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23 Years · 5,247 Homes
Family-owned since 2003 · Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow
The challenge with doors in Wicklow is not the door itself - modern uPVC profiles are inert, will not corrode, and carry a 12-year guarantee against fading and warping. The challenge is everything attached to the door: the multi-point locking gearbox, the hinges, the threshold strip, the handle, the letterplate. Those are steel and zinc components, and they are what the salt air on the Bray, Greystones and Arklow seafront will go after first.
The doors we replace most often on the East Wicklow coast are not 30-year-old timber - they are 12 to 18-year-old uPVC doors fitted in the 2008-2014 boom. The sash itself usually still looks fine. What has failed is the gearbox seizing because zinc has corroded, the cylinder snapping because the original was not 3-star rated, the hinges sagging because the steel pin has pitted, and the gasket perishing because UV and salt have worked through it. Replacing the door with a like-for-like spec just gives you the same problem in 2040.
That is why our default Wicklow coastal uPVC door spec is different from inland Dublin or Kildare. We fit a marine-grade stainless multi-point lock, powder-coated stainless hinges, an anti-snap TS007 3-star cylinder, and a thermally-broken aluminium threshold. The premium is roughly €120-€180 per door over a standard inland spec - a small price for hardware that does not need replacing in a decade.
Inland Wicklow is a different brief. Around Blessington, Newtownmountkennedy, Rathnew and Kilmacanogue, sheltered by the Wicklow Mountains, standard uPVC door hardware performs as well as it does anywhere else in Ireland. There the priority is U-value (heat loss through the back door is the typical complaint) and we recommend a triple-glazed glass cassette as the upgrade. We have been fitting doors across Bray, Greystones, Wicklow Town, Arklow, Delgany, Blessington, Newtownmountkennedy, Rathnew, Kilmacanogue and the smaller villages between them since 2003 - 23 years and counting, with over 5,247 homes completed across Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow.
Every door we install is PAS24:2022 certified, A-rated, and supplied with a 12-year manufacturer guarantee on the sash and frame.
Our default for any Wicklow address inside 1km of the Irish Sea - Bray seafront, Greystones harbour, Newcastle, Brittas Bay, Arklow North Beach. Stainless steel multi-point lock, powder-coated stainless hinges, marine-grade letterplate, and a corrosion warranty out to 10 years on the lockset itself.
Lift the handle and five locking points engage simultaneously: two roller cams, two deadbolts, one centre hookbolt. The cylinder is anti-snap TS007 3-star, anti-bump and anti-pick. Garda and insurance compliant.
A thermally-broken aluminium threshold breaks the cold bridge between the floor slab and the doorway. Critical for the typical Wicklow back door opening onto a tiled kitchen floor - the difference between a warm hallway and one that is permanently three degrees colder than the rest of the house.
For Victorian and Edwardian terraces along the Bray seafront, Wicklow Town centre and Arklow Main Street, a deeply moulded uPVC door with traditional Georgian or stained-glass cassettes reads as period-appropriate from the kerb. White, anthracite grey, black, oak and chartwell green available.
For the rear elevation onto a garden or seafront patio, French doors and 2.4m+ patio sliding doors maximise light and access. Both are PAS24-rated with multi-point locking; sliders use anti-lift roller blocks so the sash cannot be levered out of the track.
U-value down to 1.0 W/m²K with a triple-glazed glass cassette - useful where the door faces an exposed seaward elevation or sits inside a porch where condensation builds. Adds noticeable acoustic benefit for homes near the N11 dual carriageway.
Wicklow homeowners can claim up to €800 towards door costs under the SEAI Better Energy Homes scheme - but only when doors are bundled with windows, attic insulation or wall insulation in the same application. The home must have been built and occupied before 2011.
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The questions Wicklow homeowners ask us most often when comparing uPVC door installers.
Yes - but the hardware spec matters more than the sash itself. The uPVC profile is inert and immune to salt corrosion, but the locking mechanism, hinges and handles are steel and zinc - and that is what fails first on coastal homes in Bray, Greystones, Wicklow Town and Arklow. We specify marine-grade stainless multi-point locks and powder-coated handles on every door fitted within 1km of the Irish Sea. Standard zinc handles can pit and discolour inside three to five years on a seafront elevation; marine-grade hardware carries a corrosion warranty out to ten years. The premium is around €60-€90 per door and well worth it on the East Wicklow coast.
Every uPVC door we fit in Wicklow is built to PAS24:2022 - the British standard for enhanced security doors. That means a five-point hookbolt locking system (two roller cams, two deadbolts, one centre hook), an anti-snap TS007 3-star cylinder, internally beaded glass cassettes (so the glass cannot be removed from outside), and reinforced steel within the sash itself. Holiday-home owners in Brittas Bay and Kilcoole take this seriously: we are often called out after a winter storm season to upgrade rear and side doors that the original 2000s-era cylinders simply cannot defend against modern snap-and-pick attacks.
Yes, in the right style. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces along the Bray seafront and around Wicklow harbour suit a heritage-pattern uPVC door with deeply moulded panels and traditional Georgian or stained-glass cassettes - the door reads as period-appropriate from the kerb. Where the property is a Protected Structure or sits inside an Architectural Conservation Area, planning rules may require timber for the primary front door; uPVC is usually fine for back, side and garden doors. We will tell you straight on the survey if your address has a heritage flag.
External doors are eligible for SEAI grant funding - up to €800 per home - but only when they are replaced as part of a wider home energy upgrade alongside windows, attic insulation or wall insulation. A standalone door swap is not grant eligible. The home must also have been built and occupied before 2011, and a BER assessment is required before and after the works. We are SEAI registered and provide the post-works documentation Wicklow homeowners need to claim the grant directly from SEAI.
A single uPVC door takes 4 to 6 hours to fit - lift out the old door and frame, prep the opening, set the new frame plumb, fit the sash, cylinder, handles and threshold, reseal externally with low-modulus silicone, and re-render or trim the inside reveal. The home is wind- and watertight before we leave. A front-and-back order on the same day takes 7 to 9 hours with a two-fitter team. We run that all week across Bray, Greystones, Wicklow Town and Arklow.
Free in-home survey across Bray, Greystones, Wicklow Town, Arklow, Blessington and the rest of the county, booked for the earliest available appointment. Marine-grade hardware available for coastal homes.
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