Solid Core, Not Hollow
A 44mm solid laminated timber core, not a hollow shell filled with foam. It shuts with a thud, not a rattle.
44mm solid core



Ultimate Home Solutions supplies and fits new composite doors across Carnoustie, DD7, where a front door within sight of the links takes salt, sand and an east wind for most of the year. The sandstone terraces off Dundee Street, the bungalows along Links Parade and the newer houses at Carlogie and Upper Victoria all show that weather on the paintwork first. A composite door answers with a solid core around 44mm thick and a moulded skin that salt cannot lift, so there is nothing to rub back and repaint each spring. A surveyor comes out with the samples, trusted installers hang the door in a day, and all workmanship is guaranteed.
Salt carries a long way inland on an east wind and it is unkind to paint, to timber and to cheap plastic alike. Carnoustie front doors take that all winter. Composite is made in layers that do not care, and here is what those layers are.
A 44mm solid laminated timber core, not a hollow shell filled with foam. It shuts with a thud, not a rattle.
44mm solid coreMulti-point locking with a 3-star anti-snap cylinder as standard. The standard insurers ask for.
PAS 24 testedThe insulated core stops the hallway draught you get from an old wooden door with a gap under it.
U-value from 1.0Heritage shades, modern greys, woodgrain finishes and a full range of decorative and leaded glass.
200+ combinationsComposite shrugs off rain. No sticking in a wet January, no gap opening up when the heating goes on.
Zero movementOld door out, new frame in, sealed, locked and shown to you. Most are done before teatime.
Same-day installDid what they said they would do and on time.
I was very well impressed from stat to finish with ultimate home solutions. I had Henry the sales for the double glazing and his advice was second to none and thank goodness for my windows look beautiful. The company that installed them were very professional and very clean workers. I would highly recommend this company and will use them in future for any further projects.
From start to finish very professional, fantastic job looks great.
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Choosing happens at home with the samples in front of you, the quote costs nothing and carries no obligation, and vetted installers do the job inside a day. Barry, Panbride or the streets behind the golf links, it makes no difference.
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The online designer is for our Palladio range, the premium end of what we fit. It does not cover the other door ranges on this page. Choose a style, try it in every colour, compare the glass patterns and set the handle, the letterplate and the knocker.
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A surveyor comes out free of charge, measures the opening and the sill, and brings colour, glass and hardware samples so you can choose at your own front door.
A free, no-obligation quote follows, showing the door style, colour, glass and locks you chose. Take as long as you like over it.
Most composite doors go in within a single working day. The old door and frame are removed, the new set is fitted, sealed and locked, and the waste leaves with the installers.
You are shown the locks, then given the keys, the installation certificate and care notes, and we check in with you a few weeks later. All workmanship is guaranteed.
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Every colour, glass design and handle finish brought to your Carnoustie address, along with the tape measure, at a time that fits round your week.
01Swatches held against your own harl, render or stone, which tells you far more than a brochure page does.
02Sill, frame and reveal all noted, so the door is built for your doorway rather than trimmed to fit it.
03How the seals keep driven rain out, what the 3-star cylinder resists, and which laminated glass suits an exposed frontage.
04There is no obligation attached to it. Various deposit options are available.
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Travel, price, salt air, exposed frontages, security, bungalows and porches, the fitting day, the villages nearby and spreading the cost.
Phone and you get someone who arranges door surveys for a living, with no menu to work through. We are open every day and messages are usually answered inside the hour.
Call 0800 029 3875We do, and nothing is charged for the visit. A surveyor covers Carnoustie, Barry, Muirdrum, Panbride and Monifieth with samples in the car, and there is no call-out fee and nothing added for the mileage.
The usual range is £950 to £2,200 fitted. Lifting out the old door, taking it away and the certification are all part of that, and the colour, the glass, the hardware and any side panel decide the rest. Various deposit options are available.
It will not. The outer skin is moulded GRP with the colour running through it rather than painted on, so salt cannot lift a film of paint off it, and the hardware specified for coastal jobs is finished for that kind of exposure. A wash with warm soapy water now and then is the whole of the maintenance.
It should not. The frame carries weather seals all the way round and the multi-point lock pulls the door tight onto them at several points at once, which is what stops driven rain finding a way in. The surveyor looks at how exposed the doorway is and specifies the threshold to match.
Considerably more so. The core is solid rather than hollow, the locking is multi-point with hooks and bolts, the cylinder is 3-star Kitemarked and anti-snap, and glazed panels are laminated. The whole door is tested to PAS 24, the standard insurers look for.
Yes. Plenty of the bungalows along Links Parade and around Carlogie have a porch or a storm door ahead of the main one, and either can be replaced, together or separately. The surveyor measures both and prices them so you can see what each would come to.
A composite door is fitted in a day. The old door and frame come out, the new frame is set and sealed, the door is hung and the hardware and glass go on, then you are walked through the locking. The old door leaves in the van.
More than 200 colour and glass combinations to choose from. Cream, anthracite grey, black, chartwell green and duck egg blue go out most often, woodgrain finishes give a timber look without the upkeep, and the inside face can be a different shade from the outside. Handle finishes run from chrome and gold to black and antique.
Yes. Barry, Muirdrum, Panbride, Newton, East Haven, Ardestie and Downie are all covered, along with Monifieth, Barnhill and Arbroath. Surveys are free in every one of them.
Yes. We offer Buy Now Pay 12 Months Later, flexible credit up to 24 months, and longer-term flexible credit up to 10 years. The initial eligibility check is a soft search with no impact on your credit score, and gives an instant decision. Ultimate Home Solutions is authorised by the FCA as a credit broker (not a lender).
All of DD7, which runs from the town centre and Links Parade through Westhaven, Burnside, Balmachie, Carlogie and Upper Victoria out to Barry, Muirdrum and East Haven. Monifieth and Arbroath are within reach as well.
Surveyors are along the Angus coast every week, and trusted installers follow once the door has been made. There is no fee for the survey and nothing charged for the travel, in the town or out in the villages.
Village not named? Every DD7 address is covered, and Monifieth and Arbroath besides. Send us your DD7 postcode and we will arrange a free survey at home.