Best Place for steel personal door with combination lock

[Oxfordshirefarmer]

Been having a look online for these - plenty of options for standard but not with a combination lock.

https://www.securitydoorcompany.com/steel-security-door-heavy-duty-doorsetby-npm-sinoph-137-p.asp is the best i have found.

any other recommendations welcome!

 

[robs1]

I have used four of their doors plus a fire door good value and easy to fit, opening doesnt have to be exact or totally square.

 

[David.]

I may be wrong, but that looks like a Chinese junker. Sorry.
Speak to Ambasadoor by Witney, he sells much better made Italian ones.
PS. I have both types and shall not buy Chink again.

 

[Building Boy]

Fitted a lot of these doors with no problem

 

[chickens and wheat]

Fit a good top rain deflector/drip. I have such a door on grain shed and water ran down shed frontage and got in through door handle.
Door filled up 1/3 very nearly seizing the bottom bolt making the key very hard to turn.
I drilled a drain hole renovated the bolt mechanism and put a good deflector over the door

 

[Wesley]

We’ve recently fitted six of their doors. Very good person to deal with. I’m sure there might be better quality doors out there but they’re perfectly adequate & for the money I don’t see how they can be beaten. Very quick & easy to fit & so far work very well.

 

[David.]

What this type of door look like after a few slams.

But crack on....

 

[Oxfordshirefarmer]

thanks all.

ill report back when i get one installed!

 

[designanddetail]

Get yourself a British made Strongdor https://www.strongdor.com/

 

[jon9000]

Lathams

 

[bridgnorthfarmer]

another vote for Lathams - been using them on our sheds for the past few years now - https://www.lathamssteeldoors.co.uk/

 

[Tom8400]

I may be wrong, but that looks like a Chinese junker. Sorry.
Speak to Ambasadoor by Witney, he sells much better made Italian ones.
PS. I have both types and shall not buy Chink again.

Just goes to show different experiences

I thought Ambassador were overpriced Junk, Used to be one of the only doors available to choose from and renowned for being best but I'm so glad their extortionate price put me off having a third one, I then discovered Latham's and several others identical to the ones you called Chinese junk as they are far superior to a ambasadoor.
Reason being the paint work on ambasadoor maybe slightly better but if you don't get them 100% square they never shut properly, the lock mechanisms will fall apart they will bend around the lock mechanism if slammed. The only good bit is they look like they are built in a blacksmiths which will certainly put off intruders admittedly they don't tend to rust as quickly as the others but they don't open and close anywhere near as nice.

 

[Derky]

We only install Metadoor now. British built and by far the best.

 

[David.]

Just goes to show different experiences

I thought Ambassador were overpriced Junk, Used to be one of the only doors available to choose from and renowned for being best but I'm so glad their extortionate price put me off having a third one, I then discovered Latham's and several others identical to the ones you called Chinese junk as they are far superior to a ambasadoor.
Reason being the paint work on ambasadoor maybe slightly better but if you don't get them 100% square they never shut properly, the lock mechanisms will fall apart they will bend around the lock mechanism if slammed. The only good bit is they look like they are built in a blacksmiths which will certainly put off intruders admittedly they don't tend to rust as quickly as the others but they don't open and close anywhere near as nice.

Mine is at least 10 yrs old now, it still remains a good door.
At the time it was the best I could find.
Perhaps today I would consider Strongdor as above then.
But my contention that most of the supposedly secure Chinese ones are crap still stands.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I think anything built 10 yrs ago is better than todays stuff sadly.

Been having a look online for these - plenty of options for standard but not with a combination lock.

https://www.securitydoorcompany.com/steel-security-door-heavy-duty-doorsetby-npm-sinoph-137-p.asp is the best i have found.

any other recommendations welcome!

Be mindful that the combination lock may not use all the 5 point locks. We fell for this, the combination only open the door handle so not v secure

They said to use key for better protection which defeats the concept?