Rockdoor

Rockdoor Next Generation

In June 2019, Rockdoor released their new inner reinforcing design. This consisted of an aluminium box section that is 10mm thick at the back edge. It was in development for a long time as Rockdoor commisioned their own purpose-built climate environmental testing lab, which is a steel rig that is temperate controlled so it can be extremely hot one side and extremely cold the other to mimic a Rockdoor in the sun on a summers day and vice versa. Not only that but their new rig can mimic natural climate changes, such as slow temperate increases and decreases each side over the day continuosly over a long period of time.

The benefits of the aluminium against the previous carbon fibre has a huge effect with the two main things being that the aluminium is designed and tested to be stronger than the carbon fibre it replaces and secondly it is now mitred into the four corners of a Rockdoor and runs the full length along all 4 sides of the Rockdoor, and no matter how tall or short your Rockdoor door is, the aluminiun is cut to millimetre precision for maximum strength. 

You can read more about it here:
Rockdoor Future Proofing
Rockdoor 2019 Brochure

Rockdoor Composite Door Reviews

Rockdoor are a premium door. We have installed about eight different types of composite doors in 10 years, all from various manufacturers, the one composite door that always impressed was the Rockdoor. Every door we receive is packaged properly so there is little chance of it being received damaged which is very important for you as a customer. Rockdoors are known for their high security, with the article back in 2004, ‘The Door that beat the Bobbies’. Local police were unable to break through and were praised by the Police for being so secure.

Every aspect of these Rockdoors ooze quality. All the components that go into making a Rockdoor are of the best quality available and the finish for handles and letterboxes look like they belong in a jewellers glass case rather than on a Rockdoor. They are the Rolls-Royce of composite doors. The finish of the Rockdoor skin face is superb as they use a hard wearing compressed uPVC skin thats very resistant to scratches meaning that your new Rockdoor will look good for the years to come. I must say of the 1,100 Rockdoors we have fitted, I’ve not known of any to be scratched by cats or dogs which is reassuring to those with pets and a great credit to Rockdoors.

Rockdoors use traditional butt hinges instead of surface mounted hinges, which can have a tendency to drop and move, especially with a heavy door like a Rockdoor. Not only are the Rockdoor hinges designed to take the weight of the door, but they are 3D adjustable, this enables great adjustability for the smallest of adjustments. The locking mechanism on the Rockdoor is about as robust as you can get, with thick heavy locking mechanisms that run the full length of the door slab. You can have 2 or 4 hooks (sometimes 3 hooks depending on door height) which lock into a one piece lock-keep on the outer frame, combined with a made-to-measure 10mm aluminium box section inner frame on the Rockdoor, ensures the door cannot be forced open. A lot of composite doors are light weight in construction, generally low density foam with no inner frame or reinforcing. Having had the door slab reduced to get the height and width required the majority of the door is then just condensed foam with a door skin either side. Compared like for like (solid door with no glass in), I would estimate that a Rockdoor is at least 30% heavier than many of the very low end cheaper composite doors I have handled over the years. As a customer you wouldn’t be aware of the weight as the Rockdoor is usually on hinges and fitted before you get a feel of the door so you never get to feel the full weight of the door.

When choosing Rockdoors over other door suppliers I went back to the Rockdoors we had installed and was pleasantly surprised at just how well they looked having been fitted up to 4 years previous. To be honest they looked just as good as they did the day they were installed and having spoke to various customers it was evident that they were still highly delighted with their Rockdoor years later. As an installer, once you have fitted a Rockdoor for someone you seldom see that person again unless you are called to either adjust a door or do extra work. The last thing you want as an installer or a customer is a product that creates problems down the line. Poor fitting can make any fantastic door operate bad and some Rockdoor reviews we hear are always down to incorrect fitting.

The Rockdoor is the only front door that can achieve an A++ energy rating, this is because of their ’S-Glaze’, this technology means that the glass is built into the door, encapsulating the glass and completely eliminating air to pass from one side of the Rockdoor to the other.

Reading the above makes it seem like the Rockdoor is the only door that you should have fitted to your home. It isn’t. The above description is about why we chose to supply and fit Rockdoors. They use the latest technology to make the door the best it can be, but it comes at a price and these Rockdoor are a premium composite door that command a premium price point.

In my 10 years experience, Rockdoor are the overall best composite door on the market in terms of design, security, thermal efficiency and quality.