Aluminium front doors

Different designs are possible for the entrance to your home, according to your wishes. You are free to choose a side panel on the left, the right or on both sides of your front door. heroal front doors make it easy to turn your ideas into a reality. A transom light above the door can provide additional illumination. heroal also offers round-arch windows as transom lights made with our own in-house bending service. That means fast and flexible delivery for your round-arch transom light. The opening direction also plays an important role in the design of a front door. Your door can open to the right or left as required.

Door handles for front doors

The heroal design lever handle in the fittings series heroal DF guarantees maximum flexibility and a design that can be adapted to your individual needs. This lever handle also features intuitive, easy operation. heroal door fittings are compatible with the latest technologies, such as keyless entry and Bluetooth, which make them even more convenient. Self-locking and multi-locking fitting options can give your front door an extra level of safety.

Door hinges for aluminium front doors

Hinges are an important part of a front door because they ensure smooth opening and closing. The selection of hinges for your door depends on its closing direction. The number of hinges required depends on the total weight of the front door. With heroal, you can choose between an aluminium or stainless steel roller hinge, a top hinge or a concealed door hinge that is practically invisible. Hinges are also available in a wide variety of colours.

Keyless entry

Keyless entry allows you to open your front door using a code or fingerprint system. A fingerprint system recognises the stored fingerprints and opens the door only if there is a match. The advantage of a keyless entry system is that you no longer have to carry a heavy bunch of keys with you. And a front door key that you do not have to carry around cannot be lost or stolen. A keyless access system additionally increases your security by preventing theft and burglary.

Smart home

heroal aluminium front doors are compatible with all common smart home systems. With a smart home system, it is not only possible to close and open automatically, but also to monitor the locking status of your door while on the move. In addition to increasing the comfort, it makes your front door safer. With a smartphone-controlled solution, your front door can open automatically when you come home and close automatically when you leave. The transmitter can register the smartphone in your pocket without you doing anything at all.

The thermal insulation of your front door is an important factor when it comes to energy-efficient building or renovation. At heroal, we are continuously developing our front door profile systems and creating innovative technologies that are unique on the market. Depending on your needs, your heroal front door can achieve different insulation values, from highly insulated to passive-house certified.

There is no model name on your heroal front door. If you do not know the model of your front door, please ask the fabricator who installed it.

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The powder-coated or anodised surface of your front door can be cleaned easily and fast with a soft, non-abrasive cloth, which does not damage the finish, and water and a neutral detergent (neutral cleaning agent, pH value 7). Any streaks or remaining water drops can be removed with a chamois leather. Use odourless white spirit or isopropyl alcohol to remove tenacious dirt, grease, oil, grime, silicone rubber mastic or adhesive residue. An ideal care result can be achieved by cleaning and protecting your front door with wax (e.g. car wax) once or twice a year.

Generally speaking, powder-coated heroal front doors can be painted over with suitable paints. However, to achieve a satisfactory result for a long time, the powder coating should be removed first. As this requires extensive work, buying a new door is often less expensive. If you do not want to replace the complete door, you can also just install a new door panel. The reversible panel attachment by heroal is a very convenient way to replace the panel: a circumferential clip profile connects the door panel with the sash profile, so that the door panel can be replaced and the door design changed at a later date. Please ask your heroal fabricator about it or use the heroal specialist partner search to find a fabricator near you.

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All spare parts and suitable fittings for your heroal front door are available from our heroal specialist partners. Use the heroal specialist partner search to find a fabricator near you. Our partners take care of a professional installation, carry out maintenance works on your front door and are able to answer all your questions about heroal front doors.

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A front door makes a significant contribution to the security, energy efficiency, sound insulation and look of your home. Therefore, buying a new front door should be carefully planned. We would like to make this easier for you, and have prepared a short checklist for you, addressing all important aspects.

1. Accurate measurements

Taking accurate measurements is important to ensure that your new front door fits perfectly into the existing door opening. Only a perfect fit achieves ideal values in terms of tightness, thermal insulation, sound insulation and burglary protection. heroal specialised partners measure your door directly on site. Use heroal’s specialised partner search to find the ideal fabricator near you, among more than 3,500 specialised partners worldwide.

2. Design

The front door is a highlight and sets the tone for the look of the house. Therefore, the design of your front door should match your individual ideas and the style of your house. Whether classic or modern: a wide range of colours, surfaces, shapes and panels are available for heroal front doors.

3. Material

The choice of the right material has an impact on the quality, durability, security and sound insulation of your front door. We differentiate between front doors made from wood, PVC and aluminium. When choosing the material, remember that your door should be robust, easy-care and durable. heroal relies on the material aluminium. Therefore, heroal front doors achieve excellent performance features and stand out for their thermal insulation, stability, durability, burglary protection and versatile design options.

4. Burglary protection

Front doors are popular targets attracting burglars – therefore, they should at least provide for burglary protection of resistance class RC 2. Then, the door will resist an opportunistic perpetrator trying to get in using basic tools for 3 minutes. The higher the resistance class, the better the burglary protection of the door. In addition to the resistance class, it is also important to pay attention to additional components when buying a front door, such as burglar-resistant fittings with multi-point locking, penetration-resistant door panels and door hinges with additional security devices on the hinged side. heroal front doors have been certified up to resistance class RC 3 by the German testing institutes ift-Rosenheim and TÜV-Nord, which means they withstand attempted break-ins up to 5 minutes.

5. Thermal insulation

Front doors as well as sidelights and fanlights play an important role when it comes to the energy efficiency of your house. A well-insulated exterior door should at least meet the requirements of the German Building Energy Act (GEG 2020) and have a minimum U-value of U_D ≤ 1.8 W/m²K. The lower the U-value, the better the thermal insulation of the front door. The front door system heroal D 92 UD, for example, achieves U-values of U_D > 0.7 W/m²K, meeting passive house level.

6. Sound insulation

Nowadays, the noise level outside your own house should not be underestimated. Especially in residential areas near busy streets, airports or railway lines, a good sound insulation has a significant impact on health and comfort of living. Therefore, your door should ensure sufficient noise protection for your home. The choice of the right soundproofing class depends on the noise level measured. Ask your heroal specialised partner about it – you will find a specialised partner near you in heroal’s specialised partner search. A partner will use special sound meters to measure the noise level, and determine the individually required soundproofing class.

7. Professional installation

The professional installation and adjustment of a front door ensures optimal results in terms of thermal insulation, security, sound insulation and durability. heroal specialised partners provide specialist advice, take measurements on site, deliver and install your new front door – and, if required, also dismount your old front door – , so that the optimal functioning of your new front door can be guaranteed and you can enjoy your new front door for a long time. And they are available at any time as your service partners, if your front door should require maintenance or repair.