4 Killer Upgrades For Your Patio Doors
When thinking about ways to upgrade your home, kitchens, bathrooms, and even gardens tend to steal the spotlight. Patio doors go unnoticed and can end up forgotten about. They can quietly impact your home's utility bills, security and protection from the weather and unwanted pests (as well as your home's style). Here are a few upgrades to turn even the most basic doors into stylish, energy-efficient, secure features you’ll appreciate every day you see them.
Patio Screen Doors
You might enjoy having your doors open out to your garden in the summer, and as much as it can be nice to let in the fresh air, it isn’t nice to let all the bugs in. Patio screen doors add elements of practicality to your patio doors. They are mesh inserts that can be attached to your window frames. These allow you the luxury of keeping those doors open to get some better ventilation and enjoy the outdoors, but with the added comfort that no creepy crawlies are getting inside.
UV-repellant Film
An unseen downside to having patio doors that let in vast amounts of light is that they could start to bleach your carpet and furniture. A great upgrade to prevent this from happening and causing a whole lot of damage is to add UV-repellent film. It reduces the amount of UV and infrared coming through the doors and protects your furniture and flooring from fading.
If you can’t afford to splash out on the more long-term, permanent glass solution, film allows you to have all the benefits of glass without being permanent (great for renters) and at a much cheaper cost.
Give Them A Facelift
Sometimes your patio doors get forgotten about when giving your home a bit of a makeover, and they can soon look a bit outdated and out of place. Give them a bit of a facelift by adding new handles and locks and changing up the hardware finishes to match better with the rest of your decor.
If you’re bored with how they look overall and just changing the hardware isn’t cutting it, then why not change the whole color of the doors? Even if you’re on a strict budget, you could always opt for getting the doors wrapped with some fun colors - or try a wood finish.
Smart Locks
Just because patio doors look good and are nice to have, you still need to think about your home's security. Patio doors can be more inviting to potential burglars if they don’t have decent locks, so it's definitely worth upgrading. Smart locks are great not only for adding an extra layer of protection but also make opening and locking the doors a lot easier and less effort.
You can use apps to make sure your doors are locked, which you can easily do from the comfort of the sofa if you’ve forgotten to close them. It's also great as you can monitor if the doors have been opened remotely, so you might be able to detect an intruder a lot earlier.
It's not just about making your home look better, but upgrading your patio doors can often result in improving problems you didn’t realize you had. A few smart changes can mean a safer, better-protected home whilst also still looking good.