SEAI grant: €800 per eligible external door, up to €1,600 for two
Measuring the opening, lead times, installation day and the small things nobody tells you before the door arrives.
A sealed, airtight door is the whole point of buying a new one, and it is also the reason some people see damp patches that were never there before. Here is why it happens and what to do about it.
Most of these cost nothing to avoid and a few hundred euro, or the whole SEAI grant, if you miss them. Here is what actually goes wrong, in the order it usually happens.
Warranty terms usually get one line in a brochure and nothing else. Here is what five years and two years actually mean, what is excluded, and who pays for the call-out in year four.
Ten to twelve weeks after you order, a van turns up and your old door comes out. Here is the order of events, how long it takes, and the paperwork you need before and after.
Five minutes with a tape gets you a quote you can rely on instead of a number that changes on survey day. Here is what to measure, where people get it wrong, and the sizes that cost extra.
