Composite Front Doors on an Edwardian bay-fronted house in Caerphilly

Families in the leafy Edwardian suburbs and downsizers moving back into the character stock for the layout. That's the mix reaching out for composite doors in Caerphilly on this property type — often as part of a wider refresh, sometimes as a like-for-like fix. A four-panel composite in a heritage colour, matched to a re-set stained-glass fanlight, keeps the original tile porch reading right. We salvage the original toplight where it's intact and mount it above the new frame. Vaulted internal ceilings mean the crew works off a small tower for gable glazing — ground protection sheeting mandatory. Off-street parking makes van access straightforward — we can stage glass in the driveway rather than on the pavement. External cill drips block with paint over the decades — raking them clean stops water sitting on the frame after install. Off-street parking makes van access straightforward — we can stage glass in the driveway rather than on the pavement. Vaulted internal ceilings mean the crew works off a small tower for gable glazing — ground protection sheeting mandatory. Original front cills are usually blue engineering brick — leave them, drill through them for the frame fixings. External cill drips block with paint over the decades — raking them clean stops water sitting on the frame after install. Original 60s sliding aluminium frames cold-bridge — you can feel a two-degree temperature drop within a foot of the glass in winter. Salt air pits cheap aluminium at the fixing points; genuinely marine-grade powder coating resists.