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 designs, supplies and fits new composite doors across Castlemilk, G45, where the streets climb the slope below Cathkin Braes and a front door takes far more wind than one down in the city. The four-in-a-block cottage flats and low terraces that went up here in the 1950s, and the newer family houses built since the high flats came down, all sit facing that weather. A composite door meets it with a solid core, around 44mm thick, wrapped in a moulded skin that will not soak up rain, so the door stays square in its frame and the hall stops feeling draughty. A surveyor measures free at your door, trusted installers fit it in a day, and all workmanship is guaranteed.
A doorway near the top of the hill gets the wind first and the rain sideways. Old timber swells against it and thin plastic panels go brittle and dull. Composite is layered so that none of that gets a grip, and here is how it is put together.
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.
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The measure happens at your house and costs nothing, the quote is clear and commits you to nothing, and vetted installers finish inside the day. It works the same in Barlia as it does in Croftfoot or Carmunnock.
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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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Price, wind off the Braes, four-in-a-block flats, housing association permission, security, colours and spreading the cost.
Speak to somebody who handles door enquiries every single day rather than a switchboard. We answer seven days a week and most messages get a reply within the hour.
Call 0800 029 3875The usual range is £950 to £2,200 fitted, and that figure already covers lifting out the old door, taking it away and the certification. Colour, glass pattern, hardware and any side panel move it up or down. The measure is free anywhere in G45 and the quote afterwards is free too, with no obligation attached. Various deposit options are available.
Yes, and it is everyday work for us. The cottage flats around Ardencraig, Dougrie and Machrie have their own front door at ground level or up an outside stair, and both are straightforward. The opening is measured on the day and the frame made to those figures, because very little in housing of that age is a standard size.
Possibly. A lot of the housing in Castlemilk is owned or factored by local housing associations, and if yours is, or if you bought from the council and the block is still factored, check what the entrance is allowed to look like before you order. Sort that out first and we will supply whatever door details they want to see.
It is made for it. The outer skin is moulded GRP, so it absorbs nothing and cannot swell, warp or fade, and the frame carries weather seals that the multi-point lock pulls the door tight against. The surveyor looks at how exposed your doorway is and specifies the threshold accordingly.
Noticeably, if yours is old timber or a hollow panel. The core is solid and insulated rather than empty, and a composite door is six times more insulating than timber, which takes the chill out of a hallway that opens straight onto the street.
Each door we fit carries PAS 24 testing, the British standard for resisting a forced entry. Locking is multi-point with hooks and bolts, the cylinder is a 3-star Kitemarked anti-snap type, and wherever there is glass it is laminated security glazing.
There are over 200 pairings of colour and glass. Anthracite grey, black, cream, chartwell green and duck egg blue are the popular ones, woodgrain finishes copy timber without behaving like it, and you can have one shade outside and another on the inside face. Handle finishes are chrome, gold, matt black or antique.
One working day is the norm. The old door and frame are taken out, the new frame is set and sealed, the door is hung, the glass and handles go on, and you are shown how the locking works before the van leaves. The old door goes with it.
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 G45, and the neighbouring G44 and G73 addresses as well, so Croftfoot, Simshill, King's Park, Cathcart, Toryglen, Fernhill, Burnside, Rutherglen and the village at Carmunnock are all included. Every one of those places gets a free survey.
Our Glasgow showroom is found inside Dobbies Garden Centre at Braehead, 75 Kings Inch Drive, Renfrew, G51 4FB. It is open 10am to 5pm every day. There is no need to go, though, because the surveyor carries the colour, glass and hardware samples to your house.
Ardencraig, Barlia, Tormusk, Glenacre or down towards Croftfoot, a surveyor can be with you on a day of your choosing. The visit costs nothing and neither does the travel to anywhere named below.
Not on the list? Any G45 address is covered, along with the neighbouring parts of the south side. Pass the postcode to us and we will name the next day a surveyor is in the area.