Interior French Doors accentuate any room providing a stylish appeal increasing the brightness and functionality. They can make a dramatic difference to a room when fitted and add a touch of elegance. French doors are very popular and an excellent choice. The glass and panel designs, with various wood species options, make a significant design difference in any home. Installing French doors will add a new, fresh, clean look to your home. Many French door sets are available with matching standard interior doors providing a consistent approach throughout your home.
Interior wood French doors are available in the following species:
Walnut
Ash
Maple
Beech
Cherry
Pine
Pitch Pine
Mahogany
Oak
French doors are also available in other doors interior options such as steel, aluminium and uPVC types, however wood offers a stylish choice especially oak interior doors. Wooden French doors are continuously evolving. The combination of glass styles such as transparent opaque, leaded, stained or bevelled together with florid panels, which come in a wide array of designs and door handles make the door set look great.
Styles Available
The doors come in a variety of styles as follows:
Standard double doors and frame with multiple panels or single panels
Double door with one side panel
Double doors with side panels either side
All glass panels
Combination of glass and solid panels
The panels can be square or more complex shaped panels incorporating leaded glass
Glass used can
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Transparent glass
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Opaque or frosted glass
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Incorporate leaded glass
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Bevelled glass
Door Dimensions
Wood doors are available in standard sizes as follows:
| Thickness | 35 mm (1 3/8”) or 40 mm (1 5/8”) |
| Height | 1981mm (6’ 6”) in height. To achieve greater height then a fan light above could be installed above the doors |
| Widths | 915 mm (36”) |
| 1067 mm (42”) | |
| 1168 mm (46”) | |
| 1220 mm (48”) | |
| 1372 mm (54”) | |
| 1524 mm (60”) |
If the above standard sizes do not suit your circumstances then you could have custom interior French doors made to meet with your specific requirements.
Pre hung Interior French Doors
If you wish to install interior French doors into your home you should consider pre hung doors that come assembled and ready to be installed into the structural door opening. The door set usually comes complete with all necessary ironmongery – hinges, handles, locks etc. Prehung interior French doors are an excellent choice as the installation is quick and easy. The door sets are manufactured in a controlled environment within a factory, therefore the frame will be square and the doors will fit perfectly. Recesses for ironmongery will be cut out by modern cutting machines with precision and the locks etc. will fit accurately. After installing interior french doors that are pre hung the the final fit will be much superior than installing a separate frame and doors. A pre hung door set is usually provided with the casings, also known as architraves, door trims or mouldings, that go around the outside edge between the door frame and the structural door opening in order to give the opening a finished look. The casings match the colour of the door and frame and finish off the job perfectly.
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