Polished chrome ring knocker below a chrome door viewer on a glossy black panelled flat door
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A black flat door with polished chrome and a viewer

An Edwardian mansion block corridor, glazed green tiles and a glossy black front door finished in bright chrome, with a door viewer for peace of mind.

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The look
Fittings
Polished chrome
Front door
Gloss black
Corridor
Glazed green tileCream tileMosaic
Woodwork
Cream architrave

The communal corridor of a red-brick Edwardian mansion block, with glazed green and cream tiles, a mosaic floor and a brass lantern. The flat's own front door is a six-panel door in glossy black, and its furniture is polished chrome: numbers, a door viewer, a ring knocker, an octagonal centre knob and a letter plate. In an enclosed corridor a viewer is practical as well as smart, and chrome brightens what is often a dim space.

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Polished chrome serif number 14 above a chrome door viewer on a glossy black panelled flat door, a brass corridor lantern overhead Red-brick Edwardian mansion block with white stone bands, bay windows and an ornate arched entrance behind black railings, a plane tree on the pavement Polished chrome octagonal centre knob above a polished chrome letter plate reflecting green corridor tiles on a glossy black door Mansion flat hallway with herringbone oak floor and grey-green walls, a white six-panel door with a polished chrome reeded knob open to a bay-windowed sitting room Polished chrome cylinder pull around a euro cylinder on a black flat door beside a cream architrave and green glazed corridor tiles Polished chrome inner letter tidy with a cream envelope pushed through, on the white-painted inside of the flat door
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Polished chrome for a mansion flat door

Glossy black six-panel flat door in a tiled mansion block corridor, fitted with polished chrome number 14, door viewer, ring knocker, octagonal centre knob, letter plate and cylinder pull 5 1 2 6 3 4
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Why a flat door deserves good furniture

EraEdwardian mansion block, 1890s to 1910s
Trend statusOverlooked; flats are almost a quarter of homes
Inspired byLondon and Edinburgh mansion flats
SuitsBlack, dark green and navy flat entrance doors

The front door you share a corridor with

Nearly a quarter of homes in England and Wales are flats, yet their front doors get little attention. In a mansion block the flat door is the first thing visitors see after the shared hall, and good furniture makes it feel like a proper front door rather than a corridor door.

Why add a viewer

Inside a building there is no window to check who is knocking. A 160-degree door viewer lets you see the whole corridor before you open the door, and in polished chrome it reads as part of the door furniture rather than an add-on.

Chrome in a dim corridor

Communal corridors are often lit by a single lamp. Polished chrome reflects whatever light there is, so the knocker and numbers stand out against black paint. Check your building's rules too: some blocks specify door colours and finishes.

Before you fit

Check fire-door rules

Many flat entrance doors are fire doors. Check with your managing agent before drilling, and use fittings and viewers suitable for fire doors where required.

Viewer height

Fit the viewer at the eye height of whoever answers the door most often, usually 1500–1600mm from the floor, on the door's centre line. This one suits doors 35–55mm thick.

Knocker or bell

Mansion flats often have an entryphone at the street door, but a knocker on the flat door is still used by neighbours and porters. Fix it below the viewer so they don't clash.

Tidy inside

Fit the inner tidy behind the letter plate; in a draughty stairwell it makes a noticeable difference to the hall.