The first thing a newly-made owner of an apartment or house is thinking about is the safety of his home and the first thing that comes to mind is the front door! After all, the front door is not only beautiful and representative, but it is also the first, main barrier, denoting the border between the space of your house or apartment and someone else's territory of the street or entrance. And the entrance metal door is also the security of your property and your life. How to choose the right metal entrance door to ensure safety and comfort in your apartment or house, our article will tell.

Content

1. What is a metal front door: advantages  video
2. Metal doors: types
3. Classes of metal doors
4. How to choose a metal front door  video video
5. Metal entrance door photo

What is a metal front door: advantages

The front metal door is all just a door, but what!

Metal front door   this is

• a thick, preferably from 2 mm or more, outer sheathing layer of steel without welds, an integral sheet, which provides not only the external characteristics of the door, its color and pattern, but also resists direct penetration into the apartment. It should be difficult, long, or, ideally, impossible, not only just damage-scratch (thanks to the anti-vandal coating), but also cut or saw.
• the presence of stiffeners, at least three: 2 vertical, 1 horizontal, giving the door leaf increased strength.

• the presence of at least two high-quality, different types, safe locks equipped with several (2 or more) anti-burglar anchor pins: they are not drilled, they are not possible or very difficult to cut, but, if this happens, then the anti-burglar pins securely lock the metal door in the closed state.
• special door frame made of steel, securely fastened in the doorway and reinforced with special metal platbands.
• a sound and heat-insulating layer of at least 4 cm, making the door even more durable and creating real warmth, peace and comfort in the apartment.

Metal doors: types

Like any front door, metal doors can provide several, in addition to security, functions. Based on these functions, all metal doors can be divided into the following types:

- standard:  standard equipment (this applies both to door insulation, appearance, and its fire protection characteristics) the door is good, but standard, ordinary, without increased requirements. Consequently, its cost is standard, generally available.

- insulated:additional insulation is an additional option, very popular for apartments and houses. insulated metal doors are an additional comfort and cost saving for heating an apartment.

- fire fighting:  it is an entrance metal door the price for which corresponds to its purpose. But, given that all metal doors are fireproof, increased requirements are imposed only on metal entrance doors in more narrowly specialized rooms, for example, offices.

- decorated:  Usually, these are the best metal doors, since high-quality decor is not only expensive in itself, but also performed on metal doors of the elite class.

Classes of metal doors

The class of the metal entrance door depends on the quality of the materials used in its manufacture and, of course, affects its price.

Economy class these are the cheapest metal doors and that is why the most public doors. Most often, the country of manufacture of such doors is China. And, specifically, with regard to metal doors, the name Chinese doors does not bode well. Such doors have practically zero security and protect only from prying eyes and odors from the entrance, provide some heat and sound insulation, are not fireproof because consist of the finest tin on the outside and cardboard honeycombs inside (instead of insulation) and cheap finishing materials (laminate, for example) on the inside of the door. To open such a door is not difficult even with a can opener.

In the economy class can be attributed to metal handicraft doors (garage production). They are somewhat stronger than Chinese metal doors, but also do not withstand the pressure of vandals and thieves, because their weak points are covering the door outside (paintwork) and the use of publicly accessible cheap locks.

Premium class  - these are expensive (although this concept is relative, because we pay for our peace of mind and safety) and high-quality, with a warranty period of at least 10 years and, one might say, the best metal doors for ordinary everyday use in a typical apartment or house.
  These are precisely those metal doors reviews which, from the vast majority, can only be positive. Well-designed design, high quality of the materials and components used, the presence of all components for the greatest security: safe locks; region; corresponding to the weight of the door, hinges and door frame cost money spent on such a door.

Elite class  these are the most expensive exclusive doors, the price is thousands of dollars, metal entrance doors. For their manufacture, an individual design project is developed for each customer and its interior, most often at home. Only high-quality and expensive materials are used (most often natural ones, using armored plates for reinforcing and reinforcing the door leaf), expensive finishing of handles and locks.

How to choose a metal front door

Having become acquainted with the types and classes of entrance metal doors, the question arises: so how to choose a metal door correctly so as not to spend money on an empty one and save your property?
  To answer it, we suggest taking a look at crash tests of entrance metal doors of different classes:

And find out which metal door you need to choose for an apartment, home or office

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Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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