Kitchen Doors

Oak Kitchen Doors for a Busy Room

The kitchen door is the one that works hardest: walked through all day, often opening onto a dining or living space, and living with the heat and steam a hob throws out. The doors here are chosen for that, from glazed designs that carry light through an open-plan layout to solid and fire-rated oak that stands up to the busiest room in the house.

Light and an open-plan feel

Kitchens are increasingly the room the rest of the home opens onto, so a door that moves light between spaces earns its place. A half-glazed oak door lets daylight pass between the kitchen and a hallway or dining area while still keeping the rooms apart, which suits a galley kitchen or a kitchen-diner that would otherwise feel closed in. Where you would rather keep cooking smells and noise contained, a solid oak panelled door closes the kitchen off while keeping the warmth of the grain. Fully glazed designs tend to suit a living room or hallway better, which is why this collection leans to half-glazed and solid doors.

Why half-glazed suits a kitchen

In a working kitchen, a half-glazed door is often the sweet spot. The glass sits in the upper part of the door, bringing light through at eye level, while the solid lower panel takes the knocks, splashes and scuffs a kitchen hands out, where a fully glazed door would be more vulnerable. It is the practical middle ground between a solid door and a fully glazed feature door, and it is why most of the doors gathered here are either half-glazed or solid oak.

A finish that stands up to the room

A kitchen door takes more handling than most: steam from the hob, warmth that comes and goes through the day, and the knocks a high-traffic door picks up. Finishing the oak properly is what lets it cope. Seal every face and edge with a hardwax oil before the door goes into use, and re-oil from time to time so the surface wipes clean and shrugs off marks. Our door treatments page sets out what to use. A well-finished oak door handles a working kitchen for years, and is easy to freshen up rather than replace.

• Half-glazed designs that bring light in at eye level while keeping a solid lower panel
• Solid oak panelled doors where you want to close off cooking smells and noise
• A hardwax-oiled finish that wipes clean and stands up to steam and traffic
• FD30 fire-rated versions of many of these designs, where building regulations require

Fire-rated versions where you need them

Where building regulations call for a fire door, several of the glazed and panelled designs here are also made as certified FD30 fire doors over a fire-resisting core, so a fire-rated opening can still match the rest of your kitchen doors. Our solid oak doors are not made as fire doors, as a fire door is built on a fire-resisting core rather than solid oak, and your building control officer or fitter will confirm where a fire door is needed.

Oak doors for the rest of the house

A kitchen is rarely the only room being fitted out, so the rest of the range is grouped the same way. Our bathroom doors lead on privacy glazing, our bedroom doors gather the quieter, solid designs, and our living room doors lean to the fully glazed and feature styles that open a space up. To shop every room and width together, go up to the internal doors by size and room hub.