All glazed doors offer certain advantages compared to conventional, windowless external doors. To begin with, you can see through them, which allows you to work out whether or not you want to open your door to a caller. Glazed doors also allow more light to flow into your porch or hallway, rooms that are often devoid of much natural sunlight. However, with double-glazed doors fitted to your home, you can enjoy even more benefits. What are they?
1. Less Noise Ingress
To begin with, double-glazed doors operate in just the same way as double-glazed windows when it comes to keeping out extraneous noise. This is good if your front door faces a busy road, for example, when you might want to keep the rumble of traffic out of your home. Double-glazing also helps to shut out aircraft noise and nuisances like loud neighbours. Fitting a new front door with double-glazed panels will make a big difference to how quiet it is inside.
2. Better Warmth Retention
Another good thing to know about double-glazed doors is that during the winter months they will trap more heat inside. This means that your central heating will operate more efficiently with less warm air escaping through your external door. Modern double-glazing makes a near-vacuum or uses special gases like argon between the panes to trap heat energy and stop it from passing to the exterior, a good thing to know if you want to lower your home's carbon footprint.
3. Greater Security
There is no getting away from the fact that double-glazing is harder to force yourself past than single glazing. For this reason, double-glazed front and rear doors are a more secure option. Many people feel more secure in their homes once double-glazing has been fitted throughout for both the windows and doors.
4. Lower Energy Bills
When it comes to thermal insulation, double-glazed doors don't just prevent heat losses in winter but they also stop your home heating up unduly in summer, too. North-facing front doors tend to benefit the most from blocking solar energy from outside because they see more of the sun during the day. Preventing your home from heating up when the sun is shining will help you to be cooler when you are in but it will also mean using your air-conditioning less than you otherwise would. In turn, this will help to save money on your electricity bills.
