uPVC doors - Grannys Tips

I rollered ordinary gloss straight onto my tired brown uPVC front door just to freshen it up: when I ran a finger over it a week later, it was too late

August 7, 2026 by Dorothy Baker

Painted your uPVC door with ordinary gloss only to find it tacky and peeling a week later? You’re not alone. The problem isn’t poor technique—it’s that ordinary household paint simply cannot bond to smooth plastic. Learn the real reason why and the specialist products and methods that actually work.

I filled the gap around my uPVC door frame with expanding foam to seal it fast: the next morning, when the door wouldn’t latch anymore, I understood what the foam had been doing all night

July 21, 2026 by Dorothy Baker

You sealed the gap around your uPVC door with expanding foam before bed, but by morning the door wouldn’t latch. Standard high-expansion foam doesn’t stop pushing outward as it cures—it can generate enough force to bend plastic frames by just a millimetre or two, throwing your latch completely out of alignment.