The entry door is the focal point of your home’s exterior. It’s the place all eyes should come to rest on the front of your house and it’s also the place where your world begins and the outside world is left behind. If the front door is old and weathered, is a leftover from a previous owner who had questionable taste or is simply leaking warm air like a sieve you’ll want to consider replacing it during the coming year.
Entry Doors: The Biggest Small Investment You’ll Ever Make
Whether you’re selling your home, renovating it or simply looking to ramp up the curb appeal an entry door is perhaps the most cost-effective investment you can make. Here are 7 reasons why you should consider replacing your entry door in the coming year.
- ROI – No other alteration you can make to your house will generate a comparable ROI. Not kitchen remodeling, bathroom renovation, a deck addition or anything else. New exterior facing doors return nearly 100% of your investment while providing myriad addition benefits as well. If you’re looking to maximize bang for the buck entry doors are the way to go.
- Curb appeal – You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Sure, it seems like an overused cliché but it’s absolutely true. Whether visitors or potential buyers, the impression people formulate of your home begins on the walk up to the front door. A shabby entry door will create a negative first impression the rest of your house will have to work to overcome.
- Security – Approximately ⅓ of all home invasions occur through the front door. If your home has an old wooden door that’s frayed around the edges and is mounted to a rotting frame gaining entry will require little effort on the part of an intruder. A new entry door will keep your family safe and secure by keeping the burglar outside where he belongs.
- Durability – New fiberglass entry doors will provide potentially decades of safety, energy efficiency and good looks for you and your family. They won’t rot, won’t warp, won’t crack and come with generous warranties (not that you’ll need them). Can you say the same about wooden doors?
- Energy efficiency – The amount of energy that can escape through an old, leaky home entrance is astonishing. Some 5-10% of all heat loss in a typical home walks right out the door. Just by installing an insulated fiberglass entry door you could eliminate those pesky drafts you’ve been dealing with for years and save big on your energy bill.
- Low maintenance – Fiberglass doors in particular are extremely low maintenance. Once installed you’ll just need to clean them periodically. No need to stain or paint them. No need to replace cracked panels or shore up rotting edges. No need to go to extraordinary efforts to keep the elements off of them either; just hang them and forget them.
- Choice – Entry doors from Toronto Doors and Windows come in variety of styles and colors and it’s a safe bet that there is one that’s a perfect match for your renovation project. Whether you want something aggressively modern or something with more traditional restraint we have a style for every purpose, every design scheme.
Replacing your entry door is simply one of the smartest home improvement projects you can undertake. It adds curb appeal like new siding, energy efficiency like new windows, security like an alarm system and once in place they’ll last for decades without ever needing extensive maintenance. Call Toronto Doors and Windows today to learn more about our full line of beautiful, durable, affordable fiberglass entry doors.
