ᐅ Tough topic: Front door. Which paneling?

Hello everyone!

We are currently facing the troublesome issue of choosing an exterior door...

We visited the recommended specialist store and selected our door.

Now we need to decide on the door panel.

The options are:

1: Insert panel Tabori 2. Anthracite gray on both sides (no extra charge)

2: Single-sided overlay panel. Anthracite gray on both sides (extra charge €805 gross)

3: Double-sided overlay panel. Anthracite gray on both sides (extra charge €1610 gross)

Which option would you choose?

We’re really unsure if the additional cost of €805 gross for the double-sided overlay panel compared to the single-sided overlay panel is worth it...

For our OBUK front door, the additional cost for having the frame cover both sides is €1,050 gross. We decided to go with this option. Having it cover only one side would have cost about half as much.

We faced the same decision last week.
In the end, it’s purely a matter of personal taste. There’s no significant additional insulation benefit. I looked at both options and thought they both looked good. We then decided against the extra cost. With light-colored doors, it’s a bit different, as in my view (purely subjective again) it looks odd without the door panel overlap. But with anthracite, I found it perfectly fine. I’d rather spend the money saved on nicer tiles.

Golfi90 schrieb:

We are really not sure if the extra cost of 805€ for double-sided overlay paneling compared to single-sided overlay paneling is worth it for us...

A forum won’t be able to change that, since it’s a matter of your personal aesthetic preference.

We have fully glass panels, so the question didn’t even come up.

With a single-sided sash overlap, as soon as you are invited inside, you can see a step between the frame and the panel. In my opinion, with an aluminum front door, this feels like a show-off on the outside but just empty showiness on the inside. With a plastic front door, which is not trying to be in the "Porsche price range," this disappointment does not occur.

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We have now decided on the double-sided inset panel.

The door will be visible for the next 20 years... When you go to the upper floor, you walk directly towards it... You also walk towards it when going to the guest bathroom...