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Pool: composite doors across mining-era terraces and modern estates

By Cornwall Composite Doors · 13 July 1969 · 4 min read

Pool's location between Camborne and Redruth means a wide mix of housing, all of it suited to a straightforward, well-guaranteed composite door.

A town shaped by mining, now a residential link between two larger towns

Pool sits directly between Camborne and Redruth, historically part of the same mining district that gives this part of Cornwall its distinctive engine-house skyline, visible from Heartlands. TR15 housing here is a genuine mix — Victorian and Edwardian mining-era terraces close to the town centre, alongside later estate development that's grown up to fill the gap between the two larger towns.

Terraces built close to the road

Pool's older terraces were built directly onto the street with little to no front garden, meaning doors here take a direct hit from passing traffic spray in wet weather as well as ordinary Cornish rain. A composite door with a properly drained threshold copes with this far better than an older door whose sill has degraded over decades of splash-back from the road.

Estate housing and the anthracite trend

On Pool's more recent estate housing, anthracite grey and Chartwell Green composite doors are consistently the top sellers, matching the grey window frames common on housing built over the last fifteen to twenty years in this part of the mining district.

A well-covered part of our Camborne–Redruth round

Given its position, Pool sits naturally on the same survey and fitting rounds as Camborne and Redruth, so scheduling here is straightforward and lead times are as short as anywhere in the district.

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