A hard wearing and durable lacquer is applied to create a smooth finish on your door in any RAL or NSC colour of your choice, to suit your design scheme. The lacquer is extremely durable and is offered in an ultra matte, satin (15% sheen), or high gloss (100% sheen). As standard, a lacquered finish is supplied with a smooth appearance, however if you would prefer to keep a more natural wood look then we can veneer the door with oak before applying the lacquer to have the grain visible.
SWD specialise in producing the opulant ‘piano’ high gloss finish. We produce these finishes in any RAL or NCS colour of your choice. The process includes priming and sanding the door several times with up to 8 coats of primer to achieve a perfectly flat surface to finish on. Multiple layers of high gloss lacquer are then applied and buffed by hand in between each application. High gloss finishes are also available over natural and man-made veneers which will elevate your doors to replicate the highest quality gloss furniture and joinery.
All doors from SWD are made to order which enables us to offer a huge range of glazing options. Some of the more popular options are shown here. Most of the glazing options can also be produced as a fire rated door. The types of glass available are: Clear toughened (Non-fire) / Opaque (Non-fire) / Bevelled (Non-fire) / Fire rated clear (FD30/
FD60) / Fire rated sandblasted (FD30/FD60). Your glazed doors will need beading to hold the glass in place.
All doors from SWD are made to order which enables us to offer a huge range of glazing options. Some of the more popular options are shown here. Most of the glazing options can also be produced as a fire rated door. The types of glass available are: Clear toughened (Non-fire) / Opaque (Non-fire) / Bevelled (Non-fire) / Fire rated clear (FD30/
FD60) / Fire rated sandblasted (FD30/FD60). Your glazed doors will need beading to hold the glass in place.
The below beading and panel profiles includes a range of traditional and contemporary options to suit any interior style. The cross sections show how each beading profile looks on a flat panel or a raised panel. These beading types can be used for our Classic Collection and may also be used on glazed doors in any of our other Collections too. Our sales team will be happy to assist you in knowing which beading and panel types are best suited to specific door models. Bespoke beading profiles are available upon request.
When purchasing new door sets, we can offer you a site survey which enables us to measure all of your openings and assess the exact requirements for a completely bespoke luxury service. Investing in a survey gives you absolute confidence that your doors are made to your exact specifications and eliminates scope for error and delay when installing. We also lend our experience and expertise to advise on solutions and options to meet any design requirements that you may desire.
If a site survey is not suitable, we can carry out a virtual site survey via video call or we can let you know the information we need and your builder can supply this instead.
Our standard door set frames are always rebated and made from moisture-resistant MDF, plywood or solid wood that can be supplied primed, wrapped in a matching veneer to the doors, or pre-finished in a lacquer or high gloss. As the frames are rebated and don’t require a plant on stop, we as standard install acoustic gaskets that can come in black, grey, brown and white depending on the colour of your frame. It will also include intumescent material if fire rated doors are required. The frames will come made to size based on your wall thicknesses; the maximum width of the frames are 175mm depending on the finish; if the walls are wider than this we would supply a reveal board in the same finish as the frame.
Our door sets include full casement architectural locks and latches along with x4 hinges per door as standard, all of which are machined into both the door and frame. As all the machining is done at our factories with C&C machinery, ironmongery as standard will be supplied with a radius edge providing a clean, neat finish. Instead of a radius edge, square edged ironmongery can be used and machined into your door sets if you prefer. There are three main locks
that we use with our door sets; a latch for non-locking doors, a bathroom lock fit for a handle and a thumb turn, and a euro profile sash lock fit for a handle and a cylinder for any doors you wish to be locked with
a key. Alternative ironmongery can be specified such as deep-set latches/locks which are specifically designed for mortice knobs as well as concealed hinges.
SWD can supply architrave and skirting profiles which can be veneered to match your doors and frames, resulting in a seamless and impressive look. The images below show some of the standard profiles available, however any of the profiles on the following page (102) are also available as an architrave either in MDF or solid wood, or as skirting. Both skirting and architraves can be made in different widths and thicknesses.
We can supply a huge variety of different architrave and skirting profiles, some of which are shown below. These can come in primed moisture resistant MDF or solid wood, for example walnut, oak, beech, tulip wood or Sapele. Plinth blocks and corner blocks are also available in various designs and sizes.