Bright and elegant, the External French Stable Solid Oak Door pairs a light-filled French-style glazed top with the practicality of a stable split, a beautiful way to open your home up to the garden while flooding the hall with daylight. About the French Stable Oak Door The French top is designed to let the maximum amount of light through, invigorating your entrance and hallway, while the stable split lets you open just the top half to enjoy the garden and the summer air. Crafted from 100% solid oak, the natural colours, cracks and knots give every door its own character, and it suits older and newer homes alike. Solid oak construction Like all our solid oak external doors, the French Stable is built around a solid oak outer frame joined with traditional mortice and tenon joints for maximum stability. At 44mm thick and solid oak throughout, not a veneer over a core, you can see and feel the quality. It is supplied sanded but unfinished, ready to seal in a finish that suits your home. Glazing The glazed top is supplied unglazed, so you choose the glass to suit your home; the 44mm oak is thick enough to take a full double-glazed unit for better energy efficiency. Confirm the exact aperture once the door has arrived before ordering your glass. Stable door features Open just the top half for light and air while keeping the lower half closed, or swing both together as a standard door. The rebate is machined into the frame as standard, saving work on site, and the design is reversible, so you can hang it opening inwards or outwards. Sizes The full door measures 1981 x 838 x 44mm as standard, and we make bespoke made-to-measure sizes too, just contact our sales team. Finishing & Care Made from solid oak, these doors are best fitted in a sheltered spot, under a porch or canopy, rather than in areas fully exposed to direct rain or hot sun. As they're supplied unfinished, protect yours with a treatment made for external use; we recommend the Impranol range for external doors. Oak Weather Bar We also supply an Oak Weatherbar to match the door, which will be required should the door be "open to the elements". Sold separately, as not everyone will need one, for example if your door is situated within an enclosed porch. Click here for Oak Weatherbars. Our external doors must be treated before being hung, retreated every six months and kept dry at all times through the use of a canopy or similar. For full guidelines, please visit our External Door Protection Page. Key Product Information 100% solid oak: real oak throughout, not a veneer. Mortice & tenon oak frame: traditional joinery for maximum stability. Light-filled French glazed top: supplied unglazed, thick enough for a full double-glazed unit. Stable split: the top opens independently, or both halves together. Reversible: rebate machined in as standard, opens inwards or outwards. Supplied unfinished: ready to treat and seal in the finish you choose.
