Front door designer
Design your front door,
and see it on a house.
Start with the kind of door: composite, solid timber core or aluminium. Then choose the style, glass, colours, side panels and hardware, see it by day and in the evening, and send it to us for a free survey and quote.
Your details
We’ll email you your door, then get in touch to arrange your free survey: we measure the opening and give you one written price, fitting included. No obligation.
Step 1 of 7: Door
Recently fitted by our own crews.
Six front doors we’ve fitted recently, in photos from our own jobs. Every one started as a design like yours.
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Dark green, with leaded glass
- Fitted
- Composite door with a glazed side panel each side
- Glass
- Two bevelled, leaded panels
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Anthracite grey, glass slot
- Fitted
- Composite door with a glazed side panel each side
- Glass
- A full-length slot
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Dark brown, under an oak porch
- Fitted
- Composite door with a glazed side panel
- Glass
- A small square panel
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Sage green, cottage style
- Fitted
- Composite door and frame
- Glass
- A slim leaded panel
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Pale grey, arched glass
- Fitted
- Composite door and frame
- Glass
- An arched top panel
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Anthracite grey, twin glass
- Fitted
- Composite door and frame
- Glass
- Two tall obscure panels
Photos from Admiral’s own jobs, 2026.
The doors in the designer. What each one is.
Three kinds of front door, each from a specialist maker, each made to measure and fitted by our own crews.
Composite
The widest choice
A tough, glass-reinforced skin with a timber grain, over an insulated foam core, in a steel-reinforced frame. Its maker offers 160 designs and over 2,000 colours, and a 10-year warranty against the door bowing.
Solid timber core
The weight of timber
A composite door built round a 48 mm core of engineered timber, in a foiled skin with a moisture barrier at its foot. A 3-star cylinder comes as standard, and its maker backs it with a £2,000 security guarantee.
Aluminium
Slim and modern
A 60 mm aluminium door with a thermal break, in an aluminium frame powder-coated at the same time, so the colours match exactly. Its maker guarantees the paint for 25 years.
After you send it. What happens next.
Your design comes to our team with everything you chose, so we start the conversation where you left off.
We get in touch
The way you asked, during opening hours, to arrange a survey at a time that suits you.
A free survey
We measure the opening, check the threshold and the frame, and bring samples of the colours and glass.
One written price
For the door, the frame and the fitting, with no obligation.
Made to measure
Your door is made to order, then fitted by our own crew, who take the old one away.
Questions about the designer.
Anything else? Request a quick callback or call 01473 659062 and ask us straight.
Why doesn’t it show a price?
Every door is made to measure, and the opening, the frame and what’s there now all change the price. A number from a website would only be a guess, so we survey for free and give you one written price, fitting included. The last step shows what affects the price of your choices.
Can you make exactly what I design?
Usually, yes: every style, glass, colour and handle in it is one its maker offers for that kind of door, and the options for each door are ones that go together. At the survey we check it against your opening and suggest changes if something won’t work.
How accurate are the colours and glass?
The designs and sizes are drawn to scale, and the colours are matched to the makers’ own colour references, but a screen is only a guide. See the door colours, glass and hardware for real in our Ipswich showroom, or ask us to bring samples to the survey.
Which kind of door should I choose?
A composite door gives you the widest choice of designs and colours. A solid timber core door has the weight and feel of timber, with a 3-star cylinder as standard. An aluminium door is the slimmest and most modern, powder-coated to match its frame. We’ll talk you through them at the survey or in the showroom.
Can I have a different colour inside?
Yes. Most people choose white inside, to go with the hall, but you can have the same colour on both sides. Choose it on the colours step, then see it in the inside view.
Does my design get saved?
It’s kept in this browser, so it’s still here when you come back. Send your details on the last step for your price: straight after, your thank-you page gives you your door as a PDF, with every view and its full specification, and a link to come back to it from anywhere, which we email you too. Nothing reaches us until you send it.