A Spitfire door is an object of beauty. And yet the real beauty of a Spitfire door can be found in its engineering. Take the S-200 door for example. Each sash features discreet mechanical fixings to prevent distortion in hot and cold climates, and subtle micro-adjustment devices in the head and base of the door. The S-200 is a substantial 75mm thick with no less than three layers of security glass making it hardly surprising that every S-200 door conforms to RC2 levels of exceptional security and weathering, specified by the IFT Rosenheim Test Institute in Germany.

U-values are used to measure how effective building products are in preventing heat being lost from inside a building. In a nutshell, the lower the U-value of a door, the more slowly heat can escape, Less energy used is better for the environment and good news for your pocket. Spitfire aluminium doors easily outperform composite doors. Depending on the model you choose, you can achieve U-values as low as 0.67 W/m2K (trust us, that’s pretty low!).

Not only can you buy a door from our standard range, you have the freedom to design your own with help from EKCO. With a trend towards custom-built passive houses your Spitfire door can be engineered to fit entrances of up to 1250mm in width and a impressive 2700mm in height, In fact, with such an enormous range to choose from, including contemporary front doors with sidelights, top lights, double doors and French doors, it’s fair to say that there’s a Spitfire door to suit every kind of property, whatever your personal style and taste in décor.

Each Spitfire door comes with a baked-on powder coated paint finish to guarantee colour stability, weather resistance and low maintenance plus triple seals helping to keep the very worst of our climate’s vagaries at bay. Our S-200 and S-500 doors offer a choice of hundreds of RAL colours, in gloss, matt, metallic, textured, dual coloured, multi-coloured or even incorporating a subtle sparkle effect, along with 20 wood effects and many textured finishes, including rust and concrete. Our S-400 comes in West Canadian solid red cedar for the natural look that will look equally beautiful in a contemporary property or a rustic barn conversion.

Add the ultimate touch of luxury to your new Spitfire door with Swarovski® crystals (for S-500 model only). To give your front door that extra touch of individuality we can subtly incorporate stunning Swarovski® gems inside your door’s glass panel or on the door sash itself. For over 120 years, Swarovski® crystals have been adding a touch of bling to everything from jewellery to… well… front doors! So make your grand entrance grander still.

Depending on the model, Spitfire doors offer up to seven hi-tech opening options designed to make life easier. For example, remote control key fob opening enables you to unlock your front door from up to 30 metres away which means no more fumbling in the dark on the doorstep for your keys. Alternatively, the optional built-in fingerprint sensor will open a Spitfire door in a remarkable 1.2 seconds. This new generation sensor incorporates Siemens technology and can even read data from a moist or greasy finger! The sensor can recognise up to 1,000 fingerprints and the dual relay units allow you to operate another nearby door, such as a garage door, too, all from the one sensor.

The Spitfire touch-screen key pad is easy to use too. You can tap in your desired code or swipe your code, like using an iPhone. Not only that but we have recently launched handles with a smart spyhole, fingerprint reader and backlit LED built in too.

There are three models of Spitfire door each one with huge array of styles to choose from – and of course you can have your own bespoke door designed. Click on the following links to read more – Spitfire S-200, Spitfire S-400, Spitfire S-500 or call your nearest EKCO showroom in Edinburgh or Livingston for a quote or further details.