Spyhole In PVC Door

[John]

I hope someone can answer this question. My father has a PVC Door bought from CR Smith in the UK for way too much money, but that's a different story... anyway I visited him last night to find that he has contacted CR Smith to come out to give him a price for fitting a spyhole to his door- he said something about being quoted £400 for the priveledge(which has now been cancelled).

I fitted a spyhole in the front door of my old flat but that was a reasonably thick wooden door and from what I can remember the spyhole would be too deep to install on a PVC door.

Are there spyholes made specifically to fit the thin part of a PVC door and if so where do you find them or can you just get a regular one and cut it's length to fit?

Thanks

[Sparks]

How thick is this "thin part"?

some spy holes down to 25mm

Sparks...

[Ziggur]

Good lead.

uPVC door panels are typically either 20,24, or 28mm thick.

A 25mm viewer could be cut to fit the thin panel.

[Owain]

"John" wrote | I hope someone can answer this question. My father has a PVC | Door bought from CR Smith in the UK for way too much money, | but that's a different story... anyway I visited him last night | to find that he has contacted CR Smith to come out to give him | a price for fitting a spyhole to his door- he said something about | being quoted £400 for the priveledge(which has now been cancelled).

Instead of risking damaging the way-too-expensive door with a spyhole (especially if it's still within any warranty), what about a CCTV camera mounted nearby?

Owain