Over the last 15yrs, Urban Front have worked closely with architects on various exciting commercial, domestic and personal projects in the UK and internationally. We are involved in various stages of a project from initial planning for budgets, to floorplan stage and tenders.
Keep reading below to learn more about the benefits of working with Urban Front as your door partner. You'll also find our full range of door specifications for download and the option to request .dwg files.
Investing in an Urban Front door means you are investing in every hour we have spent making our doors the best they can be.
We consider new designs, the quality of our glass, the detail of our frames and the ways in which we can minimalise visible elements to keep the doors attractive. High security is a standard feature for all our doors. We will work closely with you to achieve all the little but important details that give you the end result you want.
We provide advice at the early stages of a design build to help you choose the best Urban Front door(s) to suit your design aspiration, location and the exposure.
And we're also delighted to offer the following:
1. Solutions for frontages and internally with advice on best product and performance
2. Advice for eco-friendly solutions, those with budget restrictions and projects with multiple doors by developers.
3. CAD drawings and detailed specifications
4. Samples, visual examples and useful information through CPD presentations and material
5. Useful and necessary advice that you can pass to your clients for your piece of mind
Our staff collectively have over 100 years experience designing, making and developing new ideas on doors.
We aren't just experts on our doors but on frontages as well and can advise you on elements that you hadn't even realised were important. Like how to support the front door correctly in Architectural glazing or considering the right door for an air test.
You can contact us any time by:
Since 2013, Urban Front have been part of the RIBA CPD Network.
We offer:
1. An in-house CPD seminar entitled "Specifying hardwood timber external doorsets".
2. An inspirational, RIBA certified book "Door Couture" is available from our online shop and Amazon online.
3. A large selection of CPD certified reading materials and blogs across this website - you can view them all here.
For most of us the front door is the threshold between our public and our private lives. The Door Couture book celebrates one of the most important components in any home. Beautifully illustrated and conceived and a must have for anyone interested in design.
Heinz Richardson, Jestico and Whiles Architects
Find a summary of all our offerings in the dropdowns below - scroll to the next section to find all our specification downloads.
e80 hinged
Suitable for renovations and new build properties where a good level of insulation is required – any location
e80s LPS1175 SR2
Suitable for renovations and new build properties where a good level of insulation is required – any location
e80 pivot/sprung pivot (self closing)
Suitable for renovations and new builds in semi-exposed locations
e98passiv (not available as pivot)
e98flush
Suitable for passive houses and new build properties where a high level of insulation is required – non exposed location
e80 hinged:
e80 pivot:
e98passiv:
Double frame rebates and continuous silicone double base weatherseals on all four sides for enhanced security and weather tightness.
authentication stamp
optional extras
Urban Front specialise in making handcrafted oversized-feature internal doors hinged or pivoted up to 1.5m wide by 3.2m high. Suitable to create an impressive division between entrances and living areas, also applicable for high end commercial areas such as; exhibition halls, hotel lobbies, restaurants, etc.
specifications
types
overall frame sizes
Urban Front specialise in making handcrafted oversized-feature internal doors hinged or pivoted up to 1.5m wide by 3.2m high. Suitable to create an impressive division between entrances and living areas, also applicable for high end commercial areas such as; exhibition halls, hotel lobbies, restaurants, etc.
specifications
types
overall frame sizes
structure
characteristics
acoustic seals
fire rating
hardware
EN 12209
finishing
up & over
sensors
intelligent control technology
remote control
Urban Front specialise in making handcrafted oversized-feature internal doors hinged or pivoted up to 1.5m wide by 3.2m high. Suitable to create an impressive division between entrances and living areas, also applicable for high end commercial areas such as; exhibition halls, hotel lobbies, restaurants, etc.
specifications
types
overall frame sizes
Urban Front specialise in making handcrafted oversized-feature internal doors hinged or pivoted up to 1.5m wide by 3.2m high. Suitable to create an impressive division between entrances and living areas, also applicable for high end commercial areas such as; exhibition halls, hotel lobbies, restaurants, etc.
specifications
types
overall frame sizes
structure
characteristics
acoustic seals
fire rating
hardware
EN 12209
finishing
In order to achieve larger looking and ‘secret doors’, we’ve introduced our flush doors that have no visible frame jambs or sections where they meet a boarded panel above or to the side of the door. These doors are also flush with the frame jambs and always come in the e80 /e98 range. See image on page 83.
Our oversized external doors can be made up to 1.5m wide x 3.2m tall including frame. These doors are made as a bespoke construction, similar to our e80 range, but with bespoke steel reinforcement and insulation.
We have a few different metallic copper/silver/bronze/black finishes to choose from and samples are available from our office. Please email info@urbanfront.co.uk to arrange samples to be posted to you.
We offer a specialist petflap solution which is invisible externally (disappears into the wood), Passive House, high security and automated.
If you like your door simple with no visible hardware other than the lock, then Option 20 is your solution. It’s a concealed pull handle that can be grooved into your door. This option is available on most doors, please call our office for details.
triple glazing and commercial grade security glazing
Do ask if you’d like either of the above options which are now available on all of our doorsets
and sidelites.
Quite a few of our clients are now requesting
higher security entry systems which allow entry without a physical key and entry using their phone. Do call or email us for the options available.
We now supply sprung pivots as standard.
These are suitable for pivot doors going into architectural glass and also for those needing
a self-closing option with a stand-open function. The sprung pivot doorsets come with a Corian threshold.
This is a self-locking 5point lock with a hold open latch option. With the flick of a small snib the lock retracts and the door works without a lock engaging. This works well if you’d like to pop out to your driveway and not worry about carrying a key with you.
The fully certified e98passiv is a highly insulated doorset made with a steel reinforced core and achieving up to 0.8W/m2K and 32db sound insulation with an airtightness up to class 3. The doors achieved Passive House certification in October 2013.
These doors are available in most of the Urban Front contemporary door designs (including vision panels with triple glazing) and in all of our hardwoods including Iroko, European Oak, American Black Walnut and Fumed Oak. The doors are made with triple rebates, steel reinforcement and various bespoke sizing going up to a maximum of 1100mm wide and 2200mm high.
With all of our audits behind us for a year or so, we are happy to announce that we achieved our ISO 9001: 2015 certification in December 2016 with certificate number 1390.
Here at Urban Front we are continuously striving to improve our procedures and quality and are extremely proud to have committed to the ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
Going forward we will be audited once a year to make sure that we are keeping all of our standards up to the level accepted by ISO and within the guidelines that we have agreed to. These audits are completed in our offices and workshop and cover all aspects of our working and technical procedures.
We are very pleased to announce that we have completed and achieved LPS1175-SR2 security testing for our e80sdoorset in sizes up to 1200 x 2400mm (size includes frames).
LPCB’s Window and Doors High Security scheme is carried out to Loss Prevention Standard LPS1175 and involves assessing their resistance to intruders. This standard comprises a range of manual intervention tests and can be applied to doors manufactured from most commonly available materials. The e80s withstood rigorous testing in the areas of: glass, frame and lock security including vision panels, leaf hardware and door construction.
LPS1175 is a requirement of the current Part Q building regulations.
In 2017 Urban Front joined Secured by Design (SBD), the national police crime prevention initiative, which accredits products, which are sufficiently robust to resist physical attack to deter opportunistic burglars. SBD has accredited one of our front doors, which has been certified to LPS 1175 SR2, after rigorous physical testing.
SBD Development Officer, Doug Skins said:
“This product has been tested for a more determined attack to resist tools of a higher mechanical advantage, such as claw hammers and drills – going beyond tools like screwdrivers and pliers. For a hardwood door to achieve this standard is an enormous achievement.”
the difference between LPS1175 / PAS 24 as quoted by BRE Global
LPS1175 differs in a number of ways from PAS 24 (used in LPCB’s Residential security scheme), notably in its approach to intruders that are willing to risk making noise in their attempts to enter a property.
PAS 24 considers resistance to opportunist criminals who wish to gain entry by stealth and without making noise that might attract attention. PAS 24 does not, for example, address breaking glass as an entry method. Products approved to PAS 24 are therefore best suited to domestic properties and others with either 24/7 occupancy or high volumes of personnel passing near the door/window concerned.
LPS1175 evaluates a product’s resistance to forced entry by a wider range of intruders, including those unconcerned about making noise. Under LPS1175, breaking glass is – as in the real world – recognised as a mode of entry for prospective thieves and is part of the assessment process.
LPS1175 approved products are therefore well suited to scenarios where criminals can either work out of sight or where they are not fearful of being spotted. It is therefore a generally more secure standard than PAS 24, and designed for door manufacturers with target market for high end residential and commercial premises.
To help with your research into our product range please feel free to order an Architects pack. Included in this pack is a hard back copy of our brochure, a copy of Door Couture (approved as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)) and samples of our wood finishes.
To get a quotation you can email info@urbanfront.co.uk, call us on (01494) 778787 or complete a quotation form
2. If you need a larger size, our pricing starts from the following:
a) Up to standard front door size for pivot/hinged 1200 x 2400mm = £4488 + VAT (plus all additional points in pricing option 1)
Garage door prices vary depending on the type of garage door you are specifying in addition to the design, size and finish.
Please find below starting prices for garage doors in the different door types:
Up and Over garage doors in European Oak at 2500mm x 2400mm in a Parma design from £14,000 + VAT
Side hung garage doors in European Oak at 2000mm x 2100mm in a Parma design from £9500 + VAT
Bi-fold garage doors in European Oak at 4000mm x 2400mm in a Parma design from £24,000 + VAT
These indication prices exclude handles and delivery but do include automation for the side hung and bi-fold options.
As an indication please find some examples prices for our hardwood internal doorsets.
Raw internal doorset (including frame) in European Oak up to 1000mm x 2400mm £2068 + VAT
Root internal doorset (including frame) in American Black Walnut up to 1000mm x 2100mm £2650 + VAT
How do i place an order?
Orders need to be placed by phone or email. We require 50% of the total invoice to secure the order and to have it placed into production. We take payment by credit card or bank transfer.
What is your lead time/how long does it take to get a door?
Our lead time varies throughout the year depending on how busy we are. Our normal timings are:
You will be informed at the quotation and/or ordering stage if there are any forseeable changes to this timing structure.
When do we need to pay for doors we have ordered?
We require 50% at the time of order and 50% just before delivery.
What payment types do you accept?
We accept all major credit cards including American Express, bank transfers and cheques.
What happens once i've placed an order?
Within three days of placing an order, you should receive your CAD drawing for sign off. We are only able to send these out if you have given us your final sizes. Once the CAD drawing is signed off, the lead time we stated on your quotation will start.
Can i cancel my order?
As long as we have not made your door, yes you are able to cancel your order. However, if we have sent you CAD drawings there may be a small admin charge.
Can I make changes to my order once it’s been placed?
Yes, as long as you have not signed your CAD drawings or the door is not made yet and we are able to make a change.
We're very happy to supply CAD .dwg files. Follow the link below and select the option in our General Enquiry form to request them.
We've grouped our specification downloads into 5 sections below. Please feel free to download and review as many as needed.
Front Door Specifications
Garage Door Specifications
Internal Door Specifications
Cill & Frame Sections
Door Finishes
Beyond the obvious functionality, front doors have long had strong symbolic and aesthetic roles to play in the design of our homes. Their contemporary role is no different yet the messages have changed. The beautifully designed, Door Couture book inspires us to think in greater detail about the role it now plays and how this translates into the ever important first impression.
Expert in sustainable architecture and TV Presenter, Oliver Heath
