RAL 7016 dark grey — the default modern new-build choice, brilliant with white render or grey slate.
Anthracite grey (RAL 7016) is the default modern door colour across the UK and comfortably our most-fitted dark finish in Cornwall. It is a deep, slightly blue-grey that photographs almost black in shade and clearly grey in direct light.
Its popularity is partly practical: it matches the anthracite window systems fitted to most Cornish new-builds since around 2015, so a replacement door in anthracite ties the whole frontage together without changing the windows.
Hex #383E42 · RAL 7016
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Developers across Truro, Newquay, Bodmin and the St Austell corridor specified anthracite grey windows as a standard for years. If your windows are that colour, an anthracite door is the only finish that will look intentional rather than approximate. Mid-greys and slate greys sit close but not close enough to pass.
Dark doors absorb more heat than pale ones. On a composite door this matters far less than on uPVC because the GRP skin is bonded to a solid timber or foam core rather than a hollow profile, so there is no meaningful warping risk. On a fully south-facing, unsheltered door we still fit a slightly larger expansion allowance as standard.
Anthracite is excellent at hiding general grime but does show dried salt spray as a pale film. Cornwall's salt-laden air is the single biggest factor in how any door finish ages, so we fit marine-grade stainless hardware as standard within two miles of the coast and recommend a rinse with clean water and a soft cloth every couple of months. No polish, no solvents, no jet wash. Done that way, the colour is covered by a 10-year colour-fastness guarantee and the door itself by a 10-year mechanical guarantee.
Pairs well with: Chrome, satin or black hardware; flush modern and contemporary door styles.
Flush glazing, minimal detailing and colour-blocked panels for contemporary Cornish homes and new-build developments.
Flush composite doors present a single unbroken slab with no raised mouldings — the cleanest possible reading of a modern front door.
Bold vertical glazing, brushed-steel hardware and clean colour blocks for design-led homes.
Truro homeowners choose composite doors for the blend of period-friendly styling and modern security their listed and Victorian properties deserve. We install across the city centre, Malpas, Highertown and the surrounding villages.
ExploreSalt air is punishing on softwood doors. Composite doors are the smart specification for Falmouth's harbourside terraces and cliff-top homes — the marine-grade skins won't warp, fade or corrode.
ExploreFrom Pentire's holiday lets to family homes in Tretherras, our Newquay composite door installations are trusted to survive Atlantic weather while keeping the kerb appeal buyers expect.
ExploreSt Austell's mix of granite cottages, china-clay terraces and new-build estates means we're installing everything from Chartwell Green heritage doors to sleek anthracite grey styles.
ExplorePenzance's exposed south-coast position demands doors engineered for it. Our composite installations shrug off wind-driven rain and salt spray from Mount's Bay.
ExploreBodmin homes see everything the moor throws at them. Composite doors give the thermal efficiency and weather resistance moorland properties need.
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From Bude to Land's End, Padstow to the Lizard — our Cornwall-based surveyors and installers fit composite doors across every town, village and coastal parish in the county. Same standard, same 10-year guarantee, wherever you are.
