A steel French door is the single most transformative interior door you can specify. Thin black frames, clear or reeded glass, applied mullions — it's the detail that elevates a renovation from "nicely done" to "architecturally considered." Everything below is what we've learned shipping hundreds of these doors across BC.
What makes a steel French door different
Narrow stiles. Precision-welded frames. Consistent factory finish. A good steel French door has stiles between 2″ and 2.5″; anything wider and it starts to feel industrial rather than residential. The frame welds are continuous, ground smooth, and coated to commercial finish standards. The glass is held by applied mullions rather than muntin bars, which is how the grids read cleanly from both sides.
Signature applications
Kitchen-to-living partitions. Home office entries on hallways. Primary bath doors. Wine cellars. Deck and patio doors. Library and study entries. The common thread: rooms where you want to move light and sight without moving sound, air, or smoke.
Spec essentials
- Sizes from 30″ × 80″ single up to 120″ × 96″ double.
- 18 factory powder-coat finishes, including matte black, soft black, onyx, warm bronze, and specialty woodgrain laminations.
- Applied mullion grids: 2×3, 2×5, 3×5, 1×4 vertical, asymmetric split, full-lite.
- Glass: clear, reeded, seedy, frosted, specialty laminated. IG (insulated) on exterior applications.
- Hardware: Emtek Stretto line, narrow-stile compatible, factory-installable.
What it costs
Most interior steel French doubles land between $5,200 and $8,400 installed in Metro Vancouver; singles are roughly half. Exterior steel French doubles run $11,400–$17,800. Full pricing piece.