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 Dumbarton and up the Vale of Leven, from the tenement flats off the High Street and the villas above Levengrove Park to the semis at Silverton and Dalreoch and the newer houses at Jamestown and Balloch. Rain comes off the estuary here in sheets, which is why a timber front door in this town rarely closes the way it did on the day it was hung. A composite door carries a solid core behind a moulded skin, so it takes the weather and stays square in the frame. The survey is free, the quote carries no obligation, and all workmanship is guaranteed.
A front door in Dumbarton sits in the path of everything the estuary sends up it. Timber drinks that in, swells and starts catching on the frame, while early plastic goes brittle and draughty. Composite was designed to do neither, and this is what is behind the skin.
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 installExcellent service and communication from Ultimate Home Solutions from start to finish. Requested a visit to discuss the supply and fitting of new front and back UPVC doors to our property. Appointment arranged very quickly and Liam arrived to discuss our options and give us background to the Company. There was no pressure from start to finish. Request to think about it overnight was welcomed and I phoned to proceed...
From start to finish very professional, fantastic job looks great.
Fulfilled the timescales. Excellent workmanship. Competitive prices. Excellent customer service.
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Someone comes out and measures properly, the price is put in front of you with no obligation, and vetted installers do the fitting in a day with all workmanship guaranteed. The same goes for Renton, Alexandria and Balloch as for the town itself.
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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.
Opens the Palladio door designer in a new tab. Free to use, nothing to download, and no obligation.
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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Ring us and the person on the other end sells and arranges these doors for a living. Seven days a week, and rarely longer than an hour to get back to you.
Call 0800 029 3875Yes, right through G82 and on up the Vale of Leven. Dumbarton town, Dalreoch, Silverton, Bellsmyre, Brucehill, Castlehill, Westcliff, Kirktonhill, Dennystown, Townend and Dumbarton East are all covered, as are Milton, Renton, Alexandria, Bonhill, Jamestown, Balloch, Haldane and Cardross. Surveys are free with no call-out fee.
Most of the composite front doors we fit come to between £950 and £2,200 installed, with the old door taken out and away and the certification included. The colour, the glass design, the hardware and any side panels decide where yours lands. Measuring costs nothing and the quote commits you to nothing. Various deposit options are available.
It is one of the best. The moulded GRP skin does not absorb rain, so the door will not swell, warp, crack or fade the way timber does at the foot of the Clyde, and there is no paint to lift. Inside it there is a solid core, around 44mm thick, which is why it shuts with weight rather than a rattle.
It will, because it is built for the opening rather than bought to a standard size. Older Dumbarton doorways are often tall, wide or slightly out of square, and the surveyor's measurements are what the door and frame are made from. On a period frontage the Heritage composite designs are usually the ones to look at.
Yes. A flat with its own street door is a normal job, and so is a shared close door where the other owners or the factor agree to it. Access, the stair and the working hours are sorted out at the survey, and any fire-rating or door closer requirement is checked then as well.
It can, so it is worth a check. Balloch and the top of the Vale sit inside the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, and the park authority deals with planning there. Swapping a front door on an ordinary house is not usually something that needs consent, but a listed building or a conservation street is a different matter. The surveyor will flag anything that looks like it needs asking about first.
Hard. Every door is tested to PAS 24, the British standard for resisting forced entry, the locking is multi-point with hooks and bolts, and the cylinder is a 3-star Kitemarked anti-snap type. Glass in the door or the side panels is laminated security glazing.
It should be. The core is insulated and six times more insulating than timber, U-values start from 1.0, and the new frame is sealed all the way round, which stops the draught that used to come under and around the old door.
Over 200 combinations of colour and glass. Anthracite grey, black, cream, chartwell green and duck egg blue are the ones asked for most, woodgrain finishes are in there too, and the inside face does not have to match the outside. Handles come in chrome, gold, black or antique.
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).
Our Glasgow showroom is at Braehead, inside Dobbies Garden Centre on Kings Inch Drive in Renfrew, G51 4FB. Doors open at 10am and shut at 5pm every day of the week, with no appointment needed. There is a second showroom in Kilmarnock, at Glencairn Industrial Estate, KA1 4AZ. Nobody has to travel though, because colour, glass and handle samples come to the house with the surveyor.
All workmanship is guaranteed. Anything to do with how the door was hung, sealed or locked gets put right, and the freephone line is answered every day of the week.
Surveyors and installers work through G82 all week, from the town out to Renton, Alexandria, Bonhill and Balloch, and west along the shore to Cardross. Nothing is charged for the visit and nothing for the travel.
Your street missing? Every G82 address is covered, and we go on up to Balloch and out to Helensburgh. Give us your G82 postcode and we will set a day for the survey.