the part you cannot see on a showroom floor.
GRP composite door
A GRP composite door uses a glass reinforced plastic skin over an insulating core. Tough, low maintenance and the most common build.
Timber core
A timber core composite door has a solid engineered hardwood core, so it is heavier, stiffer and closer to a real timber door in feel.
Solidor
Solidor composite doors are the best known timber core brand, and the usual reference point when people compare door slabs.
Energy performance
An energy efficient front door and A rated composite door build, because a door is a large hole in an insulated wall.
Colours and glass designs
The colour is part of the skin rather than a coat of paint on top, so it does not flake and does not need redoing.
Anthracite and black
An anthracite grey composite door or a black composite door, the two finishes that now outsell everything else, usually alongside grey windows.
Traditional colours
A blue composite door, green composite door or red composite door, still the right answer on a period frontage.
Full colour range
Composite door colours across the standard palette, with different colours inside and out where the hallway needs something lighter.
Glass designs
Composite door glass designs from plain obscure to leaded and stained patterns, in toughened safety glass as the regulations require.
With glass or without
A composite door with glass for a hallway that needs the daylight, or a solid slab where privacy and security matter more.
Hardware
Composite door furniture in matching or contrasting finishes: handles, letter plates, knockers, numerals and a spy hole.
The security specification
A solid slab is only as strong as the lock in it. Almost every forced front door in Manchester is a snapped cylinder rather than a broken door.
PAS 24
A PAS 24 composite door is tested against the standard attack methods rather than just described as secure. We build to it on request.
Secured by Design
A Secured by Design door meets the police preferred specification, which some insurers and most new build warranties ask for.
Anti snap cylinders
An anti snap lock composite door is our default fit, not an upgrade. A basic cylinder is the single weakest part of any front door.
Insurance approved
An insurance approved front door specification, documented on the invoice so you have evidence if you ever need to claim.
The most secure option
Asked for the most secure front door, we specify a timber core slab, a three star cylinder and laminated glass rather than toughened.
Repairs too
We also repair composite doors, so if yours has dropped or the gearbox has failed, that is a repair rather than a new door.
Already have a composite door that will not lock? See door repairs rather than replacing it.
Supply and fit, or supply only
Composite doors supply and fit
Composite doors supply and fit by our own composite door installers, including removing the old door and making good the reveal.
Free quote
A composite door free quote after a real survey. We measure the opening rather than working from the door you already have.
Composite door fitted price
A composite door fitted price with the slab, frame, glass, hardware and fitting itemised, so nothing appears later.
Trade
Composite door blanks and complete doors for the trade, supplied through our trade counter at Trafford Park.
From survey to a fitted front door
A new front door is one visit to measure and one visit to fit, with the making done in between at Trafford Park.
- We measure the opening
- The survey measures the opening itself rather than the door you already have, which is how a made to measure door ends up sitting square in the frame.
- You choose the door
- Style, colour inside and out, glass design and hardware, with the slab, frame, glass, furniture and fitting itemised on one quote.
- We make it
- The door and frame are built in our workshop. We confirm the manufacturing time when the order is placed rather than promising a date at the survey.
- Our installers fit it
- Half a day for a straightforward swap into an existing opening, including taking the old door away and making good the reveal. Side panels or an altered opening take longer.
Front doors for Manchester homes
The right door depends on the frontage it sits in, and Manchester has every kind.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces usually suit a cottage or panelled design in a traditional blue, green or red. 1930s semis take either look. Newer houses and modern render tend to go contemporary, in anthracite grey or black with long glazed strips, and a Secured by Design specification is often what a new build warranty asks for.
If the windows are being replaced at the same time, the door and frames can be made together so the colours match: see double glazing in Manchester or made to measure uPVC windows.
See one we made
A composite front door made in our factory and fitted on a period house in Knutsford, with the before and after: Knutsford composite front door project.
Want a uPVC door, a French door or a bifold for the back of the house instead? The whole entrance door range is made in the same workshop.
Before & after
Composite door questions
How much does a composite door cost fitted in the UK?
Price follows the door slab, the glass design, the colour and the hardware rather than a single figure. A plain slab in a standard colour with obscure glass is the cheapest thing we make; a timber core door with a decorative glass panel and a side light is the dearest. Because we manufacture rather than resell, there is no distributor margin in the quote.
How long do composite doors last?
The slab itself is a long term item. What ages first is the hardware: the multipoint gearbox, the hinges and the cylinder, all of which we repair rather than replace the door. A composite door that is adjusted once or twice in its life will outlast the uPVC door it replaced.
Composite vs uPVC door, which is better?
A composite door has a solid core, so it is heavier, stiffer and better insulated than a hollow uPVC slab. It also holds its colour and does not flex in the heat the way uPVC can. uPVC costs less. For a front door on the street face, composite is usually the better buy; for a back door in a sheltered spot, uPVC is often enough.
Are composite doors secure?
The slab is the strong part, and the lock is the weak one. A composite door with a basic cylinder is no safer than any other door, because lock snapping bypasses the slab entirely. Ours are fitted with anti snap cylinders as standard and can be specified to PAS 24.
Can composite doors be painted?
They can, but they should not need to be. The colour is part of the skin rather than a coat on top, so it does not flake or need redoing. Painting over it means committing to repainting it from then on.
Do composite doors fade?
Darker colours take more sun than lighter ones, and a south facing door will always weather faster than a north facing one. Modern skins hold colour well, and fading is gradual rather than patchy. It is one reason anthracite and black have replaced the older reds and blues on exposed frontages.
How long does it take to fit a composite door?
Fitting is half a day for a straightforward swap into an existing frame, longer where the opening has to be altered or a side panel is involved. The manufacturing time before that is the longer part, and we confirm it when the order is placed.
Do you fit composite front doors outside Manchester?
Yes. The doors are made in Trafford Park and our own installers fit them across Greater Manchester and north Cheshire, so a front door in Stockport, Salford or Wilmslow gets the same build and guarantee as one in the city.
Can you make a uPVC front door instead?
Yes. We also make uPVC front doors, back doors and French doors in the same factory. They cost less than a composite door and suit a sheltered back door well; for the street face of the house, a composite door is usually the better buy.
What actually makes a composite door secure
The slab is the part everyone looks at and the part that matters least. Almost every forced entry through a composite door is an attack on something else.
- The cylinder
- Three star, anti-snap, anti-bump, anti-drill. Cylinder snapping is the single most common method of forcing a composite door, and a good cylinder is not expensive.
- The mechanism
- Hooks as well as bolts, and how many locking points engage down the length of the door.
- The hinges
- Whether they carry security studs that hold the door in the frame even if the hinge pins go.
- The frame and its fixings
- A good door is only ever as secure as what it is screwed into.
- The glass in any panel
- Laminated, particularly in a panel within arm's reach of the handle.
PAS 24 is the standard worth asking about by name. If a quote does not mention it, ask why.
What changes the price of a composite door
A composite door is priced as a complete unit: slab, frame, glass and hardware.
- Style and colour. Solid colours are standard, and some finishes and dual colours cost more.
- Glazing. A plain solid door is the base. Decorative or triple glazed panels add to it.
- Lock specification. An anti-snap, three-star cylinder and the mechanism behind it are what your insurer cares about.
- Frame and side panels. A new frame and threshold, or a side light, changes the size of the job.
For the full picture, read composite door prices in detail.
Composite Doors across Greater Manchester
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