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External Prefinished Victorian 4 Panel Unglazed Solid Oak Door
152995
£1,529.95 (inc VAT)
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External Doors in Solid Oak
Worked right through in solid oak rather than faced over a core, a door like this ages into a feature instead of wearing out. The hand-crafted range is cut from grade-A American and European oak, chosen for warm tone, straight even grain and the density that makes it hard-wearing outdoors, so it can be sanded back and re-oiled years later rather than replaced. If you would rather have an oak face on a stable engineered core for a very wide or exposed opening, our veneered external doors are the alternative.
Mortice and tenon construction
These doors are built the traditional way, around a mortice and tenon jointed oak frame, the interlocking joint that has held doors square for centuries and resists the twisting and movement the weather works into lesser construction. Within that frame, boarded designs carry v-grooved solid oak boards and panelled designs solid oak panels, so the door is genuine oak throughout. Kiln-dried and built to last, it is made to be hung for a lifetime.
Styles across the range
Whatever the property, there is a solid oak design to suit it:
- Cottage and board-and-brace doors for period and rural homes
- Victorian, 1930s and panelled designs for traditional facades
- Diamond and Suffolk styles with feature glazing apertures
- Contemporary designs such as the Mexicano for a cleaner look
- Stable and French styles for kitchens, utilities and garden access
Prefinished or ready to treat
Some doors are supplied prefinished, arriving already protected and ready to hang; others are supplied unfinished, ready for you to oil every face and edge before fitting. Either way a solid oak door benefits from re-coating over time, and our external door treatments cover the oils we stock and how to keep the oak weather-tight. A solid oak door is happiest under a porch or canopy rather than fully open to the weather.
A door for the front or the back
A solid oak door earns its place at either end of the house. On the street side it makes a handsome front door that sets the tone of the whole property, the grain and depth of solid oak giving the entrance real presence. Round the back it works just as hard as a sturdy back door onto a garden, utility or side passage, where everyday use and the weather both test a door and solid oak stands up to both.
Frames, fitting and the wider range
A door is only as good as the opening around it, so hang it in a matching external oak door frame with the cill included, squared and sealed so the door sits true and the threshold throws water clear. Then finish it with the right external door handles and hardware, from weather-rated hinges that carry the door to a lock and handle set chosen to suit its style.
Every door here is part of our full external oak door range, and our external doors guide runs through the choices across the whole range, from solid oak and veneer to glazed, stable and French styles.
Frequently asked questions
It is worked from solid oak right through, from grade-A American and European oak around a traditional mortice and tenon jointed frame, rather than an oak veneer over an engineered core. That gives it depth of grain and the ability to be re-sanded and re-oiled over its life.
Kept oiled and ideally sheltered under a porch or canopy, a solid oak door lasts for decades, and can be refinished rather than replaced as it ages.
Both: some arrive prefinished and ready to hang, others are supplied unfinished for you to oil before fitting. The product page states how each door is supplied.
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