Door Style · Grand Entrance
Double Doors
Side‑by‑side double entrance doors for wider openings and grand front elevations. Configurable with active and passive leaves, sidelights and fanlights. Made in Westmeath.
A double door is two hinged leaves at the front entrance, side‑by‑side, where a single‑leaf door would look mean to the opening. Common on Georgian and Victorian period homes (where the original doorway was wide), and increasingly chosen on contemporary new builds wanting a more generous entrance presence.
Wright Windows manufactures double entrance doors in uPVC, aluminium, hardwood timber, composite and Spitfire S‑500 aluminium — from period‑authentic painted timber to contemporary Schüco‑based grand entrances. Multi‑point locking on the active leaf, top‑and‑bottom shoot‑bolts on the passive, and a full range of sidelight and fanlight options.
- Two Side-by-Side Leaves
- Active + Passive Locking
- Sidelights & Fanlights
- Made in Westmeath
How They Work
One leaf for daily use, second for occasions.
The ‘active’ leaf is your daily door — the handle is on this side, multi‑point locked into the frame. The ‘passive’ leaf is held closed by shoot‑bolts that engage into the threshold and head jamb. Release the bolts and the second leaf opens too, giving you full double opening for furniture, deliveries or just a grand entrance moment.
Configurations vary: symmetric (both leaves the same width), asymmetric (a wider active leaf with a narrower passive), or 1.5‑leaf (a full‑width active with a narrow side‑light‑style passive). We’ll match to your opening and design intent.
Why Double
Key Benefits
- Wider entrance, grander look. Where a single door looks lost in the opening, doubles fill it properly.
- Full opening for moving day. Open both leaves to get furniture, prams or wheelchairs through cleanly.
- Period‑authentic. Many Georgian and Victorian houses originally had double doors — restoration projects benefit from matching the original.
- Configurable. Symmetric, asymmetric or 1.5‑leaf options to match the opening.
- Full security. Multi‑point lock on the active leaf, top‑and‑bottom shoot‑bolts on the passive.
Specifications
Configurations & Detail
Leaf Configurations
Symmetric (equal width), asymmetric (wider active + narrower passive), or 1.5‑leaf with a slim passive panel.
Sidelights & Fanlights
Glazed sidelights one or both sides; semi‑circular or rectangular fanlight above. Full Georgian compositions available.
Locking
Multi‑point active leaf lock, top‑and‑bottom shoot‑bolt passive leaf. Toughened safety glass standard.
Best Suited For
Where double doors belong.
- Period Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses with wide original openings.
- Contemporary new builds wanting a more generous entrance presence than a single leaf.
- Country‑house and rural farmhouse renovations with rebuilt large stone porches.
- Wider apartment block lobby entrances — the spec for shared‑hall main doors.
- Compositions wanting full Georgian sidelights and fanlight detail.
Recent Work
Double Door Project Gallery
Double Doors FAQ
Common Questions
Are double doors as secure as a single door?
Yes. The active leaf has multi‑point locking identical to a single‑leaf entrance door. The passive leaf is held closed by shoot‑bolts at top and bottom — engaged into the head jamb and threshold — which give the same resistance as a frame fix. Combined with toughened safety glass and internal beading, security is on par with single‑leaf doors.
Do both leaves have to be the same width?
No. Symmetric (equal width) is the classic Georgian look. Asymmetric is more common on modern installs — a wider main active leaf with a narrower passive, giving you a more‑usable single‑leaf daily door. We’ll proportion to suit your opening at design stage.
Can I add sidelights and a fanlight?
Yes — fixed glazed sidelights either side, with a rectangular or semi‑circular fanlight above, give the full Georgian composition. Useful where the existing reveal is much wider than the door pair, or where you want the entrance to read as a single architectural moment.
What’s the difference between double doors and French doors?
Mostly use case and glazing. Double doors usually refers to entrance doors — often solid panels or with restricted glazing. French doors usually refers to garden‑access doors — with fully glazed leaves. Construction and locking are similar.
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