Irish Oak Better Than Light Oak

Just to get things straight from the beginning, I do prefer Irish Oak to Light Oak. In fact I love it - as much as you can love a wood grain effect on PVCu frames! 


The wood grain effect on the foil is probably the most realistic wood grain that has ever come out, far better than the Light Oak, which at times can look a little bit fake and plastic looking. 


The colour of Irish Oak I think is also far better than Light Oak. It's a far more believable wood colour than Light Oak. Yes it is quite a bit lighter, but I don't think this stops Irish Oak from being used in various different situations and being used with various different glass configurations.


This is our new front door to the reception area of our building:

We had a Light Oak on white door previously, for about 3 years, but we were getting bored with the colour and were getting asked more and more for Irish Oak. So we changed it a couple of days ago. But we also wanted to push a slightly different glass option. We thought that sandblasted glass looks quite nice with the light colour, but we thought we'd mix it up and use Fusion hand made bevels instead, rather than conventional bevels. They look a little rougher than normal bevels, but I think that adds a more rustic character to the door to go with the more wooden colour. 

This is just one example of Irish Oak being a more versatile colour. Obviously it won't match every single type of house and brick, but I don't think it is limited to just cottages.

The last 18 months has seen us order more and more of this colour, almost to the point where it is outselling Light Oak. It's not become the most popular wood grain colour yet, but I'd give it a couple more years and I think Irish Oak will have the clear advantage over it's older Light Oak brother.

As always, thoughts and comment welcomed! Do you like our new door?!