Light frame, heavy protection
Aluminium
Extruded aluminium bar work that will not rust, will not warp and barely needs looking after. The workhorse of Malaysian entrances.
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Four series, and how to tell them apart
Material is the first fork in the road. Everything after it, bar pattern, finish, lock count, is a preference. This page exists so you can make the material decision in about four minutes.
Timber warmth, metal core
Aluminium Wood
A sublimated wood-grain skin over an aluminium core. Reads as timber from the driveway, behaves like metal for the next twenty monsoons.
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Maximum resistance
Steel
Folded galvanised sheet, reinforced stiles and a five-point lock. Where the brief is simply the strongest door we can build.
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Solid hardwood, reinforced
Timber
Kiln-dried hardwood with a concealed steel plate and a multi-point lock. The main door that guests notice and burglars regret.
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Side by side
The short comparison
Read the exposure row first. In our experience it decides more orders than price does.
| Exposed to driving rain | Aluminium and aluminium wood only. Steel needs shelter, timber needs a deep porch. |
|---|---|
| Best airflow | Aluminium bar work, hands down. Nothing else lets the house breathe while locked. |
| Highest resistance | Steel with five-point locking and fixed hinge bolts. |
| Warmest appearance | Timber first, aluminium wood a very close and far lower maintenance second. |
| Lightest on hinges | Aluminium, then aluminium wood. Steel is the heaviest by a clear margin. |
| Least upkeep | Aluminium. Rinse it twice a year and it will outlive the paint on your house. |
| Typical lead time | Seven to ten working days for aluminium stock sizes, three to four weeks for made-to-measure and coated work. |
Finishes
Colour is the last decision, not the first
We keep fourteen powder coat colours in regular rotation and fifteen wood grains, plus anything from the RAL chart on request for a surcharge. Samples leave the showroom with you, because a swatch under fluorescent light is a different animal from the same swatch in a Klang afternoon.
If your house is already finished, bring a photograph of the porch and a piece of your floor tile or laminate. Matching against real material beats matching against memory every time.
Still torn between two series?
Tell us which entrance you are replacing and what it faces. We will tell you which of the four we would put on our own house, and why.