When is the best time to install a Composite Door?
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When is the best time to install a Composite Door?
When the cold winds of winter are driving the rain horizontally against your rickety old front door and draughts are howling around your ankles -there you are sat huddled on the sofa with a duvet wrapped around you trying to watch the TV, with the volume at maximum to drown out the sound of the chattering of your teeth- this is definitely a time when you wish you had considered a new front door somewhat earlier in the year.
But when is the best time to purchase and install a new front door – without a doubt winter is the time you need it most because a new thermally efficient 100% draught sealed Composite Front door can save you up to 11% on your heating bills according to recent statistics – so if the draughts inspire you to make a snap decision and change – this is your time. However, it pays to remember that dependent upon the day of your installation even if your installers work like “Supermen” there will be a time during that day when your home will be open to the elements and it gets worse if its raining with wet feet trailing into your hallway. In general installers all show great respect for the customers but they cannot control the weather. The benefit of installing a new door in winter is instant – draughts will stop and your home will both feel and be warmer – plus you are getting an instant benefit from your investment through a reduction in your heating bills.
If you are prepared to suffer the cold the cost and inconvenience of another winter, and winter is always a gamble as we never know how good or bad it will be, then simply wait until spring or summer. The days will be warmer and you will not notice quite so much for those few hours when your home could be open to the elements – for occasional rain and wet feet we can substitute airborne dust – which can blow through your home whereas wet feet generally stop at the front door. There is of course the fact that you will not gain an instant benefit from cost savings as few of us use our heating in summer months.
Another factor to consider is redecoration – if the installation of a new front door includes a decorating makeover of your entrance hall/ lobby this is always a more pleasant task when the days are longer and brighter and the paint or wallpapers dry more quickly in the natural warmth of summer rather than the dampness of winter.
And of course, personal budgets have to be considered – winter brings the cost of Christmas – and the lingering debt through the months of spring – summer makes you think – “could I live with my old front door for another winter and blow the money I have saved on a holiday” – holidays in the sun are a temptation to all of us
There is no right time to install a new Composite Door, equally there is no wrong time but whenever you do decide to change you will find a myriad of manufacturing companies and installers who will be more than happy to take your call and service your needs with installation of that new Composite Door.
