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 Kelso and the wider TD5 area, from the Georgian frontages around The Square and Bridge Street to the post-war streets at Broomlands, Angraflat and Poynder Park. A surveyor travels out with colour swatches, glass designs and handle samples, measures the opening and leaves a free quote behind with nothing to sign. Each door has a solid core around 44mm thick under a moulded skin, so damp Tweedside mornings will not swell it and it never wants a paintbrush. Trusted installers hang it in a day, and all workmanship is guaranteed.
Kelso sits in a river valley and the damp hangs about long after the rain has stopped. Timber takes that in and starts to stick, swell and peel. A composite door is put together to ignore it, and these are the parts that do the work.
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 enitial contact to finished result was first class. Everyone we dealt with were really professionl and helpful and went that extra mile. We can not thank you all enough for a superb experience and have no hesitation in recommending Ultimate Home Solutions.
Fulfilled the timescales. Excellent workmanship. Competitive prices. Excellent customer service.
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Everything happens at your own address: the samples, the measuring and the quote. Nothing is charged for the visit, nobody chases you afterwards, and vetted installers do the fitting in a day. Broomlands, Maxwellheugh or out at Sprouston, it runs the same way.
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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.
Start your renovation now and pay over a term that suits you. Buy now and pay later, or arrange manageable monthly payments.
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Colours, glass patterns and handles laid out on your own table, with a careful measure of the opening, at whatever hour of the day suits you.
01Swatches and glass samples judged in daylight next to your own render, stone or brick, in the light the door will actually live in.
02Frame, sill and reveal are all recorded, which matters in older Borders houses where very little is square.
03How the multi-point locking works, what the 3-star cylinder does, and which laminated glass designs suit a street-facing door.
04Yours to weigh up for as long as you like. Various deposit options are available.
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Travel, price, conservation streets, tall old openings, security, the fitting day, the outlying villages and paying monthly.
The person on the other end books door surveys all day long, so you get answers rather than a transfer. Lines are open every day and we aim to reply within the hour.
Call 0800 029 3875We do, and there is nothing to pay for the trip. A surveyor covers Kelso and the TD5 villages around it, samples and all, with no call-out fee and nothing added for the mileage. The quote that follows is free and puts you under no obligation.
Most of ours land between £950 and £2,200 fitted, with the old door taken out and carted away and the certification included. Where yours sits depends on the colour, the glass, the hardware and whether you want side panels. Various deposit options are available.
Not automatically, though it is worth checking. Kelso's town centre conservation area takes in The Square, Bridge Street and Roxburgh Street, and there are listed buildings among them, so Scottish Borders Council may have a view on a door that faces the street. Doors at the back or the side rarely come into it. The surveyor will give you an honest read on it, and the Heritage composite range is drawn for period frontages.
Yes. Frames and doors are made to the measurements the surveyor takes, not to a standard size off a shelf, which is what makes the older openings around Roxburgh Street and Maxwellheugh straightforward to deal with.
Hard. Every door is tested to PAS 24, the British standard for forced entry. Behind that sits a solid core rather than a hollow one, a multi-point lock throwing hooks and bolts into the frame, a 3-star Kitemarked anti-snap cylinder and laminated glass in any glazed panel.
No. The outer skin is moulded GRP, which does not take water in, so there is no swelling, no sticking on a wet morning and no gap appearing once the heating dries the hall out. Nor does it ever need repainting.
Doors are fitted in a day. The old door and frame come out in the morning, the new set goes in, gets sealed and locked, and you are shown how it works before the van leaves. You are never left with an open doorway overnight.
Yes. Ednam, Sprouston, Heiton, Stichill, Smailholm, Makerstoun and both Yetholms are all on the round, and so are Jedburgh, Melrose and Coldstream. Farm cottages and converted steadings are regular work for us.
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).
Something past 200 combinations. Heritage shades sit well on Borders stone, and anthracite grey, black, cream, chartwell green and duck egg blue are the ones asked for most. Woodgrain finishes give the timber look, the inside face can be a different colour from the street side, and handles come in chrome, gold, black or antique.
All workmanship is guaranteed. Ring the freephone number any day of the week and we will arrange for someone to come back and look at it.
A surveyor covers the town and the country round it through the week, and trusted installers follow once the door has been made. Nothing is charged for the visit and nothing for the travel, whether you are on Inch Road or out past Smailholm.
Your village not named? Anywhere in TD5 is covered, along with Jedburgh, Melrose and Coldstream. Give us your TD5 postcode and we will fix a day to come out.